That is a pretty clean board you got there! From looking at it (and the manual), it doesn't seem as though the one jumper block could cause the no POST. Since you have already checked the CPU, and are sure it is seated properly, I would verify the power supply. (If you don't have a voltmeter use a known good power supply, it doesn't need to be mounted only connect to mobo and power to test) If that tests out IMHO and experience it has to be the mobo.
> That's interesting. It didn't occur to me to test the battery, since the > board is new. Now it's packed up for RMA ($11 shipping for a $60 part!). With these LGA775 sockets you really don't have any choice of how the cpu sits. It's either in the notches or it isn't. How the heck would I even know if it's a bad cpu and not the mobo (in this case I tried an old one, but for future reference)? What jumper could be in a position to not cause a POST? There's a cmos reset jumper, but I checked that and it's in the normal position. I didn't think there _were_ any others. http://www.intel.com/Products/Desktop/Motherboards/DG31PR/DG31PR-overview.htm ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
