Ok, I tested it on another computer and all it could do is beep. nothing came up.. I don't know if it got stepped on, bumped or hit when it was sitting there. We do have a cat... I don't think it was out of the anti-statis bag but it has been used on my fiances computer so something migh of happened there.. and as for the motherboard it was only an upgrade. and it did work after I took it out.