Well, what happened in my case was when I was rocking an Asrock 980DE3 and decided to plonk down a FX-6300 and the thing just borked. Huge amount of stutter and micro-freezing in the more demanding titles and basically what was happening was that the power draw was too much and it was either just the vrm's not handling it or hitting thermal limits (read, not the CPU overheating, but rather the power delivery to it).
I then upgraded to a M5A97 from Asus and then everything was fine. However, a few months down the line I got myself a FX 8350 and the exact same thing happened, I had to upgrade the mobo again just because the increased draw was choking the old one. Tl;DR, when FX - do NOT skimp out on the mobo.
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So the GPU arrived a few days ago at the cost of a $60 customs charge. Worth it, but now I've got one issue.
The board powers up. The GPU powers up. The Fans power up. The CPU powers up. The CD drive powers up and begins to read.
... But there's no display.
Unusually, the CPU light on the board is on. The onboard LED that identifies hardware problems. I disassembled and reset everything, and attempted to boot with the bare minimum of one RAM card, as if the CPU wasn't functional, the CD drive wouldn't be booting or reading anything. The wattage for the CPU is 95w, while the board supports up to 125w. All the connectors are functioning, power is going through the board, the USBs are functioning, but for some reason it just won't display its screen, thus I can't access the BIOS, and if it's a BIOS issue, then I can't resolve it as I can't see what I'm doing.
The GPU functions normally, but with the standard HDMI hookup, I'm getting nothing. Everything is wired in and on, so beyond the LED warning light telling me something is wrong with the CPU, I'm unsure exactly what the issue is.
My next step is to disassemble the CPU cooler and remove the CPU, clean the paste off, and put it back in. If resetting it in the socket doesn't solve the issue, then I'm stumped. The socket and CPU are AM3+ compatible.
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(12-03-2016, 02:52 PM)evanz Wrote: psu ampage on the 12v rails? is it enough?, check the label on the side of the psu does it match or better the GPU requirements
Yep. 750w total. Fully modular.
EDIT: Adjusted where the cables were plugged in on the PSU to test and see if it'd have any effect. Still nothing. At one point it stopped booting up, but then I realized I accidentally nudged the main mobo power cable too much. It's booting now, and still experiencing the same issue.
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Hooked up audio for post beeps and there were none. Re-read the mobo guide on its warning lights and the lights are supposed to flash if there's a problem, but it isn't. It's a solid color. It isn't a DRAM issue unless having a singular 8GB stick in is causing the issue, as I removed the second one. They're in the correct slot(s). It's possible it might have something to do with the display cable being non-certified, so that's my next test.
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