Question Is this motherboard broken ?

[JudithWright]

I have two GIGABYTE GA-A320M-S2H (AMD) motherboards but one seems to be missing parts near the middle of the CPU socket.

These two areas are shown in the attached pictures:

https://imgur.com/a/ZKb1Ij0

View: https://imgur.com/a/ZKb1Ij0

https://imgur.com/ZKMnrKb

View: https://imgur.com/ZKMnrKb


Does the missing part mean that the motherboard is broken?

When I try to run the possibly damaged motherboard, the PC seems to turn-on just fine (case fans spin, CPU fan spins, RGB on RAM lights up normally) - but there is no monitor display.


It does seem that the monitor knows the PC is being turned on because it flashes "NO SIGNAL" as the PC is powered on - but there is no visual display on the monitor.

Is it possible that these issues are connected (missing parts in the middle of the motherboard CPU socket preventing monitor display)?

Or are these more likely to be unrelated issues?


System Details:

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 950

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-A320M-S2H

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7470

 

[Lutfij]

You might want to take a better picture of the CPU socket since they are blurry.

You might want to see if the PCB revision number for the two are the same. As for your system's specs, please list them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:

Breadboard the system and work with only the processor, ram, board, and your discrete GPU with your PSU, leaving your storage and other devices(like fans) off. See if you can get POST.

 

[CountMike]

I have two GIGABYTE GA-A320M-S2H (AMD) motherboards but one seems to be missing parts near the middle of the CPU socket.

These two areas are shown in the attached pictures:

https://imgur.com/a/ZKb1Ij0

View: https://imgur.com/a/ZKb1Ij0

https://imgur.com/ZKMnrKb

View: https://imgur.com/ZKMnrKb


Does the missing part mean that the motherboard is broken?

When I try to run the possibly damaged motherboard, the PC seems to turn-on just fine (case fans spin, CPU fan spins, RGB on RAM lights up normally) - but there is no monitor display.


It does seem that the monitor knows the PC is being turned on because it flashes "NO SIGNAL" as the PC is powered on - but there is no visual display on the monitor.

Is it possible that these issues are connected (missing parts in the middle of the motherboard CPU socket preventing monitor display)?

Or are these more likely to be unrelated issues?


System Details:

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 950

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-A320M-S2H

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7470

First find exact revissions of both MBs, Gigabyte traditionally prints them i left bottom corner of the MB. If they are different it may explain apparently missing parts, manufacturers often "simplify" MBs to reduce costs.
Also use a stronger magnifying glass to check for traces on soldering contacts.

 

[DSzymborski]

In fact, the first picture looks like Gigabyte's photo of the revision 2.x and 3.x of this motherboard while the second photo like revision 1.x.

 

[drea.drechsler]

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Is it possible that these issues are connected (missing parts in the middle of the motherboard CPU socket preventing monitor display)?

Or are these more likely to be unrelated issues?
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Not likely.

Those are MLCC capacitors used as final filtering and noise decoupling of the voltages used by the CPU. Even if missing it should work with only a potential loss of stability at extreme useage.