Greetings all! Long time watcher and finally have come into a situation that requires assistance!
I actually already posted the question over at LTT earlier this morning but then I actually had to return to work before i could post it here aswell. (May aswell get as many people's knowledge/opinions)
I pulled the following out of a pile of discarded electronics. However I can't seem to get past the initial POST. I already inspected for physical damage and tried both DDR2 and DDR3 in its memory slots.
Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo Rev 2.0
Intel E5200 2.5 GHz
24 sticks of 1GB DDR2 ram modules
Leadtek GT9600 512MB
I have a fully working 650W PSU to test it with.
The only problem is... during boot up I see a screen flash saying something about 512MB ram... then i get stuck here:
Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Copyright(C) 1984-2012, Award Software, Inc.
G41M-Combo FB
Main Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.5GHz (200x12.5)
<.CPUID:00010676 Patch ID:060F>
<.DEL> BIOS Setup <.F9> XpressRecovery2 <.F12> Boot Menu <.End> Qf lash 10/25/2012-G41-ICH7-6A79PG0WC-00
Thats where I'm stuck.... NONE of the rear or front panel inputs work. No USB, No PS/2, No Ethernet, no nothing!
Only PCI-E and PCI slots seem to work, and i guess sata as a cd drive does spin up. It just stays stuck on that screen until i yank the power cable.
Ive tried different ram, different configurations, no GPU (then no video as onboard vga port also not working), remove cmos battery, manually reset cmos, use that jumper to reset cmos...
I'm literally suck as to what could be the problem. (Suspecting BIOS maybe?)
A friend let me swap in a E2160 and i had the same result, except that it showed the E2160 as the cpu on the screen. (and it only supported DDR2)
Anyone know what could be the problem and how to fix it?
I salvaged a dell poweredge SC440 which can donate or accept parts as needed. (Ideally i'm gonna be putting in a decent GPU if i can get it stable)
Thanks!
-Cole