Gigabyte 970a-ds3p won't get past gigabyte splash screen.

[pat lacasse]

whenever i boot up my system, i get stuck on the gigabyte splash screen. after a moment, the screen goes black. i press del during the boot but it wont enter bios. i think the problem is with the graphics card but i don't have onboard video to update the bios. pcpartpicker says 970 chipsets may need a bios update before using vishera cpu's but i dont have another compatible cpu to do this.

my system is http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Xdtw8d

 

[alexoiu]

The CPU is supported.
What graphics card using? Have you tested with single RAM module installed?

 

[pat lacasse]

The CPU is supported.
What graphics card using? Have you tested with single RAM module installed?

im using a r7-265 (club 3d) and ill try with one ram module

 

[pat lacasse]

The CPU is supported.
What graphics card using? Have you tested with single RAM module installed?

using 1 ram module didnt change anything either

 

[alexoiu]

It might be that the board needs a BIOS update for supporting the graphics card. Can you borrow one from a friend and test?

 

[pat lacasse]

It might be that the board needs a BIOS update for supporting the graphics card. Can you borrow one from a friend and test?

ill see what i can do but the only update available is a beta version and seems weird.

 

[deanio97]

Do you have a multi-display setup??... if you do then I have a good solution that just worked for me an hour ago in the most insanely repeatable fashion I've seen in a long time building and fixing PCs... leave all but one of your screens disconnected during POST and you can access the boot options, UEFI, system information and even get a successful boot out of the system. if the first attempt fails, use the CMOS CLEAR header somewhere near the first USB2.0 port header. and leave your other screens disconnected. once the system has booted, you can reconnect the displays. As luck would have it, DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA and DVI are plug & play/hotswap compliant, so all you need to do if a display fails to register is redetect first boot... after the boot succeeds... you should be able to leave the display(s) connected during POST as long as you stay well away from the options on the splash screen!!! I also recommend you try different display interfaces as well... I used a DVI output for my successful attempts, I haven't tested HDMI but I may well do so in the future!

Hope this solves your problem!