Quote Originally Posted by AceBaran View Post
checked it all! mounted and remounted everything on the MB..

Cold boot no go here.. Really puzzling :/

Did it boot with stock NB heatsink assy on? I always take the time to test a new board fully on air before I put all my blocks on. Nothing worse then spending all the time to get your blocks on perfectly and have no boot.

And the R3E I had die on me did the same thing. It would try to power on for a sec or two then kinda gimp out. Ended up RMAing. Nice thing is I got a new retail box back. I was quite happy since the only other Asus RMA I ever had they send the board back to me with a "nothing to fix" sticker on it. Man that p|ssed me off.