new asrock mb & amd x2 3800 wont work?

[chinese_lover]

i just got the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Socket 939 ULi M1695 ATX AMD Motherboard
also just got my new amd x2 3800 cpu in retail version in the box,
here are my specs,
power supply ttgi amd athlon 450ss
video card geforce fx 5900xt
2 GB (2 pcs 1GB) DDR (400) PC-3200 Patriot
i put it all together and turned it on,and the monitor just sits there with no picture the light blinking like its not plugged in,
no beep or nothing,the hard drive spins just normal,
ive tried another geforce 3 video card an old one i had still same thing,
aslo tried some old ocz platinum ram i had,still same thing also,
please help me im not happy at all right now,
oh yeah i have 3 samsung 19 inch monitors tried all 3 and still same thing

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Are you sure you didn't bend a pin on the X2 3800+?

 

[Moose1309]

I have this mobo. It took me awhile to get it up and running, but once I did I was happy. First thing you want to do: unplug the power and remove the CMOS battery for about 5 minutes. And set the jumpers to clear the BIOS at the same time, just for good measure

 

[chinese_lover]

nope just took out the cpu and every pin is perfect,put it back in and still does the same thing,im really not understanding what is wrong here,

 

[chinese_lover]

what set of jumpers to clear the bios out,this mb is the most strange mb ive every had so far,

 

[chinese_lover]

i just reset the cmos,same thing,owell maybe its a defect mb,i am thinking now,

 

[newmodder]

vcard? memory? power supply?

try a different vid card or try your vcard in a friends computer.also try some different memory if you have any.try booting without memory in, and see if you get a beep error.check and see if you have all you power connections connected...CPU,mobo etc.you could also try a differnt power supply just to rule that out,but it just may boil down to bad mobo.

 

[chinese_lover]

i think its the cpu,when i take out the video card,it beeps at me,
when i take out the ram it beeps at me,
i was reading some where if you do all that and it beeps and still have the issues i have,it must be the cpu,damn new amd x2 3800,i guess ill be sending it back to newegg for a new one,unless anyone has a better idea here,

 

[Satchmo]

test that cpu in a friends comp first if u can, i had a friend whos mobo went out, sounds liek the same issue.

all his hardware worked in my mobo, cpu ram video, just his mobo died he RMA'd for a refund, got a abit nforce4 4x he says it works great.

 

[chinese_lover]

this sucks i just got the amd 64 x2 3800 today from newegg,i tried to to exchange it,
got this
This item is not eligible for an online RMA. If the product is warranted by the manufacturer, please contact them directly for more information. You may review Newegg.com's warranty guidelines or contact us if you have any questions. so i have to call them i guess,cant you exchange bad cpus at newegg,

 

[newmodder]

rma

i would rather rma it from amd. did you check the bios to see if it supports the new cpu? the revision# should be on the mobo somwhere

 

[newmodder]

found this article

i found this article about the mobo you have.it has to do with problems booting up.


http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2524&p=3

 

[wazzledoozle]

CPU's rarely just break, they do extensive stress tests on them before packaging them up. Your symptoms sound like a DOA board.

Also could be the board needs a bios update to work with an X2... This is most likely IMO. Maybe you can borrow a single core a64 from a friend?

 

[newmodder]

bios upgrade

CPU's rarely just break, they do extensive stress tests on them before packaging them up. All your symptoms sound like a DOA board.

there is a bios upgrade that will fix the cold boot issue, which sounds like what you are experiencing the new bios is ver. 1.20

 

[chinese_lover]

thanks for the help,but all i have is my wife laptop when i can use it,
the reason i got this new cpu is because my old comp broke on me,
im just going to return both to newegg for exchange i think,im wondering if i should just get a differnt mb,
only reason i got this mb was to keep my old agp,im not ready to go pci express,
i may not have a choice now,

 

[chinese_lover]

bought me a Leadtek Geforce 6600 WinFast PX6600 TD DDR2 Video Card, x16pci express
im so happy now,it wasnt the cpu or mb,it was my old geforce fx 5900xt x8 agp card that seems to not work,owell everything seems to good now,
thanks for all the help,