installed a new motherboard and not getting any display on HDMI or DVI..

[crowx]

Hello
I've installed a new motherboard, a Gigabyte P61 instead of my old H61 because it had a faulty ram slot and now whenever I turn my pc on I get no display
I have the GPU plugged in pretty well and screwed into the case as well into my PCI-E 3.0 X16 slot
Steps I tried:
Used DVI instead of HDMI
One ram stick instead of 2, tried in both slots with both ram sticks
Unplugged my hard drive
Tried an old processor G1620 and an old fan too
My specs:
i5 3470
MSI RX 580 GAMING X 4G
Cooler Master Masterwatt 500W 80Plus White
8 Gigs of RAM 4x2 1333MHz
Gigabyte P61A-D3 rev 2.0 (this board has no VGA socket for a VGA cable nor HDMI)

Should I return it and get a new one or am I missing out on something here?

 

[lakimens]

I went on GIGABYTE's website and they are saying it only supports 2nd generation CPU's. Yours are third.
You need to update the BIOS as it seems. Here's a link, but you'll need an older CPU to update BIOS or bring it to a store.
Here's a BIOS download: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-P61A-D3-rev-30#support-dl

 

[Wolfshadw]

There appear to be three revisions of that motherboard and the Intel Core I5-3470 is supported by the initial BIOS version for each of those boards:

Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 2.0 - Required BIOS version F8 (Initial)
Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 3.0 - Required BIOS version FA (Initial)
Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 3.0 - Required BIOS version FB (Initial)

I would think that the differences between your two motherboards are sufficient to require Windows to need to be reinstalled.

-Wolf sends

 

[crowx]

There appear to be three revisions of that motherboard and the Intel Core I5-3470 is supported by the initial BIOS version for each of those boards:

Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 2.0 - Required BIOS version F8 (Initial)
Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 3.0 - Required BIOS version FA (Initial)
Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 3.0 - Required BIOS version FB (Initial)

I would think that the differences between your two motherboards are sufficient to require Windows to need to be reinstalled.

-Wolf sends

Not really no, as I stated above, I unplugged the hard disk totally and nothing was on my screen as well.

 

[crowx]

I went on GIGABYTE's website and they are saying it only supports 2nd generation CPU's. Yours are third.
You need to update the BIOS as it seems. Here's a link, but you'll need an older CPU to update BIOS or bring it to a store.
Here's a BIOS download: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-P61A-D3-rev-30#support-dl

It says it supports the i5 3470 on the F8 BIOS which is the out of box one.

 

[Wolfshadw]

There appear to be three revisions of that motherboard and the Intel Core I5-3470 is supported by the initial BIOS version for each of those boards:

Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 2.0 - Required BIOS version F8 (Initial)
Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 3.0 - Required BIOS version FA (Initial)
Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 3.0 - Required BIOS version FB (Initial)

I would think that the differences between your two motherboards are sufficient to require Windows to need to be reinstalled.

-Wolf sends

Not really no, as I stated above, I unplugged the hard disk totally and nothing was on my screen as well.

The point I was trying to make was that Windows has all of it's current hardware settings, driver locations, motherboard chipset addresses all stored in it's registry. All of this information is telling Windows how to communicate with the motherboard. You changed the motherboard, so Windows doesn't know how to talk with the motherboard.

Are you seeing anything on the screen during the boot processes? Do you see the Power On Self Test (POST) results or maybe the motherboard/computer manufacturer logo and then it goes to No Display or do you see absolutely nothing at all? If you see the POST screen or the Company Logo screen then it's your Windows install. If you see nothing at all, then it's something else; missed power connection, wrong port, faulty motherboard, improperly installed CPU, RAM not seated, dust in the PCI-Ex16 slot, etc...

-Wolf sends

 

[crowx]

There appear to be three revisions of that motherboard and the Intel Core I5-3470 is supported by the initial BIOS version for each of those boards:

Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 2.0 - Required BIOS version F8 (Initial)
Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 3.0 - Required BIOS version FA (Initial)
Gigabyte GA-P64A-D3 Rev 3.0 - Required BIOS version FB (Initial)

I would think that the differences between your two motherboards are sufficient to require Windows to need to be reinstalled.

-Wolf sends

Not really no, as I stated above, I unplugged the hard disk totally and nothing was on my screen as well.

The point I was trying to make was that Windows has all of it's current hardware settings, driver locations, motherboard chipset addresses all stored in it's registry. All of this information is telling Windows how to communicate with the motherboard. You changed the motherboard, so Windows doesn't know how to talk with the motherboard.

Are you seeing anything on the screen during the boot processes? Do you see the Power On Self Test (POST) results or maybe the motherboard/computer manufacturer logo and then it goes to No Display or do you see absolutely nothing at all? If you see the POST screen or the Company Logo screen then it's your Windows install. If you see nothing at all, then it's something else; missed power connection, wrong port, faulty motherboard, improperly installed CPU, RAM not seated, dust in the PCI-Ex16 slot, etc...

-Wolf sends

The motherboard had F7 version which doesn't support my processor, I went to the store and updated the bios to F10 and now it's working. Thanks for answering tho!

 

[crowx]

I went on GIGABYTE's website and they are saying it only supports 2nd generation CPU's. Yours are third.
You need to update the BIOS as it seems. Here's a link, but you'll need an older CPU to update BIOS or bring it to a store.
Here's a BIOS download: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-P61A-D3-rev-30#support-dl

Turned out the BIOS there was the F7 version, had to update to F10 and now it's working fine. Thanks!

 

[lakimens]

You're welcome.