motherboard maddness

[mican60]

I bought a second hand M/B & processor but when I set the system up, as I plugged in the power supply the CPU fan and case fan came on but the rest of the system was dead, no monitor, no hard drive, sound etc, and the power switch would not turn the machine off or on.
I thought the Board was dead and so bought a brand new one boxed & sealed with all its components but again when I put the CPU from the other board onto the new one, connected everything up, I found I had exactly the same problem. The only thing that the two set ups had in common were the case & power supply (which is brand new) & the CPU.
The boards are both able to take PC 3200 400mhz DDR ram of which I put in 2GB of matched brand new.
The motherboard doesn`t have any jumpers for CPU settings, so I can rule that out.
What I would like to know is, Is it possible that the CPU is damaged, would it cause such a problem as outlined.
Any help on this matter would be appreciated and probably save me going out and buying each item in turn til I get the culprit.

Thanks.
Mike.

[Tetras]

Make sure you didn't forget to connect the additional 4 pin +12v power block near the CPU Also try just one stick of RAM.

You'll get a better response to your problem by posting on the hardware section though, this is just for intros

[mican60]

Thanks, But can`t see anywhere on here that says hardware section, Doesn`t anyone do anything simple anymore? never mind, It`l probably be better to buy a new PC anyhow.

Cheers.

[BUFF]

http://forums.hexus.net/forumdisplay.php?f=5

personally I would stick it in http://forums.hexus.net/forumdisplay.php?f=69

[mican60]

Thankyou, will do that.