MSI 970 Motherboard wont POST. No error beeps.

Astroturd22 · Nov 22, 2014

Put together my first build yesterday. Relevant components are an AMD FX 6300 CPU, an MSI 970A-G43 motherboard and a Sapphire R 280 GPU. My motherboard doesn't appear to be POSTing. I don't see anything on the display, but the motherboard doesn't make any error beeps through the installed speaker. I tried removing the RAM to force the beeps and still nothing. All fans spool up and case LEDs are lit. The optical drive can be only be opened for a couple seconds after powering on. The newbie things I have double checked are:

All cables fully secured (including CPU and GPU power cables). The motherboard was installed on standoffs. Shorting should not be possible. The motherboard should not need a BIOS update. All components are firmly seated and went together smoothly. I don't see how I could have damaged the CPU etc.

I'm using my Vizio HDTV as a monitor via HDMI if that is relevant. Any ideas? At this point I suspect a faulty motherboard.

Mike486DX · Nov 22, 2014

Hmm, what RAM modules are you using? Did they come with the board?

Astroturd22 · Nov 22, 2014

Mike486DX :

The RAM is G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory. Purchased separately from the motherboard.

Wisecracker · Nov 22, 2014

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Mike486DX · Nov 22, 2014

Just a bit of general housekeeping, don't mean to patronise - is your Auxilliary 8-pin definitely connected?

Astroturd22 · Nov 22, 2014

Mike486DX :

Yes definitely connected. Both 6 pins to the GPU are also connected.

Mike486DX · Nov 22, 2014

Ok, weird that you don't have beeps for lack of RAM. Possibly a bad board, have you tried the step by step guide on this site?

I know this is all a pain in the ass, but might be worth a look?

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

Astroturd22 · Nov 22, 2014

Mike486DX :

I did indeed follow that guide, sadly to no effect. I feel better with confirmation that there should be Mobo beeps with no RAM installed.

PIEapple · Nov 22, 2014

Can you take a picture?Maybe I can help you.

dhawes99 · Nov 22, 2014

Any chance you may have accidentally switched the power supply to 220? I once bought a power supply that came factory-set for 220. Same problem. When I slid the power supply option to 110, end of problem.

Astroturd22 :

Astroturd22 · Nov 22, 2014

PIEapple :

Tradesman1 · Nov 22, 2014

Try with asingle stick of DRAM in slot 1, no joy try in slot 2......also what PSU? Might need/want to bench it - have a guide that might help here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1753671/bench-troubleshooting.html

bigonumba10 · Nov 29, 2014

Same thing happened to me.... I had to use the DVI-VGA adapter that came with my graphics card in order to get something on screen. HDMI wouldn't work right out of the box.

HendrikTK · Feb 27, 2016

Yes, I got the exact same problem, however I am using this EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2966-KR) GPU which has the HDMI and DVI connection point. And I am using the Aerocool X-Predator 650W Power Supply...any ideas?

Ivan_28 · Mar 29, 2016

Astroturd22 :

Take out the cpu and try sitting it correctly i had exactly the same problem 10 minutes ago and afer i did that im installing my windows as im typing this message hope it work for u

John HD_1 · May 20, 2016

HendrikTK :

did you ever get it working? i have same graphics card and motherboard wont post or anything if the gpu is plugged into PSU

jawa9000 · May 25, 2016

Oddly enough, I unseated and reseated my memory sticks (G.Skill 1886) and it boot right up. You may want to give that a go.

Good luck!

slcmarco · Jul 12, 2016

I took out and reinserted both memory modules on the leftmost banks, and it booted up fine.
Thanks all for the suggestions.

Christopher_81 · Jul 13, 2016

slcmarco :

slcmarco - I did what you said but now the system is rebooting every second. At least before the system would turn on, no POST beeps, but everything would illuminate and spin. I also have no display with or without the GPU in. I have an MSI Z170A SLI Plus Motherboard. I'm pretty desperate for help.

Any help is appreciated!!

Nemesis0one___ · Aug 2, 2016

Hi,
My post here may help http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3108070/desktop-boot-beep-tested-psu-mobo.html#18375752

Talsarnau · Aug 13, 2016

hey exact same problem here
9701-G
FX8320
R9 270X
16GB 1600 hyper X blu
CPU and Ram both taken out still no post
HDD/ODD both spin up and fans whirl
only thing left to check is the PSU but i don't have a voltmeter

Jeff_104 · Oct 7, 2016

I am having the same problem with this line of motherboards. No POST, No video. This is the third forum I've looked at & followed for a solution to no avail.
the only difference I see with my setup vs setup's other people have is that I am using a single RAM stick. (Yes it's in Slot 1 & yes I've tried without RAM & in every other slot. Issue continues.)

I have to wait until Monday to contact MSI support. This is my reward for trying AMD again. :-(

Astroturd22 :

Alexlo15 · Feb 15, 2017

Hey Astroturd22, did you ever find a solution to this issue? I have the same problem msi970 motherboard not beeping or POSTing. Tried everything, went down that list from this site.

Jeff_104 · Feb 15, 2017

I gave up looking for a viable online solution that might work. I donated this headache to a friend who was able to send it to MSI and have it replaced.

I will never buy MSI again after seeing the quantity of people having the same issues. There should have been a recall on this product, yet you still see it on shelves.

njnetsfan515 · Feb 27, 2017

Jeff_104 :

I'm with you on that one, this mob is giving me nightmares I cannot seem to figure out the problem I've done everything! Also their customer support is another nightmare alone!

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