HELP!!! upgraded mobo and getting cpu error

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o0akoni0o

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here's the scenario (i bolded the main problem if you don't want to read). i planned on upgrading my mobo and vid card, which were an msi neo fsr and a bfg 6800oc, to a biostar tforce 6100 and a sapphire gto2. oh and this is all socket 754. anyways, i use the sysprep method so i wouldn't have to reinstall windows. well i put the whole system together and when i power on all the fans and hard drives power on, but nothing on the screen. the video card cooler's fan is spinning and all the connections are corrent. i look through my biostar manual there are four led indicators that show system status. in order from top to bottom they are named led_d1, led_d2, led_dimm, & led_pwr. well the bottom two light up, but the first two (led_d1 and led_d2) do not. according to the manual this indicates a cpu/chipset error!!!! so yea, did i really mess up something here? the cpu is seated properly and everything.

-just tried to reset the cmos and the computer won't even turn on. oh and before that it would not post either.
 
I'd say it's something with the ram myself or a bad motherboard/processor.
 
o0akoni0o said:
-just tried to reset the cmos and the computer won't even turn on. oh and before that it would not post either.
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...but you did put the CMOS jumper in the position it was..? comp won't power on if the jumper is in "clear cmos" position.

well if the CPU is seated properly, then try different ram..
 
Maybe your motherboard needs a bios update to support your CPU? I had an issue like that with my current motherboard - it couldn't see my X2 CPU and I just got a blank screen like you. I had the bios flashed and it worked perfectly after that.
 
how could i flash the bios if it won't even post? right now everything turns on but it won't post. the mobo has integrated video so i took off my video card, am using only one stick of ram, and no drives, yet it still won't post. the ram is corsair xms and worked completely fine with my old motherboard however when i power up the leds on the system don't flash. is it a compatibility error or a bad mobo?
 
You probably can't flash the bios if it won't post. I had to take mine back to where I got it and get them to flash it, which they did for free. ;) Guess they have a bunch of older CPUs kicking around to do this with.
 
well i solved the problem. in the midst of resetting the cpu and reapplying the artic silver i thought i would try to use the stock heatsink and well it now works. so am i safe to say that my xp90 is incompatible with this mobo?
 
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