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Robbertz
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My friend found a nice, free LGA 2011 board and gave it to me, but I don't have any 2011 CPUs lying around. Is there any way that I could test the board without a CPU to see if its dead? I know it wouldn't boot or anything, but would it go through a power cycle, or show any post codes? 

MB: EVGA X79 Dark (150-SE-E789-K2)

 

I have a spare PSU, RAM, GPU and everything else if that helps.

 

Thanks! 

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3 minutes ago, Robbertz said:

My friend found a nice, free LGA 2011 board and gave it to me, but I don't have any 2011 CPUs lying around. Is there any way that I could test the board without a CPU to see if its dead? I know it wouldn't boot or anything, but would it go through a power cycle, or show any post codes? 

MB: EVGA X79 Dark (150-SE-E789-K2)

 

I have a spare PSU, RAM, GPU and everything else if that helps.

 

Thanks! 

Yes indeed. It will light up but you might not get post codes but if you have mobo speaker

 

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3 minutes ago, Robbertz said:

My friend found a nice, free LGA 2011 board and gave it to me, but I don't have any 2011 CPUs lying around. Is there any way that I could test the board without a CPU to see if its dead? I know it wouldn't boot or anything, but would it go through a power cycle, or show any post codes? 

MB: EVGA X79 Dark (150-SE-E789-K2)

 

I have a spare PSU, RAM, GPU and everything else if that helps.

 

Thanks! 

Not sure if it will work, but give it a shot!

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3 minutes ago, Robbertz said:

My friend found a nice, free LGA 2011 board and gave it to me, but I don't have any 2011 CPUs lying around. Is there any way that I could test the board without a CPU to see if its dead? I know it wouldn't boot or anything, but would it go through a power cycle, or show any post codes? 

MB: EVGA X79 Dark (150-SE-E789-K2)

 

I have a spare PSU, RAM, GPU and everything else if that helps.

 

Thanks! 

nope without a cpu you cant do anything as everything routes through the cpu

 

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