MSI 970a-g46 motherboard starts up but doesn't display anything.

Hello, I'm having problems with a new motherboard I got from Amazon, specifically the 970a-g46. The following are my specs in use with this motherboard:
CPU: AMD Phenom 2 x4 965
GPU: nVidia GeForce 560 GTX
Ram: 8gb Kingston HyperX Fury 1866mhz.
PSU: Corsair 650TX (650 Watts)
Compatability-wise, everything checks out so I wasn't expecting problems at first. All the other parts excluding the ram I've used before. Here's exactly what happens:
I power up the computer after everything is installed and connected. The 4 phase LEDs turn on which tell me the CPU is powered up and working (so I assume). I don't get any beeps or buzzs mainly because I don't see any speaker/buzzer on this board. The monitor blinks and while it is connected to my GPU, it doesn't display anything, it's just a black screen. I can leave it on for a few minutes and I'll still not see anything happen. An important observation here is that my keyboard which has LEDs will turn on after a short period of time in boot-up (with my older set-up that is). This does not happen ever regardless of how long I leave my computer on on this new mobo.
I've gone over and checked/tested numerous things:
* The PCI-E and ATX cables for the GPU, motherboard and CPU are all connected and secured (I've tried both 4-pin and 8-pin connections for the CPU, neither help).
* I've tried jumping the CMOS multiple times to no avail.
* I tested the ram on another computer and it worked just fine on that one.
* I've tested the motherboard without a GPU and it still does nothing (though I think that's because this motherboard doesnt have its own integrated GPU for some reason).
So far the only possible reasons why my computer is not working is because of my PSU (very unlikely as it's only a year old and it's a Corsair, which I've heard is very reliable in the long-run), GPU (It is quite a few years old but even without the GPU my computer still doesn't go past boot-up), CPU (possible due to its age and how many freaking time I've reseated it (probably around 8 times) so I wouldn't doubt it, but before I put it into this motherboard I did check its pins and they were all there and placed nice and smoothly into the socket.) and finally the motherboard (it's possible that this is just a defected motherboard and giving me a super hard time which would be a first in all the years I"ve spent computer building).
The best case scenario of course is me giving some kind of oversight to how I transferred over the parts and connectors. I might've missed something obvious to please any advice/insight on how I can solve this problem would be greatly appreciated
EDIT: Some other things I did but forgot to mention:
* Checked ground nut things and ensured they matched the specifications of the motherboard ATX; only 6 are under the board and each one is aligned up with the holes on the board as designed.
* Tried booting up without powering the CPU. Only one phase LED light came on, still the same problem (for an obvious reason this time now).
* Re-seated GPU multiple times, re-connected cables multiple times.
What I have NOT done is re-seat the CPU because I am almost out of acetone so I would need to get another supply of that which won't be until tomorrow. I also have not re-seated everything back on my older motherboard to check if it still works. Tomorrow I'll most likely do that and if I find that the old motherboard works flawlessly then that tells me that the new motherboard I got is either defected or there's some compatability issue I"m missed out on.
EDIT 2: Just found a speaker and plugged it into the motherboard. Booted it up and I got no beeps whatsoever. So this mobo is giving me no video activity (there is a signal it's just blank), and no beeps from the motherboard. I have no idea what that could mean at this point.
EDIT 3: I decided to test a few things with the new speaker I just got. First I removed ram and tried running, I got 3 beeps which I assume is the beep sequence of faulty/no ram. Removed the power to CPU and the GPU itself individually, gave no beeps this time.

Quote from: rhradacut on 06-January-15, 16:49:14
What's the serial number of your MB? Needed to determine what BIOS may be on the MB. Exactly which version of the CPU is it? There were several different 965 CPUs and they required different BIOS versions, 1.2, 1.9,2.2 depending on which CPU you actually have.
Also another problem may be that native memory supported by your CPU is DDR3-1333, not 1866
None of the supported CPUs have integrated graphics, any MB graphics would be in the chipset, not CPU. Examples would be 785G, 880G
Thank you very much rhradacut! The problem was that the mobo for whatever reason was forcing 1866mhz on my CPU when it only supported up to 1600mhz. I had to install a spare ddr3 module to downclock it so that I could access the BIOS and manually set the DRAM timing to 1600mhz for it to work. That's a very strange problem that I figured would've been auto-resolved by the hardware, and would also be a big problem if I didn't have any spare DDR3 ram to work with.
Once again thanks for helping out on solving my problem.

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See screenshot :
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Ok i ran it and it shows compatible, see pic below :
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I/O MMU virtualization (AMD-Vi and VT-d)Main article: IOMMU
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Intel's "Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O" (VT-d).[32]

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2. Did you plug in the 4/8-pin CPU power connector located near the CPU socket? If the motherboard has 8 pins and your PSU only has 4 pins, you can use the 4-pin connector. The 4-pin connector USUALLY goes on the 4 pins located closest to the CPU. If the motherboard has an 8-pin connector with a cover over 4 pins, you can remove the cover and use an 8-pin plug if your power supply has one. This power connector provides power to the CPU. Your system has no chance of posting without this connector plugged in! Check your motherboard owners manual for more information about the CPU power connector. The CPU power connector is usually referred to as the "12v ATX" connector in the owners manual. This is easily the most common new-builder mistake.
from http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems
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signed,
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Yeah CW I get your point.
The fact is however, I got my replacement board (after the first RMA) directly from MSI, so any relevant information should have been included with the new board.
I shouldn't have to do "research", especially when the MSI software indicates it can update the BIOS for you. I wrongly assumed that if I followed MSI's instructions to the letter that I'd have no problems. More fool me!
This's the only flash that's ever failed and I've been flashing since the early days when it was done from floppy, hazardous times indeed!
Incidentally, the Gigabyte board I bought to replace the MSI had all the relevant information included in the box with regard to the flashing of the BIOS and I've done so without issue. I flashed my ASUS Sabertooth board too, also without issue.
My assumption now, is that the replacement board was a "lemon" and it has been consigned to history via the trash (recycling of course)
No more MSI for me I'm afraid (at least not motherboards, I have more faith in their graphics cards, oddly)
Anyway thanks for your reply
Froobs :D

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Thank you in advance

Quote from: Agent-Smith-TM on 10-February-14, 03:15:01
I agree, 60 is high for idle. I'll clock it back to default clocks. I doubt it's the cooler, I'm using a Zalman LQ-310 Cooler, Not sure if that names right, but it's something along the lines of that.
It's a liquid-cooling cooler.
What's your NB voltage? Has that been adjusted?
And, when you say "idle," are you talking about "idle" after you have fully booted, or "idle" when you're looking at the UEFI screen before you boot? I ask the question because a lot of people think that when they are in the bios/UEFI, pre-boot, that they are "idling" when actually the cpu is usually running flat out... Doesn't actually "idle" until after you've booted to your desktop for several reasons.

MSI 970A-G46 with a AMD FX8350 shutting down when gaming of Indexing win 7

Hallo
I set up a new pc with these components
MSI 970A-G46
AMD FX8350
MSI Radeon HD7750 OC
Corsair PC12800
WD 1TB
PSU 600W
All stock
Bios update: done
Driver update: done
Temperature is bios about 55 Celcius
Now when gaming or doing a speed index of windows 7 the pc shuts of and when it shuts of the front case led is blinking.
The CPU and MOBO gets verry hot.
I have read that MSI claims that the 970A-G46 is not suited for the FX8350 becouse it has 4. +1 phases.
Please help me with this headache

PSU: Recom Power Engine 600 Plus 600W
See here MSI claim (Got it from a forum)
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Dear MSI,
Thank you for your detailed response to my concerns... I can see clearly now. I only have a couple questions.
Regarding your courtesy "step-up" option: If I choose to RMA my board and pay the difference for an upgrade, will I be required to send in my motherboard first, before you send me my replacement? Manufacturer RMA procedures are time-consuming, and typically span several days, or often weeks before the replacement product arrives. If I have to send in my motherboard first and wait for a replacement, I will essentially be without a desktop computer for that period of time.
This is a serious issue for me. I use my computer on a daily-basis for important tasks. Being stuck without a computer for several days is unfair and unreasonable, given that I'm not the one at fault here. I'm being inconvenienced because of MSI's blunder with this motherboard. This is your mistake, not mine. I hope you re-consider this a little more carefully.
I feel similarly about paying for shipping. Sending out the board on my own dime may not seem like a big problem, but the principle is the same: I'm being penalized for something that is no fault of my own.
Let me remind you that you are propagating false advertising when you say this motherboard "supports" FX-8350 Vishera CPUs. To say that it really "supports" the FX-8350 is being generous; I'm using this CPU/motherboard combo right now, and I can see for myself that the 970A-G46 quickly falls to it's knees when the CPU reaches full load. No other properly-designed motherboard does this. Real-world tasks such as video encoding will use 100% of my processor, thus causing it to throttle. Adobe Media Encoder is not a "heavy burn-in tool"; it is, in fact, a "standard usage scenario" as you put it.
It's the equivalent of selling a car that boasts an 8-cylinder engine, but can only use 2 cylinders driving down the freeway because it wasn't actually designed for that much power. Very dishonest.
At this point you have openly admitted that the motherboard is flawed. I will hold you to that. Your engineers have tested it for themselves, and have observed the CPU's power going over spec, thus not working properly with this motherboard. You can blame the problem on AMD, but it doesn't change the fact that you're selling this motherboard to unknowing consumers, neglecting to warn them about the board's limitations.
Your courtesy upgrade option is a step in the right direction. But unless you can provide me with a more agreeable form of compensation that doesn't make me pay for shipping and leave me without a PC, I plan on escalating this issue.
-Dan

MSI 970A-G46 help.

I just built my first PC and it won't boot up. The I can hear the PSU running but the a light called LED 1 flashes and then nothing else happens. Ive checked and rechecked the cables and haven't found anything messed up. The RAM and CPU are installed correctly. Could the Hard drive possibly be the problem? Please help i really want my pc to work.
Specs:
Mother Board: MSI 970A-G46
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2ghx Quad-Core.
GPU: MSI HD R5450
Hard Drive 1tb Sata.
PSU: 600 watt Thermaltake.
RAM: 2 sticks of 4gb Corsair.

I recently got same motherboard. When it is running normal you will have four small blue LED lights that stay lighted. I had issue where over clock would not disengage and or engage. And only one blue LED indicator light was on. And no matter what it would not restart; with reset, hard shutdown.
SOLUTION by Bumper: Simple CMOS manual reset on motherboard, restart and press F2 [At this point motherboard bios has been reset to default settings.]
If it turns out you still have a problem; search Amazon for simple cheap testers to test mainboard, PSU, etc. Chances are if you see lights the PSU is OK.

High pitch hissing sound from 970A-G46 motherboard with AMD FX 8 core processor

I am getting high pitch hissing sound from 970A-G46 motherboard with AMD FX 8 core processor.
Sound is coming from some place near CPU area.
I tried changing Core C 6 State in BIOS from Enabled to Disabled to fix this issue.
I also followed steps in following link, w w w . tomshardware.com/forum/292915-30-high-pitched-noise-coming-area
No luck with above changes.
I heard this is a common problem with MSI motherboards. Is there any fix for this issue.

Quote from: flobelix on 12-January-13, 18:49:48
That is surely no typical problem of MSI mainboards. In fact that is very rare if it is the board.
Tke the board out of case on a non conductive surface with nothing else connected but but mainboard, ram, psu, cpu and vga. Try it again after clearing CMOS (>>Clear CMOS Guide<<)
If you are then 100% sure that it is the board this could be a defect as MSI mainbaords normally don't cause coil whine and I haven't heard that about 970A-G46 so far
I tried clearing CMOS by replacing jumper and loading factory defaults. Still high pitch sound is coming intermittently. As my 30 day period is over with Frys Electronics, How easy to get a replacement board from MSI. Does anyone know the steps?

MSI 970A-G46 and SLI Bridge

So I use a Ge-Force 545 1.5GB card on my machine and when I purchased it I got a good deal so I picked up 2. I had the second on put up until now and when I had to buy a new MB I purchased the MSI 970A-G46. Now I thought I'd go ahead and use the second 545 card and make it a SLI setup, however the MSI 970A-G46 doesn't appear to have included the SLI Bridge. Was this an oversite or what because without it it's kinda hard to sell it as a SLI Motherboard.

A SLI Bridge is among the Optional Accessories what means it is not usually included unless it is offered that way or that kind of accessory is usually included in the local market where it is sold. Since boards of that price level usually don't come with a SLI Bridge (or are used for SLI) it was obviously not included with your board. If you need a bridge check ebay where you will easiely find one.

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