Question Motherboard upgrade now pc won't power on

[theyikes]

Hi all!! I have a major problem. I had a gigabyte a320m-s2h with an AMD athlon amd athlon x4 950. I decided to update the board to an A520M S2H while keeping the original CPU. Anyway after hooking up the new board I tried to power it on but absolutely nothing is happening. In a panic I decided to replace the board with the original but now that won't turn on either. I thought it might be a problem with the power supply. I have a led keyboard which lights on but besides that I'm getting nothing.
Has anyone got any possible solutions?

 

[theyikes]

It literally just occurred to me I may have the power switch on the wrong jumpers. I can't find a diagram for the A520M S2H.

 

[theyikes]

would shorting the black and green wire on the PSU 24 pin connector while it's connected tot he board do any harm?

 

[SkyNetRising]

I can't find a diagram for the A520M S2H.

RTFM
Page 16.

https://download.gigabyte.com/FileL...e_1301.pdf?v=bf4f3b2308d9890dd8cab8df2807de2c

BTW - athlon x4 950 is not in supported cpu list for A520M S2H.
You have to check this before upgrading motherboard.

 

[--SID--]

A520 chipset do not support Athlon, 1000 series en 2000 series cpu.
https://www.gigabyte.com/nl/Motherboard/A520M-S2H-rev-1x/support#support-cpu

 

[theyikes]

Thanks --SID-- and SkyNetRising, your advice was very helpful. Out of curiosity what's the cheapest CPU for the new board I really only need it for day to day use on Linux. Oh on a side note i took the PSU out and shorted the pins for ps on and ground. Absolutely nothing. Strange as it may sound it's a relief.

 

[theyikes]

ok i'm back. I'm looking at an AMD am4 Ryen 5 5500. will it work?

 

[SkyNetRising]

I'm looking at an AMD am4 Ryen 5 5500. will it work?

Ryzen 5 5500 requires BIOS update F14.
Ryzen 5 3500 would work with initial F2 BIOS version.

Cheapest would be Ryzen 3 3100 (probably).

 

[theyikes]

thanks again SkyNetRising. It's good that the open community has people like you. I've ordered the relevant components. I'll keep you posted on how i get on.

 

[theyikes]

oh i meant to ask you if flashing the bios is difficult ? I'm sorry for all the questions . I'm fine with software but I'm a bit weak when it comes to hardware.

 

[beyondlogic]

oh i meant to ask you if flashing the bios is difficult ? I'm sorry for all the questions . I'm fine with software but I'm a bit weak when it comes to hardware.

the good news is you have q flash which is lucky because if you didnt youd have to get a older cpu.

usb and another working pc to do the following in video below. preferable with nothing inside it

q flash should be in your motherboard manual.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cQLYROKJ_Q

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