MSI K9A2 Platinum

[Xiong]

just got this motherboard from a neighbor today cause he was going to throw it away cause it was not working so i took it instead just for experiment. It looks clean but doesnt have the guide book and the rest of the stuff inside of it..when i hooked it up it turns on and everything is running but nothing shows on the computer screen

Specs:

MSI K9A2 Platinum Motherboard
750 WATT Power Supply
2 GB of RAM
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Duo Core 4200+ 2.2 GHz
Socket AM2
Nvidia 8800 GTS O.C Extreme Edition Video Card


would it be possible to get it running again if not please let me know

[spac3d]

Have you got any beeps from it? Is everything connected inc the 12v small top left connector?

Replace battery/Reset CMOS?

No picture and no beeps means dead IMO.

[scaryjim]

Have you just broken into my house and nicked my rig?

It may have a corrupt BIOS - if you have a floppy disk drive you can try to reflash the BIOS using the instructions on MSIs website...

[Xiong]

Have you got any beeps from it? Is everything connected inc the 12v small top left connector?

Replace battery/Reset CMOS?

No picture and no beeps means dead IMO.

no beeps.....about the battery i took it out for like 20-30min and then put it in and give it a try and still does the same thing. im not really good with computer stuff but im ok with it. but if i do replace the battery. do i go to any battery store?

[Xiong]

Have you just broken into my house and nicked my rig?

It may have a corrupt BIOS - if you have a floppy disk drive you can try to reflash the BIOS using the instructions on MSIs website...

i dont think u live in madison, wi hahaha even if u did why would i go someone's house and steal it

dunno about the bios but i do have a floppy disk which is not connected

[scaryjim]

I've got a K9A2 Platinum with exactly the problem, that's all.

I tried the boot-flash instructions from MSI last night but the mobo didn't even try to read from the floppy so I assume there's something more serious wrong with my board. Not saying it wouldn't work for you mind, but I'm afraid we've probably both got a dead mobo on our hands

[Xiong]

guess this motherboard must be useless hahaha