Is FX-8350 compatible with GA-970A-DS3 (rev. 1.0) ?

[zivlaks]

I'm trying to find an answer to this, some say it's not compatible, some say it is with a BIOS upgrade. If it's compatible with an upgrade, can I upgrade without an additional compatible CPU?

specs for mobo:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4122&dl=#ov

 

[Nio22]

Sorry to revive this.
Okay, so I followed the advice in this thread a few months ago, flashed my BIOS to F6 and the FX-8350 worked perfectly fine.
Now - I just installed a liquid CPU cooler, and now it will not boot at all.
I installed my old CPU and it booted no problem, so that rules out the board, PSU, etc.

Question is what am I doing wrong this time? I extracted the BIOS F6 files to a USB - reflashed the BIOS, turned off immediately after, switched the CPU and it just does not POST, BIOS, nothing.

?_? What am I doing wrong? Is there a step I have forgotten, I don't remember if there is something I am missing or what? I cannot test the CPU in another computer as I do not have one....but it was working perfectly before I tried installing this cooler.
I find it unlikely I damaged the CPU as I am very careful with static and physical care..... please help 🙁

 

[bmacsys]

Sorry to revive this.
Okay, so I followed the advice in this thread a few months ago, flashed my BIOS to F6 and the FX-8350 worked perfectly fine.
Now - I just installed a liquid CPU cooler, and now it will not boot at all.
I installed my old CPU and it booted no problem, so that rules out the board, PSU, etc.

Question is what am I doing wrong this time? I extracted the BIOS F6 files to a USB - reflashed the BIOS, turned off immediately after, switched the CPU and it just does not POST, BIOS, nothing.

?_? What am I doing wrong? Is there a step I have forgotten, I don't remember if there is something I am missing or what? I cannot test the CPU in another computer as I do not have one....but it was working perfectly before I tried installing this cooler.
I find it unlikely I damaged the CPU as I am very careful with static and physical care..... please help 🙁

Sounds like you may have damaged some pins on the 8350. Turn it over and check it. Are you sure the F6 BIOS is compatible with the 8350? I would ASSUME it is a later BIOS revision than the one you flashed over?

 

[HAYES2015]

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model 970A-DS3P (CPU 1)
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor, 4000 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. F2j, 12/29/2014
Model GeForce GTX 970
Manufacturer Crucial Technology
Max Bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)