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BIOS update ?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:12 pm
by mcleod55
I have a Gigabyte M61P-S3 board. I bought a Athlon 64 x2 6000, 3.1 GHz to replace my Athlon 3800. I did a BIOS update, swapped processors out, rebooted and I get no POST at all. Just fans. No beep code. nothing.
I put the Athlon 3800 back in and it works fine. My question... Is there something else that I have to do in BIOS so the new processor will boot or does it sound like a dead processor?
Another thing. I did try to use the processor before I did the BIOS update and it would boot but system would shutdown after a few minutes. Like I said, that was before. Now nothing but fans. Any thoughts on this?
Re: BIOS update ?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:17 pm
by XstollieX
I am leaning toward a bad processor. Try reducing to the minimum on the computer, 1 stick of ram, processor, and gfx card and see if you get it to post. That would be my next step.
Re: BIOS update ?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:18 pm
by Apoptosis
Could be a bad processor or a BIOS update that doesn't play nice with that specific processor.
I know people used the F5 bios with a 6000+ a couple years back with some success. I guess you are running BIOS F7F? What BIOS did you update from where the 6000+ would shut down after a little bit? I vaguely remember that board... hard to believe that is circa 2007
Re: BIOS update ?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:32 pm
by mcleod55
Was using BIOS F2. That was what the board came with.
Re: BIOS update ?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:38 pm
by geokilla
Try clearing the CMOS. I have to clear the CMOS on my M2N-E everytime I update the BIOS.
Re: BIOS update ?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:22 pm
by mcleod55
geokilla wrote:Try clearing the CMOS. I have to clear the CMOS on my M2N-E everytime I update the BIOS.
Would that cause it to do nothing but fans? Also clear the CMOS could fix the problem I've posted? Sorry for the questions but I feel dumber than a nail right now.
Re: BIOS update ?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:53 pm
by Apoptosis
mcleod55 wrote:geokilla wrote:Try clearing the CMOS. I have to clear the CMOS on my M2N-E everytime I update the BIOS.
Would that cause it to do nothing but fans? Also clear the CMOS could fix the problem I've posted? Sorry for the questions but I feel dumber than a nail right now.
Clear the CMOS and if that doesn't work I'd flash the board with BIOS F5 and try that... It's a good practice to always clear the CMOS after a BIOS flash and then load optimal defaults.