System will not "boot".

Do you have the extra 4pin power connector hooked up to the mother board? It's a white connector up by your old mouse/keyboard connections (PS/2).

You said you read the checklist in the sticky, but did you actually perform each step? Did you try each stick of RAM by itself in the first RAM slot? Did you breadboard the system to rule out a short? The checklist was created to help troubleshoot problems exactly like yours.

Anyone?
I don't have a lot of money and do not want to order a another CPU just so I can update the Bios and have that fail as well.

No, I am not a moron. I had the case and motherboard manual out when I wired anything.

Power wires (this is what the PSU is hooked to if that's what you mean)?:
I have power to the:
4 pin CPU
Main 24 pin connector
SATA Power cable is hooked to the Hard drive
And then last it's hooked up to a case fan.

Missing something here?






According to the case all white wires were positive so it was very easy to line everything up correctly (of course the panel isn't a big problem lol).

I did try 1 stick of RAM in the first slot. Make the RAM run at 800 (instead of 1066 which it said to use)? I would think this would require me to buy more......

Everything went together smoothly. CPU slid right into it's socket and I grounded my self before I touched anything. I am sure it is something I did or something not hooked up (man would that be great lol). With a little more reading I can see you guys get questions like this all the time, and I am sorry if this is a wast of your time.

Thanks for any more help

I have yet to find a solution.. If I do I will post it.
No Floppy Drive so that's a no no.

I am all for your second suggestion. How safe is that?

The very first reviw of your board over @ newegg says a bios update is required for your AM2+ There you go.

Either buy a compatible CPU, or take it to a shop and pay them, or get a better mobo from asus or gigabyte.

Aye well that is to bad. Oh and booting without the CMOS battery in is harmless it just wont save settings and that is why I asked you to try it.

The only other suggestion I have is to remove all of the peripheral devices hard drives cdroms and all the cabling and wiring and then just connect the power required to start the system. It would boot to BIOS or to a DOS screen saying there is no Bootable device.

If it boots strictly on the motherboard and CPU and 1 stick of ram installed then its one of the plug in devices like a hard drive or cdrom type hardware.

Make sure you have no USB stick or even a printer cable attached via USB. Remove all network cables such as RJ45 for DSL or Cable.

The last thing is to search out your Motherboard on the manufactures website because I also know from experience even if the RAM says its compatible the computer wont start. It is possible the kind of RAM you have is preventing a boot.

You never mentioned if you are getting any system beeps from the case speaker? Ideally you want to hear a POST beep just 1 about 1 second long. That typically is an indication that the system is a GO. Also change the keyboard out to another USB or even if the MoB supports it try a PS/2 Keyboard and remove all other USB or Serial devices from the back of the computer including the mouse. RE: the only thing plugged in should be a keyboard.

It is possible and likely that Daship is correct on the BIOS level however I also use a 9950 CPU and my MoB is much older then Dokioto's is. In fact the Manufacturer AMD says most system boards will NOT require a BIOS update for the processor up to the 9950 Quad Phenom's. There are models just above this that do require a CMOS update. However all said and done if the CPU slots into the Socket on his board all technical jargon aside it should be Bootable. That is after all the intent of the Socket and CPU pin configurations in the first place is for compatibility.

Oh yes I almost forgot and when I did boot to windows later Microsoft installed a small software update for my CPU for better performance in vista Home. I certainly did not have to do a BIOS update when I built it.

Something else I just realized is if he goes to the MoB manufacturer and looks at BIOS updates on their download site! Does it have one specific to his Motherboard for that CPU because if they don't then its not a BIOS issue at the board level and can rule that out as the issue.

My board is a Biostar TA790GX 128M.
http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en- [...] p?S_ID=377

So this does mean it is the Bios? My CPU is a Phenom x4 9950 Black edition, not a Phenom II (doesn't matter?). I'll try what SoDNighthawk mentioned a few posts above as well.



According to a lot of the newegg reviews people use something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/AMD-HDX920XC [...] 643&sr=8-3

They can get into the BIOS and update it with no problems yet I am on an older CPU and having problems. Comments?



I really appropriate the help guys
(big thanks to SoDNighthawk for his attempts in fixing my machine)

Oh I trust you.. In fact that's what I have believed it to be all along (as you can tell).
I just want to explore other options before I lay the money down for a new CPU.

I don't know how a PC is suppose to act when it needs an Updated BIOS so the CPU can work lol.

If I can I think I might return the CPU I bought and get this one:
http://www.amazon.com/AMD-HDX920XC [...] 643&sr=8-3
As it seems it will boot into the Bios.

I have emailed Biostar with no reply yet and I might call them soon.

Can you link me to your proof (not calling a liar I would just like to read it)?

Turns out it wasn't a Bios update.
I know have vista ultimate installed and all is running fine (and has for a while).

Turns out I needed to hook up the on-board graphics with power and I had one stick of dead RAM. Thanks for the help anyways




Pics of it working! lol
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