I asked this in the motherboards forum thinking i was in general, hope it's ok to ask here now too:
I purchase an MSI 790GX-G65 and a AMD 720 BE X3 with appropriate OCZ ram.
I got it to post one time and enter the setup. Took the garbage out to the street and came back to a black screen and have never been able to get back into the setup. Tried reset switch and clear bios many times. Nothing. I can't try different Ram as I have only the two sticks of DDR3 and only the one A3 CPU. I looked on approved equipment for that board on MSI web site and the CPU HDZ720WFGIBOX and it isn't actually one that is listed, but think is should work anyway, no?
Anyway, I took the board out of the case and laid it on a safe surface and tested it there with just the power supply, the ram, a keyboard and monitor and nothing. Fans work, some 5 LEDs light power light goes on, but will produce nothing on the monitor when it's turned on.
Do I return the MB for a replacement or is there more things I can try? It could be the ram I guess or the CPU.
I got a BFG Tech LS Series LS-550 550W as per Anandtech recommendations and which also in not on MSI list of approved power supplies but which I can't imagine would not be OK, not that what I couldn't imagine means much technically.
The memory is:
OCZ Intel Extreme Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3X16004GK - Retail
I purchase an MSI 790GX-G65 and a AMD 720 BE X3 with appropriate OCZ ram.
I got it to post one time and enter the setup. Took the garbage out to the street and came back to a black screen and have never been able to get back into the setup. Tried reset switch and clear bios many times. Nothing. I can't try different Ram as I have only the two sticks of DDR3 and only the one A3 CPU. I looked on approved equipment for that board on MSI web site and the CPU HDZ720WFGIBOX and it isn't actually one that is listed, but think is should work anyway, no?
Anyway, I took the board out of the case and laid it on a safe surface and tested it there with just the power supply, the ram, a keyboard and monitor and nothing. Fans work, some 5 LEDs light power light goes on, but will produce nothing on the monitor when it's turned on.
Do I return the MB for a replacement or is there more things I can try? It could be the ram I guess or the CPU.
I got a BFG Tech LS Series LS-550 550W as per Anandtech recommendations and which also in not on MSI list of approved power supplies but which I can't imagine would not be OK, not that what I couldn't imagine means much technically.
The memory is:
OCZ Intel Extreme Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3X16004GK - Retail
