OilMagnate
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Gotcha. Yes, the MOBO was positively new when I bought it. MSI doesn't seal their boxes but I'm an expert with identifying items that have been tampered with. I actually solved a case for GameStop last year when they had a rash of Samsung SSDs being returned in empty boxes. I had to solve the mystery because I received one, and when I claimed I received the box empty I can only imagine what they were thinking. It was a bad packaging design on Samsung's part - no window to see the SSD from the outside, and the tamper-proof label could be bypassed via another seal that wasn't tamper-proof.Because the power button itself could be faulty, or the front panel board itself. It's just another thing that could go wrong.
But it looks like you found your answer. Was the MOBO brand new? Did it look like it was a return? Amazon sometimes sells things that are advertised as new, but are returns. Of course, brand new boards can be faulty too.
Doesn't matter, return it asap. I had good luck with Gigabyte boards.
I purchased the board in April of 2022, so unfortunately it is RMA only. But so far the process has been incredibly easy.