Need help with a GA-MA790X-DS4 and X3 710 config

[royalj7]

Hey folks, I'm totally out of solutions and looking for some help.

I built a new system with the GA-MA790X-DS4 mb and the Phenom 2 710 and can not get the system to POST at all, no beeps or video. The system fans spin and the power LED comes on, but no booting up. I flashed the BIOS to the newest version, F6, which is suppose to support the new AMD proc. The new components going into the system are:

AMD X3 710 CPU
GA-MA790X-DS4 mb
2x2Gb G.Skill DDR2 800 RAM
MSI R4850 512Mb Video card

Here is what I've tried"

1. Put 710 in another MB, a Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4, and the system POSTed no problem. Same power supply on both systems. (moving the two motherboards in and out of the case)
2. Put an old X2 3800 proc in the new MA790X MB and it POSTed no issues.
3. With the 710 in the new MB, switched out the video card I was using, MSI 4850, for a 7600GT and still no boot up.
4. Tried the new 4850 video card in old system (GA-M57SLI-S4 and X2 3800) and it booted no problem.
5. Removed one G.Skill stick in new system and no boot. Tried one stick in another socket, no boot. Tried a 1Gb Corsair DDR2 667 stick in new system and no boot.

Help! Any ideas or something I'm missing?

Thanks,
--jamie

 

[royalj7]

Update:

Tried clearing the CMOS and no luck.

I then tried the next to latest BIOS revision, F5, and lo and behold, the system booted up all the way. However, the BIOS did not recognize the processor (which makes sense because Gigabyte's site says that version doesn't support the new AM3 CPUs). I then flashed back to F6 and again, no POST or anything. So I'm alittle confused and leary. The F6 BIOS has been out since last year, so I can't believe it just doesn't work. On the other hand, I don't want to leave my system with an "unsupported" BIOS rev.

Ugh Any thoughts on how to get this board working correctly?

 

[starfireone]

I would try downloading the F6 again. Maybe from another Gigbyte download site. You may have a corrupted BIOS update file. I am running Gigbyte F6 and it is running fine for me. Also memory can have a lot to do with the booting process. Run some memory test on your memory. Have you OC the memory in the BIOS, put the memory config back to defaults.

 

[mpilchfamily]

Nice system there. But what do you have powering it? May be a simple matter of not having enough power.