is my motherboard fried or something?

Try a different video card and see if you can get it to post BIOS. I recently had somewhat of the same problem where it would go to post on and off. I had 2 evga 7800's. I flashed ones bios to KO speeds and the other was stock. The stock speed card wouldn't run on my DFI board at default settings, but the overclocked KO speed card runs beautifully.
It was pretty funny to discover that my modded card worked rather than the factory installed bios card. Both cards are the exact same model and make.

Ohh, before i forget. How do you know it was the mainboard that was broken? Maybe it was the video card that is going out. It's worth testing by trying a different card anyway.

More info on what motherboard, power supply, and video cards you are running too, please.

Does your mainboard need to short a jumper to disable the onboard video? If you can give me the model number I can look it up most likely or you can check the book that can with it.

the motherboard you linked too doesn't support the processor you have listed. your processer is either 754 or 939.
please list all your parts.
also did you replace this mb because the other one died or for some other reason

Ok, I am a bit confused. The motherboard is a socket 462 (socket A), but you have a AMD 64 3800 (939) in your sig. I take it we're not talking about the same system.
I didn't see any video jumper settings in the guide for your mb. So, aside from making sure your cables are tight we can rule out video card. Looks like you may be RMA'ing your board. It's a cheaper brand and may just be faulty. Since it won't post there's not much else I can suggest. Usually if a motherboard part fails under load happens shortly after you install it. I don't know if I'd waste much more time on that board.

Did you try a different power supply? Same problem on both boards sounds worth a try if your stuck with it.

Cons: None that i can think of. Maybe I'm one of the lucky ones not to have a dead board on arrival based on other reviews of this board.... More »



Not exactly glowing reviews!

You could try swapping out the RAM, depends on your config, if you got 2 sticks try each one seperatly or you can borrow a buddies that you know is working. The PSU could be it although a less of a possibility. We ruled out the video card most likely. You could do a complete tear down and see if you can get a post with just the video card(onboard otherwise) and trying the ram suggestion I mentioned. Could be you're the winner of another great dead board from that chip maker. That's about all I can think of.

No problem, reminds me of my days past struggling with ECS boards. The price was great although I would spends countless p/o hours of troubleshooting. Thank god for Fry's electronics return policy. They've seen a many crappy boards back from me. Good luck.