Motherboards

Help! At my whit's end

Jrock — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:31:03 GMT

So Ive spent the last 5 hours trying to get this thing working. The only new parts are the CPU and the motherboard. My problem is that I am unable to get any display or even get into BIOS. It won't post. Fans run, lights come on but thats it.

First the components:

Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA 512-P3-N807-AR GeForce 8800GT AKIMBO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card- Previous PC

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - From previous computer

G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5S-2GBPQ- From Previous Computer

Someone please help me out here. I cannot figure out why this thing wont boot.

Gigabyte motherboard question

EvilOwen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:58:06 GMT

Hi guys,

I've got a Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 (Rev 2) and I'm considering upgrading the cpu from 5400 Brisbane Black Edition to one of the Phenom 2's. Perhaps the X4 945.

Gigabyte says it will support this CPU with a bios upgrade but are giving the following note about it:

If you install AMD AM2+ CPU on AM2 motherbord, the system bus speed will downgrade from HT3.0(5200MHz) to HT1.0(2000 MT/s) spec; however, the frequency of AM2+ CPU will not be impacted.

What kind of impact will this have on my performance if any?

Obviously it would be better to upgrade the motherboard but I'd like to try to keep my costs down.

Please let me know what you think.

ASRock K10N 750a SLI/WiFi won't standby/hibernate

aci1337 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:16:25 GMT

Hi, I have an ASRock K10N 750a SLI/WiFi motherboard, and I can't figure out the freakin' BIOS settings to get it to standby/hibernate. I used to put my system in standby with my 8600GTS, but when I installed my MSI GTS 250, it would leave half the PC running, so I switched to hibernate. Recently, I unplugged my rig and cleaned it out, went to plug it back in, no more standby/hibernate!!! I had been messing around with overclocking, but was having stability issues between the CPU & GPU so I set it all back to stock. And right around that time was when I couldn't standby/hibernate anymore. Does anyone have this board who could tell me the right settings to get it to standby/hibernate???

Motherboard questions

Skytte — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:10:09 GMT

On my Asus Maximus III mother board there are two JMicron SATA connections for use if you want to create RAID hardware. If I don't want to use RAID can I use these for additional hard drives for normal use? There are also 2 Jmicron SATA connectors labled ODD1 and ODD2. It does not say what they are for. Are they for something special or can they be used for any optical drive? Also, is it best to hook your case fans to the motherboard instead of directly to the power supply. Besides the cpu fan connection there are several other fan connections one being called PWR fan. What fan would that be, couldn't mean power supply fan would it, that is in the power supply. The conncection labled PWR is right by the top chassi fan which is the only one that the fan cable will reach to so I would like to use it for that. The other fan connections are labled CHA fan which I assume is chassi fan and OPT fan, I don't know what that is, there is just a note that says to connect a chassis fan to the OPT 1 / 2 / 3 for better thermal control, so I suppose the motherboard controls the fans speed.

What memory

Skytte — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:11:26 GMT

I have an Asus MaximussIII Formula mother board with an Intel i5-750 processor. All of the Corsair memory that newegg matches up with the i5 cpu uses 1.65 volts. Intel says that the i5 cpu max should be no more than 1.6v, they wondered why they matched it to the cpu, they said they should be matching it with the motherboard. I purchased corsairs CMD4GX3M2A1600C8 which newegg recommends with the i5 cpu. In one review one person says that it didn't work very good because it uses 1.65 volts. Asus Maximuss III Formula list of qualified memory for corsair have no numbers that match up with any of the corsair memory that newegg has listed. I'm pulling my hair out trying to find which corsair memory I can use. Can anyone help?

my gigbyte p55-ud5 tmpin2?

bobthescienceguy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:12:10 GMT

i downloaded cpuz to check on my temperatures and my tmpin2 is up to 80C+ once even at 111c.

I have heard this is the northbridge? everything else is cool, what is the problem ?! im scared for my motherboard

New motherboard advice

sterfry — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:25:09 GMT

Hey everyone, im looking to replace my motherboard and i want to get a powerful and reliable board, that is backed by a company who actually cares about there products lol. My previous board is a year and a half old foxconn x38a that doesn't work well with windows 7 because foxconn doesn't care enough about it to release a new bios. I wanna try and keep it around 100-200 dollars. Thanks!

Gigabyte GA-ma790FXT - UD5Pp Mobo problems

Darkroom — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:47:22 GMT

Guys,

Tried to find solutions in forum listing my many problems to get mobo/cpu/graphics/monitor, etc., up and ruinning, No luck. I have continually had the following problems and certainly would appreciate any and all HELP!!!!

My new build- Cpu-Amd Phen.II x 4 955 Denab: Graphics Card- Asus EAH 4980; Mem- Corsair Dominator 4Gb; HD- WD WD750 sata; Monitor- Samsung 2343BLVY(? anyway- 23" LCD); OS- Windows 7 Ultimate; DVD Samsung sata burner: LG CD/DVD burner; OCZ 700 watt PSU.

Finally got Mobo to accept the above items, except the Samsung sata DVD burner and bought an LG IDE. Installed Windows 7. Troubles began when I rebooted after installing Windows; BIOS would not let me go into Windows. Wanted me to insert startup CD into the CD/DVD burner and start up Windows. I can reboot at this point (without the CD) from there and go into windows. but I'm sure I shouldn't have to go this route.

2nd problem- In Windows 7 run the Windows mangement system rating tool and got a 1.0 for the Graphics and another 1.0 for the 3 D. Tried installing the Asus CD and system refused to reboot. Restored to the previous BIOS setting and this is where I am with the new build at this point.

1st, I would like to get the system to accept the Samsung sata DVD burner ( was an OEM - no drivers). Called Samsung on the Burner and they emailed me a driver with instructions. Haven't tried yet since LG works fine. 2nd I would like to get the Graphics card running properly so that I can eventually see some "outstanding" graphics. 3rd, I cannot get the monitor anywhere near the resolution promised in the shipped literature, or from my conversations with Samsung Tech. By the way, all except the LG burner/OS were bought from NewEgg recently and most were recommeded by this forum.

Think that most of my problems are driver related. Called around locally for some help with my problems, but no one in my area could/wants to offer any help or tackle my problems.

Have not yet bought DSL service for my new build (plan to after my problems are solved), and cannot access my dialup account either. Apparently my legacy modem doesn't work with this version of Windows either. Very, very frustrating.

Any and all help with my problems would be greatly appreciated.

Motherboard questions

Bamboo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:14:39 GMT

Hello,

I am totally new to building computers and computer hardware, and am looking at building a computer eventually. My question about motherboards is as follows. First of all, do motherboards come with chipsets on newegg? Also, if they don't how do I know if a chipset will be compatible with the motherboard. Also, how do i now if a processor is compatible with the mother board and the chipsets, and how i now if each of the 3 pieces of hardware are compatible with the other two. Basically, i would just like an explanation of the hole motherboard/cpu/chipset setup. To be frank, i have no idea what a chipset does.

EMachine D2346 hdd lite on steady

crazyman — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:32:27 GMT

My dad gave me this computer so I do not know why the hard drive lite stays on at boot.

He never had a surge protector plugged into it.

Just plugged into the wall.

Will not boot to bios or no beeps heard.

All fans are spinning up including the case fan & CPU fan

The power button is a steady green

Speakers are plugged into I/O port

It has no VGA output. (In power save mode.)

PSU spins up ok.

Keyboard lites (all three) come on & then go out

Hard drive spins up & quiet.

Things I tried when troublshooting issue.

Replaced PSU

Tried a differant hard drive

Removed Ram one at a time

Reset cmos by removing the batt for one hour

Can't find the cmos & password jumpers cause their not labled on the board.

Looking for a site that has the pics of the board so I can find the jumpers & such.

Unplugged all devices except one stick of ram (tried both individually)

I'm wondering if it might be in standby mode (Sleep mode) but do not know how to get it out of standby mode.

Moved the mouse & pressed keys on keyboard

Could it possibly be a fried mobo?

Removed the mobo last night & really looked it over carefully & found no problems.

I did see when removing the AMD Athlon XP 2300 CPU that it looked as though there might have been some small burn marks on it.

The marks came right off with solution & reapplied the CPU & HS.

Fired it up & same ol' thing.

Going to find a used or refurbished CPU & see what happens.

Thinking of getting a 2400 instead of a 2300 AMD Athlon XP CPU.

No bad capacitors bulging or leaking as I can see.

No burn't smells

Motherboard looks good

Very little dust inside except some on the HS grids

Thinking not using a surge protector might have fried the mobo or something inside.

Motherboard specs:Socket A 462 AMD Athlon 2300+ motherboard part #:7061-020 S/N:K0505046612

CDR/W.Floppy drive,Case fan, PSU Dell HP-2507FW-250 watt.

512 memory modules 2- per slot, XP Home

Maxtor 40 GB 5300 rpm hdd.

I tried another hdd but no help.

Parts for this machine are not as hard to find as for my HP Pavilion that's down as well with a bad mobo.

These two machines have the identical same problems.

I have a post here about the HP machine also.

Thanks for your support!

David

Best Motherboard for under $250

FatedDistress — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:52:20 GMT

I am building a desktop with Intel i7-860, Windows 7 Professional, 1600 DDR3 8GB Ram, 2TB Western Digital Black HD, MSI 1GB 4550 Video Card.

What is the best motherboard for under $250 ?

Need help choosing a new MB

JB01 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:35:09 GMT

My ASUS Sriker II Formula died. I want to buy a socket 775 MB into which I can install my intel Q9450 CPU, 8 GB of OCZ PC2 8500 DDR2 1066 memory, Nvidia 8600 GT PCIE video card, 3 PCI cards and use windows 64 bit OS. Does any one have a suggestion? Thank you. JB

gigabyte ex58 ud3r 1366 combo deals?

SigninName — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:26 GMT

I've been stuck between buying an i7 860 and an i7920 just due to the whole future proofing thing, but that's not entirely the point of this post...

According to the specs, the ex58 ud3r and indeed all 1366 mobos take triple channel memory. When, then, is every combo deal with either 2 or 4 sticks of RAM? Isn't that kind of backward or is there something I'm missing?

Fried Presario. What a good substatute motherboard

Calamity — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:25:29 GMT

About two months ago the UPS under my wife's desk went BANG! The computer that was attached to it never came back. I did some trouble shooting and determined that the most likely suspect, at this point, is the motherboard. The system won't power up, but I've had the power supply tested and it's good. I've connected the hard disks to another box, and I was able to get critical data moved off. I called HP and they told me "Sure! We'll help fix your 'out-of-warranty' box! Pay us $250 to send it back and we'll diagnose the problem for you. Repairs will cost extra..." That didn't sound like such a good use of my money, so, I've taken the machine out of service for the time being.

That was my old game box. today I had to ship my new game box back to HP because it had a CPU/Memory problem (My confidence in HP's product is waning fast). So now I want to put the old machine back in service, but I need to find a cheap replacement motherboard. I hear that HP has some proprietary mounting points, so I can't just drop any old motherboard in. The system is a "Compaq Presario Media Center SR1830NX Desktop PC" And the motherboard specifications can be found at http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00496280&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=1843675&lang=en.

Since HP won't sell me a replacement motherboard (Back to the 'ship it to us!') I wanted to get a replacement. I contacted the support staff at NewEgg.com, and they suggested you folks as the "experts" who could recommend a replacement unit. any takers?

What is a good ATX motherboard for Q6600 with DDR3

denzillion — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:54:41 GMT

Any suggestion?

gigabyte ma790x-ud4p + Radeon HD5850 crossfire???

AirplaneArms — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:52:42 GMT

After looking at the secondary PCI-E slot, there is very little room to clip in a second of these beastly cards thanks to what I consider a poor placement of the top PCI slot, since it sticks out more than the pci-e x8. I was one of the lucky ones (i.e. i sat here like an obsessed fiend for 3 days) that got an auto-notify for a sapphire 5850, with the intention to buy 2. 2 weren't available but i'll get a second one in the new year.

Has anyone had experience fitting 2 of these or other dual-slot cards into this motherboard?

POST code checkpoints

sjr — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:20:43 GMT

I have a new Windows 7 build that I will call unstable at best. A couple bsod's, seemingly random program lockups, and various other little pestering issues. I think it may be motherboard related but I am not really sure.

The mb has a POST code checkpoint display and after boot up it displays AA, which the manual says: Uninstall POST INT1Ch vector and INT09h vector. Deinitializes the ADM module. I have googled every combination of that message from full to just a word and there doesn't seem to be anything out there, all I can find is that the code AA means the what the manual says. From what I could find this code is on several different mb types and appears to be AMIbios code. I am also not sure what code should be displayed (if any) after boot up as the manual doesn't say, but I am fairly sure the AA code is not what should be displayed. I updated the bios but the code stayed the same.

The cpu was running hotter than I would like under load (mid to upper 80's) so I did put a 3rd party cpu cooler on and now it runs low to mid 60's on all cores, which is about the same as my other i7 pc and that one runs very stable.

Wondering if anyone knows what the POST code actually means

GA-MA785GPMT-UD2H 8-pin 12v connector

leftax — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:06:38 GMT

Is it necessary to connect a cable to the 8-pin 12v motherboard power socket? My power supply does not have this cable. Thanks.

GA-P55-UD4P - Good CPU cooler for Core i7860

MrPorky — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:01:29 GMT

I've got a gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P P55 mobo. Love it so far, but I'm looking for an aftermarket cooler as the boxed cooler provided with the Core i7 860 is a little weak.

Due do the new-ness of the LGA 1156 it seems there arent many coolers for it on the market yet.

The "ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler - Retail" Seems to be a good choice at first glance, but more than a few reviewers say that the fins on this unit runs in to some of the heatsinks on this motherboard, and interferes with some ram slots as well. Browsing other products there seems to be similar problems with a lot of other LGA 1156 compatible units.

Anyone found a good cooler that works in this motherboard?

20+4 pin PSU in 24 pin motherboard

denzillion — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:37 GMT

Can u use 20+4 PSU pin with the 24 pin montherboard? Of course leaving just 20pins in and +4 just hanging out. Thanks

MSI NF980-G65 Capability Question

timrosenthal — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:06:55 GMT

Are there any incompatibilities with nVidia nForce chipsets on motherboards and ATI video cards? I just got the MSI NF980 board and I'm now wondering if there are any incompatibilies with nVidia nForce chipsets on motherboards and ATI video cards? I'm just curious because I'm looking into buying an ATI 4890 card. The motherboard has the PCI Express x16 slot the card requires, I was just curious if since the chipset is made by nVidia if there would be any incompatibilities with the ATI card.

Need advice picking out a motherboard...Please...

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Hello,

I was thinking about a new mother board for my system and need some advice on what to get.

I just installed my new video card and tried to install two new sticks of memory. However, I ended up breaking a slot and only have one working slot now. I just got Win7 and could use faster RAM and more of it.

The way that my case is set up, it has a tube that channels the hot air off of my CPU out to the side of my case. I would love to keep this functionality. There is a link to my old motherboard below if that helps. (I would need the CPU to be in about the same location.)

Motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131090

My price range is anywhere from $80 to $150 depending on quality and such. I would really like something that is reliable and upgradable should the need arise. I think that with my new video card, I can have a decent gaming machine that will last for years and years. ::knocks on wood::

Any help would be greatly appreciated. (Oh yea, I am fairly new at building computers and I bought this prebuilt. So I came to the experts. Or shall I say eggxperts!)

VGA: HIS H467QS1GH Radeon HD 4670 IceQ HDMI Dual DL-DVI HDCP 1 GB 128bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 X16 Video Card Retail (RoHS): MB:ASUS P5VD2-X LGA 775 VIA PT890 ATX Intel Motherboard OS:Windows XPBrowser:FireFox 3 CPU:Intel Pentium D 915 Presler 2.8GHz LGA 775 Dual-Core ProcessSound:N/ACPU Pps:Entertainment / School Memory: Kingston KVR533D2N4 UNB 533MHz 240-Pin Non-ECC CL4 ValueRAM 1GB

PSU:Rosewill RP500-2 500W ATX12V v2.01 Power Supply - Retail Brand: HD:Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YS 160GBCooling: Front and back fans. Everything is running cool Misc: 3 SATA drives & 1 IDE drive inside case

Thanks!

Cooper

PS. I'm assuming the answer is no, but can I install DDR3 RAM into my current motherboard?

M2N78-LA Mobo, Help!

Chibb11 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:10:04 GMT

Good day folks,

I have an HP computer with a M2N78-LA mobo, for complete specs look up a6702f Hp Pavilion. My issue is the processor just doesn't seem to be cutting it and I felt i would give it an upgrade both Graphics and Processor. I went the Radeon 5770 and the AMD Phenom II x4 955BE, my question is this:

Will this processor work on this mobo, I got off the phone with HP they say no because it couldn't deal with the heat. I am not one to trust HP because of past issues and it really wasn't the answer I wanted to hear because I already bought it :(. Currently on it's way to my door and I started wondering if it would fit. Now the processer says it works with both AM2+ and AM3 and the M2N78-LA can handle AM2+ so i thought nothing of it until I started wondering if the bios would need an update. Do you guys foresee any issues with this processor in this mobo?

I have also ordered a new PSU as well to handle the power difference. Any help would be great THANKS!

can DDR3 MB run DDR2 memories?

qiqiours — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:44:10 GMT

I want to buy an AMD AM3/AM2+ motherboard with DDR 3 memory standard.

like this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176

And I already have a bunch of DDR2 memories at home. Can I use the DDR 2 memories on a DDR3 MB?

Thanks!

Bad motherboard, incompatible RAM, or both?

afish01 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:30:09 GMT

Hello everyone!

I'm currently working on a build for myself using the parts shown in my system specs below.

I have been having constant problems with this build. My early problems were mostly related to bad video drivers for the 5850. After about five days of talking with XFX, I did finally get some drivers that at least let me boot into Windows. I started using my computer, installing my games and other software, generally getting settled in. Just a few days ago, the computer started crashing randomly. At first it happened when I wasn't around, so I never witnessed it--I would come back and it would give me the Windows login screen, having just restarted itself. After this happened a few more times, I finally saw it happen for myself while I was working on a Word document. The screen suddenly went blank, then showed a series of vertical gray bars and of course the system became unresponsive. I checked Reliability Monitor for any events, and it mentioned the unplanned restarts in addition to Superfetch errors. I rebooted into safe mode, and the lockup happened again, almost right away, only this time it was a BSOD that flashed for a brief moment. I thought I saw something in the error message about memory error, so I immediately rebooted and ran Memtest.

Here's where things start to get confusing. Up to this point, both my BIOS and Windows had been recognizing and using all 8GB of my RAM. Now, however, Memtest started showing tons of errors on one of the modules, so I began a series of tests to make sure that this module was really bad. I tested each module individually in Slot 1, but I got no errors. Thinking that maybe that module wasn't seated properly before, I then reinstalled all the RAM, but ever since running the tests and switching things around, both the BIOS and Windows can see all 8GB but only mark two of the modules (4GB) as "usable." I've switched out the modules, reseated them, put them in a different order, still no more than 4GB usable. Two of the RAM slots are essentially disabled, yet there is no option in the BIOS to turn them back on again. I have tried different memory voltages, different speed settings, nothing.

On a side note, I've been having tons of problems with the BIOS versions for this board. Some of the later versions, which supposedly fix memory compatibility issues, actually prevent Windows from booting. Even with the default BIOS settings (no fancy features turned on), I get an "Error loading operating system" message. I have to roll back to a previous BIOS version to even get back into Windows.

I dug around a bit online for answers to the memory problem. The only thing I that might explain the problem is that I am using 1600MHz RAM, when Intel's specs are limited to 1333 for this platform. One manual for a different P55 motherboard said that if you using faster RAM than 1333, only two of the four slots will be usable. This was found on an ASUS P55 board memory compatibility list: "Due to Intel spec definition, X.M.P. DIMMs and DDR3-1600 are supported for one DIMM per channel only." The problem with this theory is that my RAM problems were occurring regardless of my speed settings. From the very start, the board set my 1600MHz RAM at 1333, and I never changed it because it didn't seem important. So if I set my faster RAM to 1333, shouldn't this solve the problem? Or is there something I'm missing here?

I know this is a lot to read, but there is a lot to consider here. I have about a week to figure out what to return to Newegg. Do I return just my RAM and hope that it is the cause of all my problems? Do I return the motherboard because of its strange behavior so far? Or do I return both? Your advice would be much appreciated.

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