Amd 970A-G46 3.0 usb connection

Hi
I'm building my computer for the first time and can't locate the 3.0 usb location on the mobo. I have a cool master elite 431 case with a 3.0 usb cable but I don't know where to connect. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

If you want to connect the USB3 front panel to one of the internal USB2.0 pin headers, you can use a converter cable like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-9Pin-9P-Housing-male-TO-Motherboard-USB-3-0-20pin-Female-cable-adaptor-/290738828189

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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--card reader

Hi
Is there a connection on the motherboard (970A-G46)
that I can connect a memory card reader too?
Thanks
Paul

Quote from: badboy2k on 20-August-13, 06:24:15
there you go XFM is backing me up on that! USB is usually the way they connect not SPDIF (if it really is SPDIF then that thing is freaky and i have no idea what it is really made for as it can't be a card reader as the data is going the wrong way) that is why I am kind of freaked out and confused as its the wrong type of connector for a card reader and i have never seen one with anything other then a USB header connector!
can you get us a picture of it and the connector as its freaking me out?
Ok I will have a good look and let u know if I made a Boob

MSI mainboard AMD socket 970A-G46 beep codes

What are the beep codes for the MSI mainboard AMD socket 970A-G46?

Depending on the BIOS version installed, some of them allow POST and USB device count beeps and others don't. Usually a single beep indicates a successful boot.
It can also mean this;
*1 beep - Refresh failure - (NO VIDEO) memory refresh failure (bad memory)

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 AM3+ ATX AMD Motherboard no POST beeps

Hi,
I just upgraded from 880G-E45 to 970A-G46. The same case is used.
After that, I no longer get any POST beeps. I've checked that the speaker is connected to JFP2 Buzzer pin 4-6 and tried in both direction. Yet still no beeps.
Is this normal? Or am I missing some settings?
Thanks

Quote from: cheerful on 25-December-13, 12:31:27
Hi,
I just upgraded from 880G-E45 to 970A-G46. The same case is used.
After that, I no longer get any POST beeps. I've checked that the speaker is connected to JFP2 Buzzer pin 4-6 and tried in both direction. Yet still no beeps.
Is this normal? Or am I missing some settings?
Thanks
The beep is there, but very soft and muted... Most of the time I never hear mine at all.

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)
Quote from: from an unknown user post on unknown forum
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+AMD FX-6300 cpu/nb frequency

Hello, i have MSI 970A-G46+AMD FX-6300, i can change cpu/nb frequency, i change it in bios but it stay at default values, when i change 6300 to 720BE cpu/nb change work fine, sorry for my english, i'm from the ukraine
p.s. bios 2.6

Check here https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=176110.0, same thing happens to 990FXA-GD80 and my 990FXA-GD65 too.
It has been reported to MSI customer support but not any specific solution yet.

MSI 970a-g46 / AMD-Vi/VT-D problems.

I have a msi 970a-g46 Motherboard, a AMD FX4100 CPU, 8GB apacer DDR3 1333mhz Ram and a Geforce 210 GFX card.
I have enabled all the options in the bios under virtualisation/IOMMU, Yet parellels Workstation Extreme tells me there is no VT-D detected on my board. I have also updated my bios via live update to latest version and it doesnt make any difference.
I am using Windows 8. Altho i have tried parallels in linux as well and i got exactly the same error. So it cant be an operating problem. I have also updated parallels to latest version, still it does exactly the same.
See screenshot :
( click pic to enlarge. )
Can someone please assist me to fix this issue ?

Ok i ran it and it shows compatible, see pic below :
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What my goal here is to run Linux as a host and Windows in a guest OS ( but with direct access to PCI devices and GFX card ). that way i dont have to dual boot Linux and windows. and for the time being Parallels is the only app that supports IOMMU in linux. hence why i bought it. I first tried it in Linux and got the same error as above, then installed windows 7, same error, then installed Windows 8, same error.
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I/O MMU virtualization (AMD-Vi and VT-d)Main article: IOMMU
An input/output memory management unit (IOMMU) enables guest virtual machines to directly use peripheral devices, such as Ethernet, accelerated graphics cards, and hard-drive controllers, through DMA and interrupt remapping. This is sometimes called PCI passthrough.[30] Both AMD and Intel have released specifications:
AMD's I/O Virtualization Technology, "AMD-Vi", originally called "IOMMU".[31]
Intel's "Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O" (VT-d).[32]

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.)

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.

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.

MSI 970A-G46 : No Sound

Just bought a new 970A-G46 board. I've updated all the realtek drivers, uninstalled them re-installed them. I've double and triple checked the both the front panel and rear connections. I've reinstalled windows and then reinstalled the drivers and I cannot get any sound out of my speakers or headphones on either jack (front and rear). The device manager is saying that the device is working properly but it is not recognizing any speakers being plugged in. I've also made sure that everything was enabled in the bios and I have reset the CMOS once. I can't decide if its a bad board or if there is something else I am missing. Any help would be much appreciated.
Also, I have tried drivers that came with the board, from MSI's website, and from realtek's website.
Mainboard: MSI 970A-46
CPU: AMD Phenom II 955 - HDZ955FBK4DGM
GPU: 920GT DDR3 1 GB
Power Supply: Corsair TX750W
RAM: 2 sticks of Kingston 4Gb - KHX1333C7D3K2
Hard Drives: 2 320Gb Seagate - ST3320820AS
Windows 7 Professional -- Fully updated

Quote from: pTrick on 19-August-13, 10:36:40
Just bought a new 970A-G46 board. I've updated all the realtek drivers, uninstalled them re-installed them. I've double and triple checked the both the front panel and rear connections. I've reinstalled windows and then reinstalled the drivers and I cannot get any sound out of my speakers or headphones on either jack (front and rear). The device manager is saying that the device is working properly but it is not recognizing any speakers being plugged in. I've also made sure that everything was enabled in the bios and I have reset the CMOS once. I can't decide if its a bad board or if there is something else I am missing. Any help would be much appreciated.
Also, I have tried drivers that came with the board, from MSI's website, and from realtek's website.
Mainboard: MSI 970A-46
CPU: AMD Phenom II 955 - HDZ955FBK4DGM
GPU: 920GT DDR3 1 GB
Power Supply: Corsair TX750W
RAM: 2 sticks of Kingston 4Gb - KHX1333C7D3K2
Hard Drives: 2 320Gb Seagate - ST3320820AS
Windows 7 Professional -- Fully updated
Same board, no problems...When you right-click the white Windows speaker icon in your systray--not the larger silver&black Realtek speaker icon! (which you ought to set up to show there always together with the realtek speaker icon), and you select "playback devices," what shows up? When the sound box appears with the "playback" tab open, you should see an entry for "Speakers- 2 Realtek high-definition audio Default device" and there should be a large green circle through it with a big checkmark--denoting its default sound-device status.
It's possible that somehow some other device has been selected as default--with the RealTek HD audio device turned off--so check that carefully. That would explain what you are reporting--driver installed and working properly, but simply disabled in the software.
Also, I generally find it a good idea to setup you rear speaker system first and make sure its working properly before you try and set up the front connections--do those second--That's the way I do it... (Always trying to stay ahead of a potential problem should one arise.)
Good luck! The 892 I've found to be quite good in all respects.

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!

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