125w cpu not working with mobo

[streamheart]

Hello, i have a biostar a770e3 mobo and on the website it says that it supports the phenom II x4 965 125w, but when i start the system i gives me
max power of cpu is over 95w

i was wondering if this mobo really supports it or not or if i need to update bios, but i cant update bios due to that message preventing me from reaching POST screen

 

[rolli59]

Do you have an older version of the board with 600 south bridge? They actually recommend updating BIOS before CPU change.

 

[rand_79]

first line on biostars page

"CPU Support

If you plan to upgrade processor from your existing unit, please update bios first before changing or upgrading processors."

also it shows version 6 on their page the older versions are hard to find.. what version do you have? It will be on the MB box or printed directly on the MB

 

[streamheart]

i have version 6, and i managed to flash the bios to the newest version , but after the flashing i stopeed getting anything, everytime i start the pc its just black screen, does removing the battery on the motherboard revert the old bios?

 

[rolli59]

No it does not go back to the old one! It will set it to defaults.

 

[saaiello]

What CPU did you use to update the bios and did that CPU ever have a problem in the board?

 

[streamheart]

well i cant go back to the old one since i get nothing on the screen, absolutely nothing , everytime i start it now there is nothing there , the hdd are working and the cpu i hear and see them run but there is nothing on the screen :S

 

[streamheart]

here is the situation i bought a new motherboard + CPU + RAM everything else is old,
i put the new stuff in and i found out that i cant update the bios and i couldnt use my old cpu as the new mobo doesnt support it , so i had to update bios using the new processor, which i was able to do throught flash , but now i have no response, every time i turn it on there is no siognal on the screen

 

[streamheart]

i tried with video card , and now am gonna try it without it and c what happens.

 

[streamheart]

ok just found out that there is no integrated graphics card, so thats one option down

 

[streamheart]

btw i also tried resetting cmos through the jumpers and , also tried removing the battery and still there is nothing on the screen

 

[streamheart]

now i tried running it without a graphics card, and still no indication of an error no beeps nothing,
am beginning to think that only the cpu fan is working, but i have no idea.
if the cpu fan and the dvd drive are working does that mean there is still some hope for the mobo?

 

[rolli59]

Everything points to a bad BIOS flash!
You can try the bread boarding http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-262730_13_0.html

 

[streamheart]

i was able to flash the bios with my new processor the phenom 965
but now i think i have bad bios or a cause of faulty update i dont know all signs point to this, is there a way to fix bad bios or revert to the old one, thnx