AsRock A55 Pro3 no POST/Video output

Federal-Foe

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Hello all!

I have just purchased a new AsRock mobo, but I can't get it to output any video at all through the onboard VGA. I have followed the steps within the troubleshooting thread you have here, but nothing worked for me.

What it does now is the following:
It powers on, fans start spinning. All the connected LED's work. No beeps, but the built in speaker works (tried it with no RAM, got 3 beeps). The screen receives a signal, loses it again, regains it and stays that way on a blank screen. I know that it's a blank, black screen because it differs from when it's not connected.

It's hooked up to an MS-N920-VAL-CM 920 Watt PSU, an AMD A4 3400 cpu and 1 DDR3 1333 Mhz RAM stick.

This is what I've tried so far:

1) Power up with just the cpu, cpu fan, both psu/mobo connectors and one stick of ram placed in all possible slots with the same effect. No SATA ports connected or any other auxiliary connections apart from the powerbutton connector.

2) Powered up without the RAM, this results in 3 long beeps, which complies with the missing RAM beep code.

3) Powered up with 2 SATA connectors (one hdd, one cd-drive with the driver cd that came with it inserted. Tried with the cddrive connected into the first slot.

4) reset the cmos with the jumper and the battery

5) tried a different psu, same effect

6) tried 2 different RAM sticks to make sure it wasn't a bad one.

7) basically all that the other main thread suggested, without luck.


I hope someone here can help me, I got it from an online shop and I'd hate to go through all of the mess of sending it back and such...
 
Solution
Hi, well if you've tried all permutations, including trying to fire it up in minimum config i.e. just the PSU, CPU, RAM, and all board/chassis connectors are good then I'd be looking to work backwards by putting the old board back in - just to make sure all the removable components are good (CPU, GPU, MEMORY etc) and that they've not been damaged when you removed them initially.

If all bits still ok, I'd put the new board back in - double check the CPU, GPU, RAM and board connections a final time. If it still doesn't work then I'd be phoning up the supplier for a refund or a replacement.

I'd be leaning towards a BIOS error if it powers up ok but can't get to the POST.

svalbaard

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Hi, well if you've tried all permutations, including trying to fire it up in minimum config i.e. just the PSU, CPU, RAM, and all board/chassis connectors are good then I'd be looking to work backwards by putting the old board back in - just to make sure all the removable components are good (CPU, GPU, MEMORY etc) and that they've not been damaged when you removed them initially.

If all bits still ok, I'd put the new board back in - double check the CPU, GPU, RAM and board connections a final time. If it still doesn't work then I'd be phoning up the supplier for a refund or a replacement.

I'd be leaning towards a BIOS error if it powers up ok but can't get to the POST.
 
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Federal-Foe

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The old board is back from 2001, the only thing I found compatible with it is the PSU. I fired it up and it worked fine, so it's not the connectors of the psu. The only thing I didn't check yet was the cpu, but I don't really have an alternate system to try that out on. Do AMD cpu's get bad alot? I know mobo's can, and sometimes RAM can, but a bad cpu is something I've never heard of...

The AsRock website does state that a bad cpu renders into no beeps, but so does a bad mobo...