Crosshair V + Bulldozer No boot

[deathrune]

hi, so all my computer parts have finally arrived

Crosshair V Formula (pre owned)

AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 (new)

Asus Radeon 6970 (Pre owned)

1 x Kombuterbay 4gb 1866mhz ram (new, only 1 dimm)

80gb SATA 7200rpm HDD

Evolabs 700 watt modula power suply


thats the specs, so the motherboard is pre owned, and it isn't in a good state, there is some kind of spillage on the back, it looks like there are tansistors and capacitors missing but in some pictures they are missing on them as well.

I get the 3 lights on, on the start reset and OC buttons ect. No other leds though.

I press the start button, nothing at all happens, I've reinstalled the cpu 2 times and tried booting with other things.

I'm guessing now it could be an issue with having only 1 dimm slot being used?

Thanks for reading, I would really like to get this working by tonight 🙂


EDIT: I;
'm only using the 8 pin motherboard connector not the 4 pin, as I've read the manual and it says i dont need it

[deathrune]

"Designed and programmed specially for Intel Sandybridge" :mad:

more money to throw out then... i might as spend the most ridiculous money on the ram, whats the best AMD ram out right now?

thanks btw, you really have saved me i dont think i would of realized this and probably would of bought more intel ram

[DaemonCantor]

I guess the best place to ask this is right here... There are others out here that know more than myself but my suggestion would be. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233246 But this might be a little extreme.

[deathrune]

DaemonCantor wrote:
I guess the best place to ask this is right here... There are others out here that know more than myself but my suggestion would be. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233246 But this might be a little extreme.

thats way out i only can afford around £40 / $50. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9-1600MHz-Vengeance-Memory/dp/B004CRSM4I/ref=sr_1_1?i... seams the best... i dont want to install pdr read on here so i cant see the vendor list

do you think it would be acceptable to ask on another thread? or not really worth it

edit: already quite a lot nvm

[DaemonCantor]

That's another set I've seen people say was very good and it looks like it might be a good choice. as to another thread it might get noticed faster but I think they frown upon it...I'd just wait and see...maybe HiVisMan will put in an appearance, he's about the best here.

[NemesisChild]

Corsair Vengeance is decent memory, but I would opt for the G.Skill RipjawsX series.

I run RipjawsX memory in most of my builds, including this rig.

[deathrune]

NemesisChild wrote:
Corsair Vengeance is decent memory, but I would opt for the G.Skill RipjawsX series.

I run RipjawsX memory in most of my builds, including this rig.

no way as if im falling for intel ram again, most of them on amazon are for intel only there's a few but the clock speeds are 1333 at £40

[HiVizMan]

Hey death or can I call you rune??? 😄

http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/radeon-memory/pages/system-memory.aspx

Can not go wrong with these babies. Bet you did not know that AMD made their own ram.

PNY’s XLR8 MD8192KD3-1600-X9 Are great ram for AMD and at a outstanding price last time I looked.

[deathrune]

HiVizMan wrote:
Hey death or can I call you rune??? 😄

http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/radeon-memory/pages/system-memory.aspx

Can not go wrong with these babies. Bet you did not know that AMD made their own ram.

PNY’s XLR8 MD8192KD3-1600-X9 Are great ram for AMD and at a outstanding price last time I looked.

hi man call me what ever the you please

woah AMD ram! cool, I cant find any radeon edition nor performance on legit websites and the PNY ram isnt on uk websites.. i think i might just get corsair's

[DaemonCantor]

Where the heck can I buy those AMD Branded modules??? or is Patriot Memory the real manufacturer? They were listed under Partner Tab

[HiVizMan]

You will be surprised where you can pick up PNY ram my friend.

Curries and Dixons for one, so I guess PC World too. 😄 😄

But all the main guys do stock their kit EBuyer do for example.