Got a new mini atx case (have same case in living room HTPC) and swapped all the goodies in it . Pushed the power button , system powers up .... and that's it . No power or HDD lights , reset doesn't work . All the fans , mechanical HDD & AIO cooler all work but no post (or beep) . I swapped everything back in original case hoping that would eliminate a case wiring issue...nope . After testing everything , including voltage testing the PSU (evga 500w) , I removed it and set it up with the mobo on the original box . I removed all the memory and the AIO cooler , installing the original factory unit . With another known good  PSU , I tried to boot it , but I endeded with the same results - no post or beep . How did I kill the dang thing ? I also left the CMOS battery out overnight (no help) . The motherboard is an MSI GM1M-P33 Combo using 2x2gb DDR2 memory and a 60gb SSD for boot . MSI says buy something else & their warranty goes by manufacture date , not purchase date (?? ) ! HELLPPP !!! 

The AIO cooler was left on when I transferred the board over (removed fans though) ; did try another PSU ; did test out of case w/only the Cpu & stock cooler (wouldn't post still) ; kept grounding myself so static discharge wouldn't happen (I hope) . Wife wasn't happy when she saw everything laid out on the table... . I'm going to leave it out (Cmos battery) for 48hrs this time & see what happens . MSI warranty is a joke . The tech told me that the warranty starts on the manufacture date of the board , not the purchase date . So your warranty could be over before you ever get your product shipped to you .

I received an email from MSI today , stating they won't talk to me ! They say warranty started before I even owned it . I remember some forum members in the past having this issue w/video cards from them also . I called Newegg about it & informed them of their wonderful warranty program . They couldn't give me a replacement motherboard but did give me a discount on another motherboard that will fit all the old hardware on it . No more MSI for me ... 

That really isn't good for the warranty to start on the day it comes off the assembly line unless it's a long warranty. Really sorry to hear about the problem. I would have been unplugging everything and doing a clean build making sure everything was plugged in nice and tight but it sounds like you probably did that when you had the CMOS battery out for 48 hours. 

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I received an email from MSI today , stating they won't talk to me ! They say warranty started before I even owned it . I remember some forum members in the past having this issue w/video cards from them also . I called Newegg about it & informed them of their wonderful warranty program . They couldn't give me a replacement motherboard but did give me a discount on another motherboard that will fit all the old hardware on it . No more MSI for me ... 

eh man that's some garbage practice on msi's part

wow that is just about as shady as it gets. i used to really like msi gear but no more.

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Well the new Asrock board came in yesterday . I benched it before I installed it in the case . It wouldn't even allow me into the bios unless I hooked up the OS ssd . Surprisingly , Windows 10 Pro booted right up with no fuss . Guess both boards using the same chipset didn't bother Windows . I do miss the AIO though , the stock CPU cooler is loud ! It's not even overclocked and the memory is registering at the slower speed (800 is what it should be on the DDR2) . Might need a bios flash , but she's up and running !! I'm going to play with the other board after Christmas . If I can get it running again I have a Q6600 that needs to go in it...

i have used os drives from completely different systems temporally windows doesn't seem to complain about it very often. glad to see your up and running though

Well since I tried it out of the case that would of eliminated the grounding issue . That thought did come across my (little) mind . However , Windows now decided I need to reactivate & it won't accept it . Seems to be a normal occurrence when the "free upgrade" (forced) needs to be reactivated on major hardware replacement . I think it happened to me on my evga 780 sli motherboard setup . I had to replace the drive due to windows constant crashing on the upgrade corrupting the HDD . It also took out one of my GTX 470s in the process . Gotta love lifetime warranties though !

I need to try that there fearpoint . I used this same style of case in the living room on that HTPC and I ran into an issue with it . I noticed after I did the swap (about 2 weeks) that the second HDD wasn't seen by windows . There was a HDD icon w/a ? mark over it , saying the drive was no longer there . I swap positions on it & then it was seen by Windows . In the old days , you had to make sure the drive was in the original location . But now with Windows 10 , it's a whole new world ! I've been seeing all sorts of strange issues with this wonderful OS ! I'm going to give it a good trashing after Christmas . Time is at a premium right now . At least my new SSD arrived from Newegg today , in a cheapo bubble raped  envelope that could of been easily damaged . And I had to pay $1.99 shipping on top of it for the slow boat from China method ...