Mobo Shorts Out When Dim 1 Used

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    Got my rma mobo in. Hook everything up in the case and it acts like it's shorted out. Take it out throw it on a slab of cardboard and start the normal trouble shooting steps. What I have found is if dim 1 is populated it shorts out. If only dim 2 is populatio, I get 5 error beeps. Any suggestions where to go from here? Just reseat the cpu? Is it possible the cpu cooler is being put on to tight and causing problems?
     
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    try the board without the cpu & heatsink with ram in dim 1 slot to see if shorts out.
     
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    With no cpu it shorts out with ram in dim 1 or dim 3 as well as dimms 1 and 3 both populated.
     
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    bad motherboard.
     
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    Bad as in bad from the egg/factory or is it possibly something i did? I am leaning towards the first but just checking.
     
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    from the factory as most likely that is a refurb board not a brand new board.
     
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