New Build a78m-35 wont boot/POST

Hello, I am hoping someone can help me out as I am not sure what else to try. Its a new build with the following components:
A78M-35 MB
AMD X4-760K CPU
CORSAIR CX 430
WD SATA 1TB drive
Radion Saphire GPU
I have hooked up everything like I have many times before and also re-read manual for sanity sake. I have unhooked and re-hooked everything as well, pulled MB out and re-inserted. Pulling out RAM does not offer any beeps but I am not sure if this board even has a board speaker to play beeps. Everything powers on just no output to screen and no beeps at all. Have tried just vga from integrated port with graphics card not installed as well as dvi from graphics card.
I am wondering if the bios version is not correct for this CPU? Is there a way i can tell? Is there anything else I can try?
Thank you very much in advance.

Quote from: badboy2k on 21-December-14, 03:27:25
Radeon R9-260X - 19A and a 450W psu minimum <-- you are below on the wattage by 20w
without the GPU you have no Graphics as the board has no graphics core and the board itself has non so you would have 0 output!
as for your PSU have you tried another one?
do you have another graphics card you could try on it?
No i do not have another graphics card or PSU to try on it.

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V 1.13B2 11011
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snd_hda_codec_realtek 40772 1
snd_hda_intel 36904 0
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*edit*
perhaps this should be in newbie corner? my linux sound knowledge is definitely newbie status.
Last edited by Proinsias (2013-12-03 23:22:48)

Solved, not sure where I was going wrong in my initial attempts but a simple .asoundrc has my speakers singing. Could have sworn this was tried to death in the first half hour or so, oh well.
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pcm.!default {
type hw
card 1
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 0

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975x wont boot - new parts

Hi all, im new to this forum but it seems great, i read around abit and found some useful posts.
However, i have the following setup :
Msi 975x
c2d 6400
2gb corsair xms 6400 c4 ( 2*1gb )
7900gs PoV
Aspire 550 psu
I just put the parts toghether again, after having the parts returned to vendor, he claims the first cpu didnt work, and returned the motherboard while i waited for a new cpu to arrive. When i got it i tried the system again, but the following error is still there ;
The system wont boot, other than the fans will spin up but no screen at all, just stands there, when i use the usb led thingy, it shows 4 red dots.
I saw some posts about OCZ memory that wont work, but those were reported as memory issues by the led if im correct, and as i can see it arent 4 red dots the code for CPU , or can the code be wrong and its still the memory ?
The new cpu i got was in an unopened box so it was really new, but i refuse to believe i have broken 2 cpus or have recieved 2 dead cpu from vendor.
Any ideas would be very much welcome.
Cheers // Baboon

Baboon,
You're not the only one surprised.
I bought THREE 975X PUEs and every time I have re-visited the MSI website I have found new caveats for something the board won't do, or for something that won't work, or for something not included . . . no fixes, mind you, just oddly worded "escape clauses".
Here are some examples:
MSI Reminds You...
• DDR2 800 needs to work with Intel Conroe CPU with FSB1066.
• The default memory frequency is DDR2 667, you can set to 800 in BIOS settings.
• Due to the BIOS limits, the Intel RAID and the JMicron RAID functions can not be enabled at the same time, which will cause the system unable to boot up.
• The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.
• To enhance IDE transfer speed, you may install JMicron IDE/SATA Driver. You may download the driver by clicking the "Driver" icon at the left side.
• The floppy disk cable will be optional.
Yep, the first one was a big surprise to a lot of us sticking in our P4s. Hello? Well, OK, maybe the "CPU Support Chart" should have been the "CPU Semi-Support Chart".
OK, I'll even give MSI the first one. But the third bullet! Now that one just flat makes me laugh!
Beta Board! MSI didn't design this Board, it just kinda "happened".

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