Was the case wrapped in bubble wrap or perhaps polystyrene? If so the friction caused by both could cause a minute amount of static and as Ghost...
If you are unsure just what connectors the card has then go here and scroll down a bit to see the difference between single and dual link....
I'll bet my ass it's the PSU that's faulty mate and for the price they are these days you might as well buy a new one.
Shit happens JK and it won't be the first time that another PSU has been faulty. Was the swap out a new PSU?
I agree Ghost.
But you said you switched out the CPU not the PSU. Edit: I reckon the board is faulty.
Why not? It could well be that the circuit breaker trip could have damaged the PSU and although it may appear to look ok is in fact not supplying...
Well to my mind by the time you have tried to solder obscure wiring from an SD reader to two cards, if such a thing can be done which I doubt,...
How do you propose to run cables from an SD slot?
When buying rechargeable batteries for things like a wireless mouse, keyboard etc try to get those with the highest mAh (Milliamps per Hour)...
File compression software 7-Zip. http://www.7-zip.org/ Partitioning software from Easeus....
With regard to a similar issue located here... http://www.hardwareforums.com/threads/cant-access-buy-sell-trade.26020/ I find that I cannot post...
Don't drink too many of these if you actually do want a bit of leg over. http://www.dalesidebrewery.com/old_leg_over.htm
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