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bobo777

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I was building a PC for my gf, something cheap to upgrade from her really old one so I got the Gigabyte GA-H81-D2SV and the Intel G3258. According to Gigabyte's own website, the BIOS on the board (version F4) is compatible with the Haswell refresh. Well that's not the case at all. It wouldn't POST.

I buy an Intel G3220, it works perfectly fine, mobo boots, Windows installs fine, etc. I flash the BIOS to the latest version (F6) and everything seems to be running smoothly. I order a new CPU cooler and as soon as I install it and the G3258 I get the same no POST issue as in the beginning. So I put the G3220 back in, the cpu that worked the entire time, and again...no POST. I rechecked cables, reseated everything...nothing.

Any idea as to what's causing this?
 
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VirtualLarry

VirtualLarry

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I bought a couple of Gigabyte H81M-DS2V v1.0 + G3258 combos at Newegg nearly a year ago, for around $90 each combo. I think that my boards came with F5 BIOS. They supported the G3258 out of the box, and I had no trouble overclocking them. I flashed my primary one to F6, and now it overclocks even better.

Not sure what your issue is. Can you RMA the board? Are you using a "Haswell compatible" PSU?
 
Ketchup

Ketchup

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Try the backup BIOS. What power supply Make sure you don't forget the 12v aux connection.
 
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bobo777

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For some reason this board came with the F4 bios that, according to Gigabyte's site, is compatible but it's not. I'm not sure if the PSU is compatible, but I guess I'll address that later since the "haswell ready" issue is generally related to sleep and not necessarily powering on. I just want to make sure it will actually BOOT.

I can't try a backup BIOS because I can't get it to POST even with the fully compatible G3220 CPU. 12v aux is plugged in. What a nightmare.

I'm annoyed that it worked, I tried the new CPU, now neither will work. I guess I'll have to RMA.

I appreciate the replies.
 
Ketchup

Ketchup

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I am not talking about "a" backup BIOS, I am talking about "the" backup BIOS, which is on the board. Look in your manual, if you don't know where this is located.
 
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bobo777

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Are you talking about the dual bios some gigabyte boards have? This one doesn't have it. There is a chip on m_bios and nothing next to b_bios.
 
John Connor

John Connor

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bobo777 said:
I was building a PC for my gf, something cheap to upgrade from her really old one so I got the Gigabyte GA-H81-D2SV and the Intel G3258. According to Gigabyte's own website, the BIOS on the board (version F4) is compatible with the Haswell refresh. Well that's not the case at all. It wouldn't POST.

I buy an Intel G3220, it works perfectly fine, mobo boots, Windows installs fine, etc. I flash the BIOS to the latest version (F6) and everything seems to be running smoothly. I order a new CPU cooler and as soon as I install it and the G3258 I get the same no POST issue as in the beginning. So I put the G3220 back in, the cpu that worked the entire time, and again...no POST. I rechecked cables, reseated everything...nothing.

Any idea as to what's causing this?
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Why are you using balloonshark's avatar? This is the second user with that avatar.
 
mikeymikec

mikeymikec

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Check the board's CPU socket pins? I don't understand how people manage to bend the pins, but perhaps when you installed the HSF you put pressure on the CPU in some way that upset the contacts?
 
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