Just got a FX-4100 and it doesn't seem to work

[petteyg359]

Bad RAM is far more often the culprit of random lockups and crashes than a bad CPU. If there's a BIOS update, try it, but then run memtest86+ (http://www.memtest.org/download/4.20/memtest86+-4.20.usb.installer.zip) if things still crash.

 

[trents]

Trents,
I noticed you are using the same board I am talking about.Am I right in assuming it is working well for you?

Yeah, I like it. No surprises. Mosfets and VRMs are covered by a sink. Board is spacious and there is a good distance between the CPU socket and the ram slots. This was my first Asus board and it took me a bit to get used to the bios but all the basic adjustment plus a couple extras are there. The only complaint I have about the bios is that there aren't many options for the LLC adjustment. Good value. This is not the "Evo" version of the board.

 

[Pat is Mad]

So I got the Asus board.Don't have time to install tonight but I will tomorrow night.It's revision 1.02.Hoping all the bios on this version is up to date

 

[trents]

Keep us posted, Pat.

 

[Billy Cornpipe]

Right on Gigabyte's page for your mobo:

To enable AM3+ AMD FX-Series CPU support, please update your motherboard with the most current BIOS found in your motherboard’s download section.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3908&dl=1#ov

I recently put an FX-6100 into a Gigabyte board and the first thing I did, before installing an OS, was update the BIOS.

 

[Pat is Mad]

I got the Asus board and installed everything tonight.It's way faster than my old C2Q.Aero seems a bit flaky though.I can't seem to do anything in BIOS either.The mouse icon is stuck at the top right corner of the screen.Any Asus guys/gals got an idea around that?

 

[trents]

Did you reinstall Windows? If not the chipset drivers are all wrong for the new motherboard and you need to do a fresh OS install.

 

[Pat is Mad]

I did re-install.Formatted the HD as well.I did notice that my WEI graphic score went way down.I thought it would go up since I finally have the card on pcie 2

 

[trents]

Did you install the chipset drivers that came on the Asus CD in the motherboard box?

 

[Pat is Mad]

Yep.My BIOS is 0901.Most programs seem stable so far.Haven't stressed anything yet either.That is all tomorrow.I would like to figure out why the cursor is stuck in bios though

 

[trents]

Bios isn't the same as chipset drivers.

Make sure you go into the usb configuration section of the bios and set it to work with "legacy" usb stuff.

 

[Pat is Mad]

How do I get it to let me use a keyboard?Both the mouse and keyboard are ps/2

 

[trents]

The motherboard has PS2 ports for both the mouse and the keyboard so a PS2 mouse and a PS2 keyboard should both work but so should a usb mouse and a usb keyboard. Are you using both a PS2 mouse and a PS2 keyboard? Is that what you are saying? If so, they should work fine. I also think you have to choose the "UEFI" option in the opening bios screen in order to use the mouse in bios. It's along the bottom, a series of buttons.

I'm using a PS2 keyboard and it works fine.

 

[Pat is Mad]

I will reboot and give it another try as far as getting around in BIOS.That is what I really looked forward to.If not I will try when I wake up.Thanks for all the input

 

[Pat is Mad]

Didn't work.Cursor starts in middle then flies to the corner and won't move.Tried a different mouse and that didn't work.Would flashing it down then back up help maybe?

 

[trents]

Didn't work.Cursor starts in middle then flies to the corner and won't move.Tried a different mouse and that didn't work.Would flashing it down then back up help maybe?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

 

[Pat is Mad]

I think I will give that a try and see if it works.Thanks again

 

[Pat is Mad]

That killed it.Black screen and won't even try to boot

 

[Madengineer]

Looks like you need a bios update.

 

[trents]

Pat, what method did you use to flash the bios? Typically, there are three methods:
1. Window-based flash utility
2. DOS-based flash utility from a self-booting floppy
3. From within bios itself with some kind of built in tool

I have not tried #3 but I have used both 1&2 without problems on various boards. #2 is the safest but requires some facility with text-based commands.