Fx 8350 black screen help

[Ghostly_II]

So i just bought an fx 8350 to upgrade from me phenom ii x6 1090t but when i put in my 8350 i get a black screen no bios no windows start up my pc is completely on and fans are working but i got just a black screen i switched out my 8350 for my phenom again and it worked perfectly fine what can i do about 

[Moonzy]

does the bios version support the chip?

[Electronics Wizardy]

what motherboard are you using?

[Ghostly_II]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

what motherboard are you using?

I am using m5a97

[DudefromHamburg]

i assume you dont have enough spare hardware to double check board and cpu. So @Moonzy´s way is the best option you have right now.

Use the phenom, get the latest bios, flash it, reboot to make sure it still works, then switch CPU and start with only one RAM. Work your way up.

If your Board has some kind of debug LED or sth. like that you could narrow the problem down further, but updating the bios should be your first move

[.Apex.]

6 minutes ago, Ghostly_II said:

So i just bought an fx 8350 to upgrade from me phenom ii x6 1090t but when i put in my 8350 i get a black screen no bios no windows start up my pc is completely on and fans are working but i got just a black screen i switched out my 8350 for my phenom again and it worked perfectly fine what can i do about 

AM3 doesn't support the FX 8350, AM3+ does.

[.Apex.]

1 minute ago, .Apex. said:

AM3 doesn't support the FX 8350, AM3+ does.

2 minutes ago, Ghostly_II said:

I am using m5a97

oh that board is an AM3+ board, so you'd only need a BIOS update for it to work.

 

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/HelpDesk_BIOS/

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, .Apex. said:

oh that board is an AM3+ board, so you'd only need a BIOS update for it to work.

 

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/HelpDesk_BIOS/

thts the r2.0 version of the bord, the norml version of the board has no fx support https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/M5A97/HelpDesk_CPU/

[DudefromHamburg]

			Ya, you need BIOS Version 1006 or newer   CPU Validated since PCB Validated since BIOS Note FX-8350(FD8350FRW8KHK,4.0GHz,8C,125W,rev.C0,AM3+) ALL 1006

[Ghostly_II]

2 minutes ago, .Apex. said:

oh that board is an AM3+ board, so you'd only need a BIOS update for it to work.

 

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/

5 minutes ago, DudefromHamburg said:

i assume you dont have enough spare hardware to double check board and cpu. So @Moonzy´s way is the best option you have right now.

Use the phenom, get the latest bios, flash it, reboot to make sure it still works, then switch CPU and start with only one RAM. Work your way up.

If your Board has some kind of debug LED or sth. like that you could narrow the problem down further, but updating the bios should be your first move

i did that the bios is 1605 but i still get no signal

[Ghostly_II]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

thts the r2.0 version of the bord, the norml version of the board has no fx support https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/M5A97/HelpDesk_CPU/

Wait so my motherboard is the problem?

[.Apex.]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

thts the r2.0 version of the bord, the norml version of the board has no fx support https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/M5A97/HelpDesk_CPU/

oh, he might have the R2.0 version though, but yeah he has to check for any markings on the board itself to determine that

[Ghostly_II]

2 minutes ago, DudefromHamburg said:

			Ya, you need BIOS Version 1006 or newer   CPU Validated since PCB Validated since BIOS Note FX-8350(FD8350FRW8KHK,4.0GHz,8C,125W,rev.C0,AM3+) ALL 1006

I already got the latest one

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Ghostly_II said:

Wait so my motherboard is the problem?

what exact version of the bord do you hve? is the r2.0 version or normal?

 

but likely your board doesn't support the cpu if you have the latest bios update.

[DudefromHamburg]

1605 should have worked, according to this:

 

https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/M5A97/HelpDesk_CPU/

FX-8350(FD8350FRW8KHK,4.0GHz,8C,125W,rev.C0,AM3+)

1605

[Ghostly_II]

Just now, .Apex. said:

oh, he might have the R2.0 version though, but yeah he has to check for any markings on the board itself to determine that

I checked i have just the regular m5a97

[.Apex.]

Just now, Ghostly_II said:

I checked i have just the regular m5a97

Then it wouldn't work as it's an AM3 socket and not AM3+

[Ghostly_II]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what exact version of the bord do you hve? is the r2.0 version or normal?

 

but likely your board doesn't support the cpu if you have the latest bios upd 

i have the normal one

[DudefromHamburg]

Do you have any way to make sure the CPU aint dead?

 

ATM it seems the logical conclusion. Board works, CPU should work with the latest BIOS and you did that, leaves the CPU als culprit

[Ghostly_II]

Just now, DudefromHamburg said:

Do you have any way to make sure the CPU aint dead?

 

ATM it seems the logical conclusion. Board works, CPU should work with the latest BIOS and you did that, leaves the CPU als culprit

It worked yesterday on a different board

[.Apex.]

2 minutes ago, Ghostly_II said:

I checked i have just the regular m5a97

Actually wait the M5A97 is an AM3+ board so it *SHOULD* work with the latest BIOS, this has been highly confusing

[Ghostly_II]

Just now, .Apex. said:

Actually wait the M5A97 is an AM3+ board so it *SHOULD* work with the latest BIOS, this has been highly confusing

Ik i got a major head rn cause I don’t wanna think i just wasted money on this

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Ghostly_II said:

Ik i got a major head rn cause I don’t wanna think i just wasted money on this

can you return the fx chip? Thats probably whaat id do.

[Ghostly_II]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

can you return the fx chip? Thats probably whaat id do.

I cannot

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Ghostly_II said:

I cannot

Try updating the bios again, but there really not a good chip to use these days, id probably still try to return/sell it if it works.