970A-G46 Question: Unlocking 960T cores

Hi,
I have just bought this board for a Phenom x4 960T BE and was looking to see if one or two extra cores would unlock. I know they are not guaranteed to unlock, but only 4 cores are showing in the Bios and I just don't know if I'm missing something obvious or if this cpu only has the four cores. Can anyone help?
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The latest BETA UEFI/BIOS Release might be worth looking at in this context:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=154535.msg1151025#msg1151025
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E7693AMS.140 ---> E7693AMS.154
- Change warning message follow spec 0.09 after OC fail.
- Set MOS tempreature OVT limit as 6Dh for pcb 2.0.
- Fixed administator password can't work issue.
- Fixed the admin password ignore case issue.
- Fix unlock CPU core function fail.

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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.

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!

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?

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

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!

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 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.

Help: How do i set up Raid 0 on a 970a-g46 board

Hello everyone
I have been Building my own computers since 1997. (Remember Windows 3.11 and Dos 6.22 LOL)
but i have never tried to use Raid. i just got 2 SanDisk 128GB SSD drives,
i have read other things on this forum "970A-G46 raid issues"
But everything i have tried has not worked.
when i try to start the computer and hit Ctrl-F. it shows the hard drives. but i can't do anything.
I just don't understand what i am doing. I really would like someone to tell me step by step how to setup a raid 0.
I have a 970A-G46,
AMD FX 8350 eight core processor
MSI R9 280 gaming 3g
8GB memory
Thank you for your time

Quote from: timpw1969 on 16-November-14, 01:19:44
Hello everyone
I have been Building my own computers since 1997. (Remember Windows 3.11 and Dos 6.22 LOL)
but i have never tried to use Raid. i just got 2 SanDisk 128GB SSD drives,
i have read other things on this forum "970A-G46 raid issues"
But everything i have tried has not worked.
when i try to start the computer and hit Ctrl-F. it shows the hard drives. but i can't do anything.
I just don't understand what i am doing. I really would like someone to tell me step by step how to setup a raid 0.
I have a 970A-G46,
AMD FX 8350 eight core processor
MSI R9 280 gaming 3g
8GB memory
Thank you for your time
Glad you were able to do it...I remember my first RAID 0 experiences...It's really funny when I recall the paranoia from folks who'd never done it themselves...like, for instance, the old wives' tail that states that with RAID 0 your odds of drive failure are multiplied 100% by the number of drives you have in the array... "If you lose one drive, you lose it all," etc., which seems to make sense until you consider the fact that if you have just one drive running in SCSI/IDE mode--and it fails--you also "lose it all"... Then there's the "But RAID 0 isn't fault tolerant" myth, which is true but still a myth because normal SCSI/IDE is also not fault tolerant...! The fact is that if you have 2 standard IDE/SCSI drives running compared with 2 drives running in RAID 0, there's no difference at all in the odds of a single drive failing at any time... The drives don't care whether you run them in RAID 0 or IDE, of course, etc. Drives always fail individually--almost never in pairs, of course--and so the odds of a RAID 0 drive failing are exactly the same as they'd be if you weren't running RAID 0 at all.
Anyway, I've included RAID 0 in every build I've done personally since 2004, and the interesting fact is (although mere coincidence) that on those rare occasions when a drive has failed it has not been one of my RAID 0 drives...!... Enjoy!

970A-G46

I bought this board for my build and planned to run an FX-4350 4.2 GHz CPU, let my brother use it to get his up and running with his FX-8120, then did a little research finding that this is a very light board for 125W CPU's.
My question is, will dropping to a 95W CPU such as the FX-4300 or FX-6300 solve the issue for this board as far as voltage goes, or will it still max out the voltage and cause issues if the cooling isn't more than adequate.
Also what CPU would be recommended for this board, regardless of wattage or voltage, I'm fine running a CPU stock but if there's room for overclocking then it's a bonus. For this build i will be running a Cooler Master Seidon 120XL CPU Cooler, so that temps won't be an issue.
If this doesn't work I do have a build idea that I would like someone to look over, as this is my first custom build.

Quote from: Shadowscreed on 27-September-13, 04:09:16
If I do OC the CPU then I can cross reference the voltage with wattage and should be able to keep it under 125W
Board is excellent for an FX-6300. Mine runs flawlessly @ ~4.5 GHz on stock voltage. I also run Cool 'n Quiet as there is absolutely no point in running a cpu flat out when I'm web browsing... CnQ works extremely well--when you need the power it seamlessly comes in instantly for as long as you need it.
If your goal, however, goes beyond stock voltages and you really want to push your cpu electrically to the max, get a more costly board. If you are content with what you can get with stock voltages or very close to stock, the combo of the FX-6300 and the 970a-G46 is nearly ideal. Very satisfied with mine.

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.

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.)

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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

Topics merged as there was no need to start a new top for your last question.
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 mother bord no video output

I have a 970A-G46 motherboard I turned it but no video output I get no beeps but all four power phase lights come on.
I have 2 crucial memory ram 2gb each
450gt video card
Althon 450 triple core 3.2 CPU
450 diablo tech psu
The graphics card and CPU are both compatible and no green sticker on mother board.
I think it might be the ram but I don't know could someone please help.

im having issues of my 970a-G46 AMD970 950 AM3+R. Not giving a video feed but gives me three beeps on speaker. I video card is:GTX NVIDIA 660ti, CPU:AMD Phenom IIx4 965 3.4ghz, Power Supply: Antec BP550 PLUS, Harddrive is Wester Digital 320gb 7200rpm. I know i have installed everything correctly when I power on i receive the four lights for CPU all the fans come on. Also CD/DVD drive also powers on. My issue i receive no video and get three beeps from motherboard. These beeps are like delayed so its beep,beep,beep.............beep,beep,beep............beep,beep,beep...... Also the RAM im using is CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800). Please HELP...

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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.

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