970A-G46, No boot

New to computers, got a kit from the parents containing:
Ultra LSP550 550-Watt Power Supply
Corsair Vengeance - 8gig(2x4gig) PC3-12800, DDR3-1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 CAS Latency, Intel XMP
EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 01G-P3-1556-KR Video Card - 1GB
AMD FD8120FRGUBOX FX-8120 Processor - Eight Core
MSI 970A-G46 AMD 9 Series Motherboard - ATX
1TB WD Caviar Blue SATA 6GB/s 7200 RPM 32MB cache
Followed all the instilation guides after reading them and checking a couple boards to make sure it was being done correctly, as well as making sure I had one of the static bracelet things on.
Upon pressing the power button all I am getting is a CPU is in 1 Phase Power Mode, reading through the guides I cannot find what this means. As people say that 4 is good, I assume that the reason nothing else is turning on is that it is at 1.
Now, what would you reccomend I check?
I have reinstalled each item one at a time currently to no success. I do not have any other test parts to make sure that they are all working, but when I press the power button, there is a light inside the power supply that comes on for a second, as well as the light on the motherboard, so I belive they are currently in working condition.
Thank you for your time in advance, I'm new, take pity

Quote from: xmad on 31-July-12, 00:21:37
Let us know either way. Good luck!
wow I know the chances of Getting a DOA board is slim but wow im starting to see a pattern.
I have a question is your board a Micro atx

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Help: new MSI 970a-g46 not booting.

hello.
i searched this forum before posting but couldn't find a solution that worked, so i thought i'd post my issue and see if y'all could help. basically, after installing the mobo and all the parts, powering on the machine does nothing but spin the fans and illuminate phase 1 CPU light for a split second. then nothing. no beeps, no further activity.
i just purchased brand new:
MSI 970A-G46
AMD FX 8-Core
Ballistix 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800 (1 stick)
Diablotek EVO ATX midtower.
and i'm using these my old parts:
Themaltake Purepower 500 ATX 12V 2.0
Gigabyte G Force 8 Series (GV-NX86S256H) graphics card
an IDE PCI card (where my 160gb maxtor with the OS connects)
two SATA drives seagate 500GB and a WD 2TB
up untill i shut down my old system to build this one, everything was working fine.
after reading the forum, i've tried moving my RAM from slot 2 to each other slot. trying to boot each time had same result.
i tried to reseat the CPU chip, but went no further than taking the fan off and making sure the CPU pins were not visible. then pushed down on the fan with some force while i put it back. trying to boot had the same result.
i've tried to clear the CMOS, but honestly not sure if i did it right. moved the jumper over, then waited a bit and moved it back. tried booting after that, same result.
i'm hoping someone has a quick fix that might keep me from pulling the mobo back out and starting again.
(side question: if i do have to start again, do i need more heatsync themal goo or will the stuff already on the CPU still work since it's never turned on?)
thanks in advance for any help. if i can provide more info on my setup, please let me know.
this is my first build all on my own and it's having predictable results.

i searched and found i made a real rookie mistake. :(
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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
wow. plugged in the 4 pin cpu power and it booted into bios. so thanks for the help and for listening.
signed,
an embarrassed n00b.

Windows 8 64-bit install on 970a-g46 Mainboard AHCI and NVIDIA DRIVER issues

My Box:
MSI 970A-G46
BIOS 1.9 (AUG 2012) (Tried 1.11 but the nightmare started then)
AMD FX-6100 (STOCK SPEED AND SETTINGS) WITH OEM HSF
16GB PATRIOT VIPER 3 (1866) RUNNING @ (1600)
USED an EVGA 9800GT 1ST AND UPGRADED TO NVIDIA REFERENCE CARD GTX 550 Ti (1GB) WITH SAME ISSUES
90gb MonsterDigital Daytona SATA III SSD DRIVE (OS and minimal programs)
Antec HE 550
I am at a point of pulling my hair out. I decided to upgrade my system to enhance Diablo III game play. I got a combo deal on the mainboard and cpu, and thought the speed of the game caching on a SSD would also help. The first attempt which took a little struggle was Vista 64-bit. Eventually, I was able to get the OS to work with me, and it was smooth. Since M$ decided to offer the Windows 8 Pro upgrade for only $39.99, I thought, what do I had to lose. Well….lots of time. Now, I am not a newbie, though SSD drives haven’t been more than an interesting thought. So yes, I read many guides on everything from Trim enabled Win 7 and 8, and many other do’s and don’ts. What is driving me to the Netherlands of hell, is the installation and how buggy it has been. It boils down to drivers for the IDE/SATA/AHCI CONTROLLER. First, even thought it “sees” the SSD on installation drive selection, after pulling the USB installation drive, the system forgets it, and there is a “problem with the boot sector”. If you load the driver from the AMD site, it lets the install occur “fine”, but there is an issue with that driver which causes an irq conflict which leads to D3 audio issues and freeze ups. I did finally get things in order (not sure which driver I choose for that), and things were smooth, except I tried to install the GTX 550 ti and that led to a corrupt file error, which the system runs a check disk and cycles the “preparing to repair” and “diagnosing PC” a few times and never allows me to enter SAFE MODE (shift+f8), to disable the NVIDIA driver that is buggy, and doesn’t allow for the NVIDIA Control Panel to install without losing video, and starts the repair cycles again… Leading to ANOTHER RE-INSTALL...
My question, for the Windows 8 Pro installation on the 970a-G46 mainboard and then after install is complete, which driver is the correct choice for the AHCI/SATA Controller? All I find is Win7 64-bit AHCI inf’s, and SB7XX 64-bit inf’s (no SB950 INF). The Driver disk which came with the mainboard is very dated pre Win 8 stuff, ASMEDIA X106 which are not recognized by the OS as written for Win 8. AMD’s latest drivers are the ones causing the IRQ type lags and corruption.
What version, build and type of Windows 8 installations have you used on this mainboard, and what drivers allowed you install it without the above conflicts? Your input may decrease my insanity… So, thank you in advance…

Quote from: m0r9h3u5 on 28-January-13, 12:11:16
I understand what you are telling me, only the generic drivers deliver subpar results. What is the point of running those drivers instead of windows 8 certified drivers written for said devices. My last install is functioning better, but still windows update fails every attempt, the apps i install (ie. weather bug) on the start screen wont load... to me windows 8 is a big fail....but that is just my view...
OK...I also own the 970a G46, and my upgrade experience from Win7 x64 AHCI to Win8 x64 AHCI was flawless the first time. No problems at all. You are running an AMD chipset board with a nVidia gpu, which means that your chipset drivers are not automatically updated with every gpu driver update you do--this would happen automatically if you owned an AMD gpu because AMD includes them in its gpu driver install packages. But--all you have to do to get the proper drivers for your motherboard is go here and download them. You only need the *chipset drivers* from this page--you do not need the RAID drivers, of course. That's it. It's no big deal, and back in the days when nVidia was making motherboard chipsets you had to separately download both the motherboard chipset drivers from nVidia and the AMD gpu drivers from AMD if you did not also own a nVidia gpu.
From your description of your problems it sounds like your installation of Win8 is hosed and you need to format C:\ and clean install from scratch, anyway, so...
A note about AHCI--the *ideal* way to install the AHCI drivers is prior to installing your OS for the first time, you enter the UEFI and set "AHCI" in the appropriate place, instead of IDE, and *then* you reboot from DVD and install your OS which will automatically install the correct AHCI driver from Windows. After the driver installation is complete you should then install the updated 970a drivers from AMD as linked above.
However, it is actually very easy to activate and install AHCI *after* you have installed Windows in normal IDE mode:
To enable AHCI in existing Windows 8 IDE Installation's
Caution: Do NOT enable AHCI in UEFI prior to making the following changes in your Registry! If you had AHCI enabled alreadyin UEFI, disable it first and restart your computer!
Use WinKey + R and type Regedit in the command line and hit the Enter key, this will open the Registration Editor.
Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/services/iaStorV
right click on Start, select Modify and set Data Value to 0
Close Registration Editor and restart computer.
While booting, open the UEFI Page and set the SATA Mode to AHCI from IDE
Save UEFI settings and restart.
Windows will now install the AHCI drivers automatically and they should work without issues.
In order to avoid installation problems just like you have been experiencing, here is what I would do in your shoes:
1) Set UEFI for normal IDE drive mode
2) Reboot into IDE mode and install your OS
3) After you have finished with the installation, you should be having no troubles in IDE mode. Then go to the instructions above on how to properly enable AHCI *after* you have installed Windows 8 in normal IDE mode.
4) After everything is coming up roses in AHCI mode and you are having no problems, then install the AMD chipset drivers as linked above and you are golden.
Those 4 steps worked perfectly for me the first time (the first time I got them right, that is...).
There's nothing wrong with Win8--this is strictly operator error caused by insufficient research into what AHCI is and how to properly enable it. The Internet has some bad info on Win8 registry settings for AHCI because of the developer preview and the consumer preview versions of Win8 that Microsoft released to the public prior to the final shipping build--many "instructions" for Win8 are therefore not valid for the shipping version of Win8. At first I made some of the same goofs that you did, but now you get to benefit from my hard-won experience... Good luck! Should work like a charm. And, registry AHCI is done differently in Win8 than it is done in Win7 or Vista. Also, the registry settings relative to AHCI in Windows 8 for AMD are different from the registry values that must be changed for an Intel controller.
Parenthetically, My FX-6300 (Vishera) will be here in a couple of days! Yeah!

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.

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.

970a-g46 am3+ cable connection questions

Hi all,
I'm a first time computer builder and am in the process of building my own rig. I have MSI AMD 970a-g46 am3+ mobo and cool master elite 431 case.
1) I can't seem to find where on the mobo to connect the speaker for the post beep test. I've tried to look through the manual and watch videos but all the videos skip ahead of the internal cable connections to them being done.
2)the cool master 431 case comes with HD and AC 970 audio, which do I use with the MSI AMD 970a-g46 mobo? I think its the HD from what I've seen/read in videos.
3)I would like to do the test boot with the mobo, the gpu, psu on the monitor and post beep before mounting to make sure I connected it all correctly at least once but I don't know where to connect the speaker (question1). Also I don't know where to "short" the mobo before connecting the psu and plugging it in to "turn on" the mobo for the test. I saw a video by newegg of building a computer where he did the same.
That's all the questions at the moment since I'm taking a break. Any help would be majorly appreciated. Thanks.

ok attached the Front panel connectors diagram below! just find the missing pins and count to locate pins! (the name of the headers should be marked JFP1 and JFP2)
Quote from: Arafellin on 27-February-13, 23:54:30
1) I can't seem to find where on the mobo to connect the speaker for the post beep test. I've tried to look through the manual and watch videos but all the videos skip ahead of the internal cable connections to them being done.
ok there is a picture below from the manual and it should be connected on JFP2 on pins 4 and 6!
Quote from: Arafellin on 27-February-13, 23:54:30
2)the cool master 431 case comes with HD and AC 970 audio, which do I use with the MSI AMD 970a-g46 mobo? I think its the HD from what I've seen/read in videos.
connect the HD audio one not the AC97 from your case to the audio header!
Quote from: Arafellin on 27-February-13, 23:54:30
3)I would like to do the test boot with the mobo, the gpu, psu on the monitor and post beep before mounting to make sure I connected it all correctly at least once but I don't know where to connect the speaker (question1). Also I don't know where to "short" the mobo before connecting the psu and plugging it in to "turn on" the mobo for the test. I saw a video by newegg of building a computer where he did the same.
and as for shorting the board to power it up to test it works thats on JFP1 on pins 6+8 just short those 2 and it should start up!
if you do start it outside your case use a piece of plain cardboard under the mother board to isolate it from shorting out on anything!

Msi 970a-g46 - BIOS update got interrupted, screen is now perma black

So recently my computer has started having issues where it will just freeze out of nowhere leaving me only with sound, no mouse, no keyboard, i believe a still image on the screen (cant tell due to the mouse/keyboard).
Either way, so i figured i would go about and update all of my drivers, while updating my BIOS drivers, my computer had one of these freezes and i was careless enough to hit the restart button...
So now whenever i try and boot my computer, i am left with a pure black screen, and nothing else...
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Piers.

Quote from: Froggy Gremlin on 27-May-13, 09:00:08
Try a battery removed CMOS clear and reset. The freeze may have been RAM, PSU, VGA related. A BIOS update is firmware, etc., no drivers involved. A list of system components may be of help in the troubleshooting process;
>> Posting Guide <<
So after doing that, i plugged it back in, and got a long squealing beep tone so i immediately unplugged it... im also a huge retard, and powered it on while i had the jumpers on clear data... i feel retarded and i hope i didn't just break my motherboard even more... D':
Quote from: dejanf on 27-May-13, 09:21:29
Pls note that bios v2 can be updated only if you using Windows 8. Otherway update will fail, and your mobo is "bricked"
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/970A-G46.html#/?div=BIOS
it was the top one on the page
as for overclocking, i haven't done any of that
im running windows 7 - 64 bit

MSI 970A-G46 Northbridge Overheats

Hello
My first MSI 970A-G46 stopped working perfectly one moment, and the next it was dead. Nothing responded, everything was doublechecked, PSU, CPU, RAM and I ended up returning the motherboard, recieving a new one just like it.
The new board has now been installed, and everything works as it should. After about 30 minutes of gameplay, the computer just went black. I thought "Thermal shutdown" as soon as it happened.
I booted again and checked all temps, everything seemed fine, CPU and Sys Temps were in the 40's Celcius.
I then felt the Northbridge with my fingers, and it is BURNING hot.
MSI 970A-G46
AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 3.2Ghz @ Stock speed
8GB Kingston HyperX @ Stock speed
GTS 450 @ Stock speed
1TB Samsung SATA
Why is the Northbridge burning hot? My old Mobo, same model, never did this. I never found out what killed it though.
Ive done my share of research before asking questions here, and I do find other people talking about burning hot Northbridges on this specific MOBO.
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 only POSTing with jumpers set to clear data.

My PC has this strange problem. On turning it on, the lights come on, the fans start whirring, but there is no video signal...
There are no beeps or anything..
Since this happened right after I installed a new HDD, I took it out..
But even then it did not work!
I tried clearing the CMOS by moving the jumper and it booted up...
But when I again tried with the jumper in the default position it stopped working!
Can any one tell me what's going on here??
My config:
MSI 970A-G46 motherboard
AMD 3.8Ghz FX 4130 CPU
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8 GB (CMZ8GX3M1A1600C100)
Zotac GTX-550Ti 1GB
Corsair VS 450 watt power supply
WD Black 1TB HDD (this is the new one I installed)
I have 2 more HDDs which are ancient. Both of them are from Seagate. One is 20G and the other is 350G. I don't know their model no.

Quote from: shayan.roychoudhury.1 on 30-June-14, 01:08:35
My PC has this strange problem. On turning it on, the lights come on, the fans start whirring, but there is no video signal...
There are no beeps or anything..
Since this happened right after I installed a new HDD, I took it out..
But even then it did not work!
I tried clearing the CMOS by moving the jumper and it booted up...
But when I again tried with the jumper in the default position it stopped working!
Can any one tell me what's going on here??
My config:
MSI 970A-G46 motherboard
AMD 3.8Ghz FX 4130 CPU
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8 GB (CMZ8GX3M1A1600C100)
Zotac GTX-550Ti 1GB
Corsair VS 450 watt power supply
WD Black 1TB HDD (this is the new one I installed)
I have 2 more HDDs which are ancient. Both of them are from Seagate. One is 20G and the other is 350G. I don't know their model no.
Check your leads from your PSU to your GPU (if it requires same--I'm not conversant with nVidia gpus)--and just for fun, switch it out with its twin. Reseat the gpu, carefully, etc. To that end, it looks like your PSU is possibly just barely adequate for your setup. What's your max amperage on the 12v rail?
But...sounds like a wiring short, somewhere--check all of your connections carefully, make sure there are no screws or washers, etc., loose that are underneath the motherboard and creating a short between mboard and the metal case cover (like accidentally dropping a screw when attaching the hard drive, etc.)
As well--check your jumpers on the HD and make sure those are OK (although I doubt that's the problem--years ago an improperly jumpered hard drive could keep the entre system from booting. These days that is rarely a problem, though, if ever.)
The fact that your system boots when your CMOS pins are jumpered a certain way--but not in the default position--indicates a short of some kind. If you find it and correct, you should have no permanent damage, imo. Good luck!

970A-G46 issue (no display, post)

Hi everyone,
Today after work I gutted my existing system, as I purchased a new Coolermaster HAF932. Had a darkfleet case and wanted more room. Also had a new H100i CPU cooler from last blackfriday so I decided to install that, replacing a zalman cooler. Everything else remained the same.
Reused parts
- AMD 8150 8 core
- MSI 970A G46
- Gskill 8gb 1600 Ares
- MSI 7950
- 750w TX Corsair psu
- 120g SSD Kingman
- 240g SSD Seagate
- 1x750g 1x650g WD black
New parts
- Coolermaster HAF932 case
- Corsair H100i CPU cooler
The problem Is after finishing the rebuild, i cant get the system to post. No video, display, nada. Everything does power up. I have tried moving the ram stick around in different slots. Removed the battery on mobo,, waited a few minutes to reset bio. I just now gutted everything from the new case, and setup bare minimum on cardboard. Same results, no change. Everything worked fine, and there were no issues when removing the old cooler to affect the CPU. I am going to pull that and basically start over again...All i did before rebuilding earlier was blow out the PSU and gpu with a portavac(?), and wipe off parts with a dry microfiber.
If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears. Also, yes the 8pin, 24pin, and dual 6pin+2 for gpu are seated down.
Thanks.

Quote from: imperialyap on 22-September-14, 00:48:06
Haven't tried with the old cooler, but it was a nightmare to get off aka removing retention brackets to get off. Only difference tho besides connecting to the CPU fan header, is the h100i has a USB, and takes up 1 USB header as well. Verified all connections, headers. I rebuilt it back into the case again last night, went over everything to ensure connections and sealed down.....and.. no luck, same issue.
Gonna order a MSI 970 gaming or 990fx board tonight... and hope for the best.
I once had a system years ago to display the same symptoms--I thought I'd fried something... Just as I was about to flog myself I decided instead to re-seat everything--and it turned out I had somehow (never did figure it out) put the cpu heatsink/cooler on the wrong way... Yes, it "snapped into place," but it was still the wrong orientation. Was very pleased to discover that upon correction, my system powered up without a hitch. These motherboard designs are much more robust that people might be tempted to think--and the UL ratings along with other electrical standards pretty much mean that if you inadvertently short something via an improper connection the safeties kick in and simply prevent the boot which prevents any permanent damage from taking place. Sounds like there's simply a connection short somewhere that is preventing the boot--hope so, anyway!
I might advise booting it with a spare cpu with maybe stock aircooling just to make sure that the board is still functioning optimally. Once you determine the board itself is fine then you can zero in on the components (which have to be your cpu/ cooling.) Strip the system down, start simply, build & test component by component and you'll soon discover the problem. Good luck!
I have the G46-970a but use a 6-core FX cpu and stock cooling--pleased to report the board is robust and still humming like a top two years later. No major problems to report with it at all. I will say that I believe this board is not the best choice for the 8-core 125W+ FX cpus--*unless* you want to go with the new "E" version of the 8-core FX that's rated at a max 95W TDP (same TDP as my FX6300 which runs at ~4.5GHz on stock voltage & cooling.)

970A-G46 No Post

I get absolute blackness for some odd reason when i boot up the computer it's not the video card as it used to work just fine on my old computer, and it shouldn't be the CPU as i ordered it brand new but you never know, there is nothing connected to the mobo other than the components listed, any help would be greatly apreciated
CPU-AMD3+ FX 4100
RAM-Crossiar Vengance 8GB total 2 4gb sticks
Graphics Card- Nvidia Geforce 8400GS
PSU - Thermalake 430W
Mobo - MSI 970A-G46

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Any CPU that is supported by BIOS 1.0 will do. Sempron 140, 145, yes. See the CPU support list:
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/970A-G46.html#/?div=CPUSupport
Edit: newegg has the 145 for $40 w/free shipping so I think that would be one of the best places to get one.

970A-G46 No post - New build

I'm putting together a new system using the MSI 970A-G46 MB and and AMD FX 6300 CPU . I'm using 32G of Corsair RAM (2 (2x8 GB) RAM). RAM model is DDR3 @2133 MHz. (CMY16GX3M2A2133C11)
I purchased an XFX R7 240 graphics card and have tried an older card I pulled from another computer. The power supply is rated at 500w.
When I power the system us, there is no post test, but the 4 CPU Phase lights do turn on and all the fans run, including the one on the XFX Video card.
This is not my first build. But this is the first one that I couldn't get to boot.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Donnie

Quote from: dbenners on 17-December-13, 07:10:07
I believe I found the problem. After doing the last tests, I decided to check everything that had been installed
When I removed the CPU fan, the CPU came out with the fan. I reseated teh CPU and reinstalled the fan and it is booting now.
Thanks for being patient with me.
Donnie
Exact same thing happened to me once, years ago. I was sweating bullets, let me tell you... Like in your case, a simple cpu reseat solved the problem. The UL protections built into motherboards are far more robust than generally thought, as I discovered--plus the power supplies are robust, too, these days. Glad to see that you replaced that original PSU with the Corsair--it should last you a long time.

970A-G46 board, no video, memory issue?

hello,
I see a lot of people have the same issue i am about to describe, but the only thing that remains is a question of memory compatibility. I just purchased:
970A-G46
AMD FX-8320
Corsair CX500M 500 Watt Power Supply
I had some no name DDR3 from another box that i planned on using. When i put everything together, all i had connected was the power, the CPU, 4 x 4G DDR3, and an old video card. All the fans came on, but no video, no single post beep. I removed the RAM, then i got 3 beeps, so i am assuming that power and CPU are fine. I replaced the video card with one from my desktop to see if that was the problem. same behavior. so i took 1 stick of the PNY DDR3 from my desktop, and see if that was the problem. Same behavior. Cleared the CMOS several. Same behavior.
Now, i am not an expert in this, but could it be the mobo is that sensitive to memory that my problem can be incompatibility with the memory? again, i am not an expert, but this is the first time i have ran into this. And before i spend ~$160 on 2 x 8G DDR3 that someone suggested in a post, i want to be sure that indeed sounds like it could be the solution to my problem.
thank you very much for taking the time to read this...

Quote from: neothecat on 16-February-14, 08:54:09
I just checked, and i it's 38A. The power supply has additional cables for adding extra power for PCI-E devices, but the motherboard has no where to plug them in (i hope that makes sense...) Instead of trying to get this to work with this motherboard, would you recommend just sucking it up and getting a new one, perhaps one that better supports the FX 8-core chip? Or is this sound like a power supply issue? I went to the newegg site to calculate my PSU needs, and it said i needed 415W, but there seems to be more then just pure wattage that needs to be considered...
I did try one thing. I took out the video card, put a stick of memory in, and i get one beep and two short beeps, which indicates a monitor problem. to me hardware noob brain, it sounds like a need a more powerful PSU. but i figured i would ask those who know what they are doing before i run around buying new stuff if i do not need it...
thank you very much...
Don't worry about the PCIe cables and so on as they're designed to plug directly into your PCIe devices, like your gpus, for instance, with their own 6-8-pin connectors.
I mentioned the 12v rail amperage as that is particularly relevant for cpus these days, especially multi-core cpus. Even though my own PSU (Corsair as well) is only 100W more output than your present one, I'm still getting 49a on the 12v rail--which is ~11 amps > than what your 500W Corsair puts out, which could certainly make a difference. Have you tried entering the UEFI to set your cpu to run on 4-6 cores, just to check out that possibility? *Can* you even get into the UEFI at the moment? (probably not, I guess.)
Like durquavian, I wouldn't ordinarily think this would definitely be *the* problem, but it's a possibility that needs to be ruled out. There are just so *many* little gotcha's that could cause your problems, from incompatible ram, to weak/defective PSUs--even to something as weird as accidentally somehow managing to not seat your cpu properly--long years ago I scared myself once when I had assembled everything and when I turned on the power, mboard lights lit up, fans turned--but no boot! Natch-of course--my cpu was the last thing I reseated, and the cpu reseating solved the problem.... (Obviously, I've never forgotten that incident.)
But if you haven't already done so--reseat your cpu and double-check the fan mount, etc. Luck!

970A-G46 no beeps no video

I had 970A-G46 with FX-8320 with radeon HD 7870 working fine for several months.
One day while I was playing a game everything went dark and there was burned
electronics smell. After that computer wasn't responding on power up. I tested PSU (CX500M)
in another system and it was working fine. I RMA-ed the motherboard and just received
a replacement.
I put the system back toghether on a table with a small video card (I think it's radeon 5450).
Now when I power it up all 4 blue led lights on top of motherboard come up and cpu
fan is spinning. But I get no beeps (I have a small speaker plugged in into motherboard JFP2) and no video.
Things I tried:
disconnect everything other than ram cpu and videocard
re-seating everyting
trying different video card
moving ram into different slots (I tried 2+4, 1+3, 1+2, and now I have one stick in slot 1).
Clear CMOS (shorting jbat1 pins 2-3 while system was off).
removing battery for 15 min.
using a different PSU (antec TP-750C)
double checked that I have both 24pin and 8pin power connected
moving video card to a different pci-e slot.
Regardless of what I tried I have no beeps during boot and no video.
But system looks live - four blue leds on motherboard light up and cpu fan is spinning.
Does anybody have an advice ?
Can this have something to do with mismatch between FX 8320 and version of bios ?
Am I supposed to hear beeps during normal boot ? I read in one of the posts in this forum
that msi motherboards dont beep during boot anymore. Is this correct ?
-Alex

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Unfortunately I don't have another am3+ cpu/board to test.
I am trying to figure out what to do next.
I would buy another cpu if I knew for sure that the cpu is bad.
you can't be sure of this until is tested somewhere.
you need to swap parts to see what is working and what not.
you need a second PC or other parts that you can use in your PC
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From reading forums it looks like cpu failure is something very rare.
when electric accident was involded, everything is suspected and can be burn less than second.
so for this case wouln't be a surprice if the CPU is burned.
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I want to make sure that this isn't something like old bios version not supporting FX-8320.
you can't be sure of this since you don't know current mainboard BIOS version,
and don't have another CPU to try which is supported since initial BIOS version
to verify what is the board BIOS version and is it BIOS issue, or bad CPU problem

970a-g46 no video output issues!!!

Hello. I recently had some issues with my CPU. It would overheat when I would play games and finally I was tired of having to keep a fan propped up next to my tower to keep it cool. I decided I wanted to reapply the thermal paste. I bought some arctic 5 silver and applied it incorrectly ( it's my first time dealing with this stuff). As I was screwing the heat sink onto the processor, I applied way too much pressure to screw it in and I bent the processor. Bummed, I went to frys and picked up the AMD fx-4100. I swapped the broke. CPU for the new one and then my computer wouldn't output any video. I mean anything. So I decided after asking a few knowledgeable friends, I might need to buy a new gpu or motherboard. So I decided to buy both. I bought the MSI 970a-g46 and a dinky cheap gpu to return in the event I didn't need it. Nothing worked still! I thought at this point maybe I need a new psu. So I went back to frys and bought a new corsair CX750 watt power supply and a corsair water cooler just to be safe. Still I GET NO VIDEO OUTPUT!! I've tried I. Multiple monitors, multiple cords, multiple outlets, and I've had friends with experience in computers help me get the parts and assemble/ plug In everything in the right spot. I've booted it with and without my ram, hard drive, and cd drive, and still nothing. The next thing to do is call a priest to exorcise my case. Does anyone have any experience with this issue? I've tested the gpu and memory on my friends computer and it works fine for him. Once again, I have a new Motherboard, CPU, PSU, GPU, water cooler. I've thrown money at the problem and it still doesn't work. Is something not compatible or am I cursed to never play computer games again?

First of all please finally list all pc components like I asked for two times already. To post means it will show the first bootup message with results of the power on self-test (cpu-model and clockrate and so on). As somebody build the pc for you - if I understood you correctly - he should have tried to power it on and see if it starts at least. The question was if that has been done or not. If others just assembled parts and you did the rest it is pretty hard to tell what went wrong as you are also obviously lacking some needed knowledge.
If you are confortable with it take the pc apart and put the board with cpu and cooler mounted on a non-conductive surface. Add just basic components like a graphics card, one mem-stick, psu and connect to a display. Try it outside case then. If you are not comfortable with that better contact someone with more experience to review the machine as you set it up.

970A-G46, No boot

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