GA 990 FXA-UD7 trouble posting

[Jimmeh]

G'day,

I've been away from my computer for a while, and have had it in storage for approximately 3 months. When I've gone to turn it back, I didn't get any output to the monitor. No BIOS, nothing.

I was using the following;

FX-6100 (not overclocked)
8 GB of RAM
AMD HD 6870

The post codes on the digital display cycle between  F2 and C1 briefly, then stay at 25 for longer, and cycle again. I initially thought it could be a BIOS problem, as when I bought the motherboard I had to flash to bios up to F4, however after using an older AM3 CPU, the codes cycle between F1, C1 and hang at 25, then cycle again.

I've tried a different power supply, graphics card, older AM3 CPU, and other sticks of ram in all the slots all with the same problem.

I managed to find an older board, and checked all of the components except the newer AM3+ CPU. They work fine.

I'm tempted to return the board as its still (just) under warrenty, but thought I'd ask here for advice.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Cheers,

Jim

[absic]

Have you tried doing an extend CMOS clear by removing the battery and leaving for a while? If not I would try that.

If still no joy then probably best to start RMA process as trying to sort out these kind of problems can be time consuming and very frustrating.

[thexfile]

The BIOS doesn't like to update sometimes.

Put some 1333 memory in and see if that works.