I upgraded my CPU to a AMD FX8350 from a AMD Athlon II X2 215 and now I get the screen going Black for about 15 seconds at a time, my video card is a Nvidea GT610 with the latest drivers sometimes the mouse won't workso I've had to disable the video driver and just use the Microsoft basic driver,everything was ok till I upgraded the CPU any ideas?
Black screen after installing AMD FX8350 CPU
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BIOS Ver 2 is available for your board:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-970A-DS3P-rev-2x#support-dl-bios
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-970A-DS3P-rev-2x#support-dl-bios
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Your board and bios supports the 8350.
That is not supported with his motherboard. His board is a rev 1. Please be careful giving bios advice.
BIOS Ver 2 is available for your board:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-970A-DS3P-rev-2x#support-dl-bios
That is not supported with his motherboard. His board is a rev 1. Please be careful giving bios advice.
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Sorry @BigFeet , you are right of course, I didn't notice the difference!.
This is what I found for rev 1.0:
www.gigabyte.com
This is what I found for rev 1.0:
GA-970A-DS3P (rev. 1.0) Overview | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global
Lasting Quality from GIGABYTE.GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ motherboards bring together a unique blend of features and technologies that offer users the absolute ...