Question Two AM3 mobos not displaying

[Insane Potatoz]

Hi, I have two AM3 motherboards that I bought used online, and both of them aren’t displaying. Before I return them I was wondering about some troubleshooting steps cause I got a good deal on them.
one board came with an FX-8350.
They turn on but don’t display, there’s no error codes when I put a speaker on them. I’m using working ram and a working GPU. I’ve cleared CMOS too.
Any other ideas to try?
Thanks

 

[kerberos_20]

FX 8350 needs AM3+ mainboard, AM3 will not work

 

[CountMike]

Hi, I have two AM3 motherboards that I bought used online, and both of them aren’t displaying. Before I return them I was wondering about some troubleshooting steps cause I got a good deal on them.
one board came with an FX-8350.
They turn on but don’t display, there’s no error codes when I put a speaker on them. I’m using working ram and a working GPU. I’ve cleared CMOS too.
Any other ideas to try?
Thanks

Which motherboards are those ? Saying only "AM3" is not enough.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

FX 8350 needs AM3+ mainboard, AM3 will not work

Sorry, haha my bad, they are both AM3+

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Which motherboards are those ? Saying only "AM3" is not enough.

Sorry, I believe it’s an MSI 970A-G46 and an Asus M5A78L-M LX Plus

 

[CountMike]

Sorry, I believe it’s an MSI 970A-G46 and an Asus M5A78L-M LX Plus

That's easy to find out: MSI
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/970A-G46#support-cpu
Asus:

M5A78L-M LX3 PLUS｜Motherboards｜ASUS Global

www.asus.com

So both support FX processors but need specific BIOS version.
MSI motherboard is a bit better because of VRM and it's cooler.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

That's easy to find out: MSI
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/970A-G46#support-cpu
Asus:

M5A78L-M LX3 PLUS｜Motherboards｜ASUS Global

www.asus.com

So both support FX processors but need specific BIOS version.
MSI motherboard is a bit better because of VRM and it's cooler.

yeah, I know. Do you think they need a bios update? I have an Athlon II X2 245, the Asus board didnt boot with it and I haven't tried it on the MSI one

 

[CountMike]

yeah, I know. Do you think they need a bios update? I have an Athlon II X2 245, the Asus board didnt boot with it and I haven't tried it on the MSI one

That I can't tell you, only previous owner may know which was last CPU MBs worked with. For all we can know, MBs may not be in working order. In any case, updating BIOS to newest version can't hurt but that could most probably be done only when you get display to work.

 

[kerberos_20]

Asus M5A78L-M LX Plus doesnt support 125watt FX CPUs, so that FX 8350 is not compatible with it

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Asus M5A78L-M LX Plus doesnt support 125watt FX CPUs, so that FX 8350 is not compatible with it

Yeah, I wasn’t gonna use the FX on it anyways, I was thinking of a 6300 or 6100.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

That I can't tell you, only previous owner may know which was last CPU MBs worked with. For all we can know, MBs may not be in working order. In any case, updating BIOS to newest version can't hurt but that could most probably be done only when you get display to work.

The guy said the 8350 was used with the MSI board and he tested them before shipping them out.
They were like, stacked on top of each other during shipping. They had their backs against each other and then we’re wrapped in bubble wrap and an anti static bag, think that coulda damaged it?

 

[Insane Potatoz]

so any ideas for troubleshooting? I wanna get back to this guy quick