ok so im having the worst luck!

 

so after finally getting together all the hardware i needed for my build i only need an itx mobo and i thought id treat myself to a shinny new case to put it all in (fractal design's 6 drive itx case. great little case)

 

so firstly with the case i couldnt find it in stock in anyone of my normal places so i went with a company that had 1 in stock. so i ordered it for next day delivery aswel as my mobo(from a different company) and that evening i got a phone call from the case company saying there had been an accident with my order and the packaging was alittle "bashed" and that he was sending an email with a picture to see if it was still ok to send... so i get the email and it basically looked like it had a truck drive over it... i replied saying i didnt believe the item was still intact in the box.

 

he replied the next morning saying on further inspection the case had pretty much been crushed (my mobo arrived as expected...  so i got a refund and was lucky that one of my normal goto places just got no stock so i ordered and that arrived todo no problem.

 

so i installed the mobo into the case and just did a test boot before installing the other hardware... and all i could get was "no signal" on the monitor... ive ran every test i can think of (tried a few different sticks of ram incase its fussy, tried a pci graphics card and still get the same. tried a different psu, checked the cmos  jumper was in the correct place aswel as did a wipe and so on..) so it appears that i have a dud and will have to send it back for a replacement.

 

which i wont be able todo until after the weekend now so its going to be in the middle of next week at the earliest before another arrives

 

not sure what i did to annoy the data gods but they dont appear to want me to have my data protected

 

thats got to be my share of bad luck though right?

 

-Ryan

That's rough, my condolences.  It will make your build all the sweeter once you actually finish it, though!

Once your luck has improved and all is working  can you post some pics. Am v tempted by the Fractal Design case and would be good to see how it looks in action.

sure, its a very smart looking case. looks like its going to be another week before im up and running though, had to send the faulty motherboard back which then will have to test and then send a new one out.