Mobo DOA?

[chevelleking]

Ok I ordered a Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0, Phenom II 720, G.SKill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK (4 gig 1066), OCZ StealthXStream OCZ700SXS 700W ATX12V, I get no video, this is really all I need to get my system to POST correct? (tried the on board video, and a GPU which works with my old PC) Put the minimal in, system starts, not beeps because the mobo has no on board speaker, so I hooked up a LED to the on board system LED indicator only to find out it has to first be enabled in the BIOS which i cannot access...

I ordered this motherboard because it claimed to be AM3 compatible out of the box, because I do not have an AM2 processor to flash with, Foxconn told me I need a AM2 processor to flash it...so I go out and buy one for $30, still no video. Tried even one of my friends working AM3 processors, nothing.

I tried another PSU, still nothing.

Jumped the CMOS, still nothing.

Swapped with a known to work battery, nothing.

Used only 1 stick of RAM in the first slot, tried even a different brand of ram (800 MHZ), still nothing.

Double checked ALL my power connections, I have CPU fan plugged in, CPU 4 pin power, and the 24 ATX pin plugged in.

Placed my board on a piece of cardboard, still will not show video.

Anything else, you can see I'm missing?

I'm out of options and have already sent a RMA form back to Newegg, wish now I'd just bought an AM2 processor and a 1/2 way decent board in the first place.

Thanks.

 

[Jpain]

Hello

Here is a list from AMD PII 720 X3 Recommended motherboards:

MSI K9A2 Platinum (MS-7376) 1 ATX AM2+
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 0.2 uATX AM2+
Asus M3A78-T 1.01G ATX AM2+
MSI DKA790GX Platinum (MS-7550) 1.0 ATX AM2+
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H 0.2 ATX AM2+
ECS A790GXM-A (RS780DM-A) 1.0 ATX AM2+
Asus M3A79-T Deluxe 1.01G ATX AM2+
ECS A780GM-A Ultra (RS780M-A2) 1.0 ATX AM2+
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2HP 2.0 uATX AM2+
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-DS2H 2.0 uATX AM2+
MSI KA780GM (MS-7552) 1.0 uATX AM2+
MSI 790GX-G65 (MS-7576) 1.0 ATX AM3
ECS A790GXM-AD3 B ATX AM3
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P 1.0 ATX AM3
ECS A780GM-A (RS780M-A) 1 ATX AM2+
ECS A780VM-M2 1 uATX AM2+
Asus M4A79-T Deluxe 1.01G ATX AM3
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 1.0 ATX AM3

pick one up.

http://products.amd.com/en-us/RecommendedMBResult.aspx?f1=AMD+Phenom%e2%84%a2+II+X3&f2=720&f3=C2&f4=AMD&f5=&f6=&f7=&f8=95.000&

 

[chevelleking]

Thanks for that list, I'd wish I'd ordered one of them now, I might just take a loss on this Foxconn, and get something else, might be able to sell my RMA when i get it back.

 

[chevelleking]

Foxconn is junk, stick with the big names like asus, gigabyte, msi, they have better support and better quality and they stand behind their products.

Were your cpu, video, case, psu fans running?

yes, all my fans were running.

 

[megafish]

Dead board. Hope the one return from RMA works.