Phenom 9500 w/ MSI K9A2 Platinum

[Blacklash]

Does the fan spin with power? You can remove the CPU and test it, it should spin.
Have you tried an open benchtop build with minimum components?

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Yep that's the first thing I did. Vid card, CPU, one stick of ram. I tried all four ram slots at different times. It doesn't matter what PSU I connect to mobo it behaves like it's getting zero power. Utterly dead.

The mushkin is rated @ 1.9-2.1v and I've used one stick in single channel in four different motherboards with just 1.85v. The G skill should work unless the mobo has a problem with 2GB sticks.

There is nothing wrong with the wall socket there either. It is in use.

I am going to check the fan on the HSF on another motherboard because this one is not doing a thing. It acts as if it's getting no power, just like the other one did.

It's the ram, the fan or I've got two dead mobos in a row.

EDIT: It was the stock fan on the HSF. It was dead. I tried another fan and it fired up. Guess I will need to replace it sooner than later.