New motherboard causing problems?

[ijustwannagrill]

...dare I say new.

I got an old Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Rev. 6.0 from a friend who works at a tech shop. (it was in the recycle pile, so it's definitely not new or in good condition)

 

When I go to power on the machine, I get this weird coil whine that sounds like it's coming from the CPU fan. I also get these blue artifacts in bios (this is only without an external Gpu installed) and it won't detect peripherals or boot into Windows.

 

When I do have a Gpu installed, I can get into Windows but it runs in a stretched resolution and fails to read the data on my SSD (so it uses a temporary account)

 

Is this an issue with the Psu? Or is this caused by something wrong with the board? Specs below:

 

- Amd Phenom II x4 955 CPU

- Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 6.0 mobo

- Sapphire Vaporx HD 4870 1GB GPU

- 128GB HP SSD

- 16 GB RAM

- 1 TB HDD

- Thermaltake smart 500W PSU

[Fasauceome]

7 minutes ago, ijustwannagrill said:

Is this an issue with the Psu? Or is this caused by something wrong with the board?

Might be going out on a limb, but...

 

7 minutes ago, ijustwannagrill said:

I got an old Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Rev. 6.0 from a friend who works at a tech shop. (it was in the recycle pile

I'm gonna start by assuming the motherboard is most likely the issue. 

 

Does using a Linux USB have any difference?

[ijustwannagrill]

18 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Might be going out on a limb, but...

 

I'm gonna start by assuming the motherboard is most likely the issue. 

 

Does using a Linux USB have any difference?

I found out the issue was the Ram, oddly enough. Using one stick seemed to fix the problem and it boots to windows 10 correctly. Thanks for responding though!