Cant enter bios gigabyte 990fxa-ud3

[Adam Wiener]

I have had my pc for a while now and when i try enter the bios i get a black screen and i have to restart my pc, any ideas?
specs:
MB: 990fxa-ud3
cpu: amd fx8350
gc: saphire vapour x 7970
ram: corsair vengeance 16gb
cooler: h100i

 

[alexoiu]

While getting the black screen, try pressing F10 and then Enter or Y. See if the system does restart.

 

[Adam Wiener]

While getting the black screen, try pressing F10 and then Enter or Y. See if the system does restart.

does not work plus i forgot to mention the the edges are cropped off or its zoomed in on the center of the screen.

 

[Adam Wiener]

While getting the black screen, try pressing F10 and then Enter or Y. See if the system does restart.

Never mind it tried again and it restarted but nothing changed

 

[Adam Wiener]

I want to be able to enter the bios with no black screen

 

[Calvin7]

That is probably because you are using some kind of TV set as a monitor and it doesn't support the resolution of the BIOS screen. You might try borrowing a Widescreen LCD Monitor.

 

[alexoiu]

While getting the black screen, try pressing F10 and then Enter or Y. See if the system does restart.

Never mind it tried again and it restarted but nothing changed

It means that the system does access the BIOS, but the resolution is not supported by your monitor/ TV.
If using the HDMI, try a different port (DVI or VGA).

 

[Adam Wiener]

While getting the black screen, try pressing F10 and then Enter or Y. See if the system does restart.

Never mind it tried again and it restarted but nothing changed

It means that the system does access the BIOS, but the resolution is not supported by your monitor/ TV.
If using the HDMI, try a different port (DVI or VGA).

my pc is new and does not have a vga port and my monitor does not suppot dvi so will i have to buy a new monitor or something?

 

[alexoiu]

Weird. Not sure if a DVI to HDMI adapter would solve the issue.

 

[theramman]

I have the same issue and almost the same setup.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2323430/gigabyte-bios-load.html
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 Rev.4
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition @4Ghz
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i CPU Cooler
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB @1866
SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X R9 290
CORSAIR 850W PSU
2 x SSDs / 2 x HDDs / 1 x BD Player

This System VS Last System is that i was using a DVI to HDMI to my TV but now im using a HDMI to HDMI.

Im going to power off and try the DVI cable like my last setup had. Ill update after I try it.

 

[theramman]

No luck, tried my DVI to HDMI that i used on my last system and still did the same thing.
I see a cursor for a quarter of a second and blackness.

My GPU is the Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290

I have a support ticket in with Gigabyte, Ill update when I hear anything.

 

[alexoiu]

Try borrowing a monitor and test.
With TVs HDMI (especially old TVs), it might be a HDCP handshake issue:
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2010/12/17/connecting-your-pc-to-an-hdtv-with-hdmi/

 

[tomatozaphim]

Try borrowing a monitor and test.
With TVs HDMI (especially old TVs), it might be a HDCP handshake issue:
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2010/12/17/connecting-your-pc-to-an-hdtv-with-hdmi/

I know this is old but, I have a really old monitor that might not support the Bios resolution, I will try another but why would the monitor not having the right resolution make the BIOS not come on