I'm putting together a new build based on Raj's 15 Drive Budget Box. The only components I have changed are getting an AMD Athlon II X2 260 instead of a Sempron 145 and for now I'm hooking the HDDs, housed in the norco straight into the mobo.
However, I can't make the motherboard reliably post/boot. I'll hit the power button, all the fans will start, as will the lights and the pci cards will power on. This happens everytime - however I can only get a picture on the screen, at best every 8/9 times I try. I thought perhaps the motherboard was ruined so I tried an MSI 970A-G46 and this works even less often (I got picture/mobo boot screen once).
I really don't want to have to pour a heap more money into this trying to figure out what component is stuffed. Can anyone offer any advice?
thanks!