no BIOS or bad Flashed BIOS, Dead MB

missed a Small connection somewhere
the MB to case connection(things like power/reset button) can be tricky make sure everything is in the right spot

 

I've done that a few times to no avail.

Gonna try everything one more time and if nothing then I'll have to bite the bullet and have to pay out of my own pocket to send the mobo back.. (which is annoying)

Edit, Yup, something is definitely borked... Just wish I had a way of knowing..

Edit 2, Emailed a local repair store and they said they'd charge £55 just to look at them... Yeaaaaah no.. that's more than the motherboard cost!

 

Small update, got a new motherboard (Still working on getting the original sent back but a few complications got in the way) and still nothing which must mean the CPU is dead which is mega frustrating since it was bought a couple of months ago so no return...

I'm assuming a dead CPU would stop it from beeping even without the ram installed? or perhaps the speaker that came with the case is also broken..

I mean at this point it can only be the cpu's fault..

 

The first mistake was buying an ASRock motherboard - those things are volatile as all hell, I bought an ASRock once and it died within a couple weeks without even using it extensively. Buy ASRock products if you don't care whether or not they damage the rest of your components.

As for the CPU, I suggest trying it out in a different motherboard before you conclude that it's broken - after what I've experienced with ASRock and what I've read as far as opinions about their stuff is concerned, I wouldn't trust it even if ten of those would give me the same results.

 

I suppose their almost universally bad appreciation rate is a complete coincidence then.

 

Good for you. I on the other hand wouldn't trust their products at all, just a personal opinion.

 

Biostar is another brand of Mobo's I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole with a condom on the poking end for added protection.

 

Same. For those two, most of their boards have features that are only available on their competitor's higher chipset boards. For instance, my M5897 board from Asus is every bit as good as my Dad's 990 board from Gigabyte from my experience. (Except SLI)

 

Well I recently found out the CPU is infact a OEM model (of which I don't think it was advertised as such but can't check up on it since the seller left and the page no longer exists which of course is very fishy) the seller is a very aggressive person who claims I'm lying so even though It's an OEM model I've contacted AMD just in case, i'll at least get their opinion on the matter..

But no more updates to share besides the fact I still seem to be the only person in southampton that has an AM3 (am3+ or otherwise) that or no-one I've contacted is nice enough to let me borrow one to make sure everything is working.. perhaps after I've sent the asrock mobo back I'll just have to contact a repair store and negotiate with them.

 

Chalk it up to the motherboard? Can you see if any pins were bent on your latest CPU? I had the misfortune of going through two noposts, both using the same mobo but different processors, and both times the pins were bent. I had done a couple builds before and never had any problem like this, and I made sure the CPU was resting in its snug little pockets, and set correctly. I was lucky enough for Newegg to honor a replacement and a refund for each attempt, which was amazingly nice of them.