ok so you have 3 suspects left now (CPU, Motherboard and BIOS) and this may help limit it to 2 if you answer my question below!
one concern is the BIOS on the board as it may not recognize the CPU if its of older stock! can you get me the serial number...
one concern is the BIOS on the board as it may not recognize the CPU if its of older stock! can you get me the serial number...