Originally Posted by sids1045
You *were* wearing an anti-static wrist strap that was properly grounded while you were handling the MB and CPU chip, right? Please tell me you were? Please? Pretty please?
Yes, it does sound like the MB has taken the permanent dirt nap.
:cough:wasteofmoney:cough:
just don't wear shoes/ socks and always try and keep your arm on the side of the case, not that hard...