A technician replaces a motherboard. Upon booting, the system immediately shuts down after 3 seconds. The thermal paste was applied correctly. What is the MOST likely oversight?
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AThe CMOS battery is missing.
BThe SATA cables are unplugged.
CThe RAM is in the wrong slots.
DThe CPU fan is not plugged into the CPU_FAN header.
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