ASRock N68C-GS WITH AMD Phenom II x4 965 WILL NOT REBOOT HELP!!!

[tinyud33]

Hello,

I have a ASRock N68C-GS FX motherboard I just bought along with an AMD Phenom II x4 965 Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W CPU. For some reason, the computer will not restart/reboot no matter what the method. (Reset button, ctl, alt, del, windows restart) It starts and shuts down perfectly it just wont restart. After stripping it down to the basics, I found that if I replaced the CPU with different kind it could restart. I assumed it then, to be the CPU but when I received a replacement it still had an issue. I updated the bios and it still doesn't restart properly. Is this just a bad motherboard? Or for some reason do these two parts just not play nice?

Thanks

 

[tinyud33]

Hello,

I have a ASRock N68C-GS FX motherboard I just bought along with an AMD Phenom II x4 965 Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W CPU. For some reason, the computer will not restart/reboot no matter what the method. (Reset button, ctl, alt, del, windows restart) It starts and shuts down perfectly it just wont restart. After stripping it down to the basics, I found that if I replaced the CPU with different kind it could restart. I assumed it then, to be the CPU but when I received a replacement it still had an issue. I updated the bios and it still doesn't restart properly. Is this just a bad motherboard? Or for some reason do these two parts just not play nice?

Thanks

 

[skitz9417]

hi that cpu is not supported on that motherboard http://www.asrock.com/mb/NVIDIA/N68C-GS%20FX/?cat=CPU

 

[tinyud33]

I did not know if a bios update or certain settings would fix it. why do they sell it as a package, seems silly

 

[skitz9417]

nah theres no bios upated i guess u got ripped off

 

[bob13bob]

it's not supported. doesn' tlook like any 120watts chips work with that board.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/365280-28-asrock-n68c-phenom-reboot-help

 

[bob13bob]

meant to say 125watt chips.

the cheapest board that can overclock that does work with 125watt chips is ASRock 970DE3

if not overclocking,
ASRock 960GM

 

[bob13bob]

same problem.
cheapest 125watt boards I can find are :
non overclock: ASRock 960GM
overclock: ASRock 970DE3/U3S3

 

[Mousemonkey]

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