i5_6400 will not boot on B250M Asus or MSI MB's

[djb111604]

Thought I would future proof (somewhat) my system by moving to a better MB already capable of running i6/i7 generation. I attempted new boards from Asus and MSI and neither would boot with my i6.Returned them both and went back to my MSI H110 Gaming and it works perfectly. I am under the impression B250 should take 6th generation. Am I missing something? Thanks for any help you might offer.

 

[austinpaiva]

I'm no expert with CPU's, but I'm a little bit better with motherboards. Are both of the B250's BRAND NEW? The only two things I've experienced were bent pins on used MOBO's and a dust spec preventing one of the pins from hitting it's respectable contact. If the boards are brand new I'm not sure.

 

[volkgren]

B250 motherboards should work with the i5-6400 no issue. Could you list the full specs of the systems including the motherboards you were trying to use that didn't work?

 

[djb111604]

Brand new from Amazon.
My system:
i5-6400
adata su700 240GB SSD
Seagate Constellation 1TB HDD
intel 530 HD integrated graphics
Pioneer BSD
Corsair CX 450 PSU
Corsair 100 Silent Version case
Now running on MSI Gaming H110 MB

 

[austinpaiva]

Brand new from Amazon.
My system:
i5-6400
adata su700 240GB SSD
Seagate Constellation 1TB HDD
intel 530 HD integrated graphics
Pioneer BSD
Corsair CX 450 PSU
Corsair 100 Silent Version case
Now running on MSI Gaming H110 MB

May I ask what you even need a B250 board for? Besides overclocking, and extra DIMM slots, PCIe rails and lanes, and SATA ports, I can't think of anything.

 

[djb111604]

As I mentioned, I just wanted to update to a little better quality board with an eye to moving from an i5-6400 to an i7 in the near future. I figured the B250 would be perfect since it runs 6th/7th generation CPU's. I could run the i7 on my current MSI H110M board, but thought it might be nice to upgrade a little. My current motherboard is certainly fine, I was just really shocked both B250 motherboards wouldn't boot.

 

[antonio.parrot]

Msi H110m uses an 4 pin auxiliar power cable and most of b250 mb use an 8 (2x4) pin auxiliar power cable. Did you change it?