MSI K9A2 Platinum

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

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.

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...

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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?

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Originally Posted by 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...

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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

:D 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 :(

guess this motherboard must be useless hahaha