A10-6800K & Asrock FM2A75M-ITX - No GPU?

pbrain · 29 Sep 2013 at 12:52

Hello, i've just put together the Asrock FM2A75M-ITX board with the AMD A10-6800K. I've installed Vista 64, 4Gb+ memfix, service pack 1 & 2, updates & installed Catalyst 13.4
I cannot get the GPU to work, in device manager I get a ! next to 'Standard VGA Graphics Adapter'
I've looked in BIOS and can't find anything to switch on/off, the BIOS version is p1.60 (asrock site BIOS downloads only go up to 1.50 ?!)

Any ideas?

mattdunnapoo · 29 Sep 2013 at 13:51

Abit weird try flash it to 1.50 , not set to pcie as default in bios ?

mmj_uk · 29 Sep 2013 at 13:54

What is the 4gb memfix you've applied? if it's screwing with the memory mapping that might be the cause?

pbrain · 29 Sep 2013 at 14:08

mmj_uk said:
What is the 4gb memfix you've applied? if it's screwing with the memory mapping that might be the cause?

There's a patch you need when using 4+Gb on Vista 64, when installing it crashes, so sometimes you have to install with 1 stick

pbrain · 29 Sep 2013 at 14:21

mattdunnapoo said:
Abit weird try flash it to 1.50 , not set to pcie as default in bios ?

I've flashed to the latest 1.70, Checked the Northbridge settings, set the Primary Graphics adapter to 'IGD Video' - still no GPU, just standard VGA adapter

in properties it says 'This device cannot start (Code 10)

...never had this problem with Intel/nVidia combo's!

pbrain · 30 Sep 2013 at 22:40

Well i've found the problem...the Catalyst software doesn't include GPU drivers for Vista, i've done a fresh install with Windows 7 and GPU is installed and working.

I'd have prefered Vista64 due to some games not liking Windows 7/8

Sin_Chase · 30 Sep 2013 at 22:55

I am intrigued to know what games work on Vista that don't on 7.

teppic · 30 Sep 2013 at 23:45

13.4 doesn't officially support the 6800K. If you install Catalyst 13.8 or 13.10b2 it should be fine.

But you really want to be off Vista anyway

d_brennen · 30 Sep 2013 at 23:48

Sin_Chase said:
I am intrigued to know what games work on Vista that don't on 7.

teppic said:
13.4 doesn't officially support the 6800K. If you install Catalyst 13.8 or 13.10b2 it should be fine.

But you really want to be off Vista anyway

Was about to post both of these

JonSmith · 1 Oct 2013 at 00:06

If games don't work on Windows 7 but do on Vista, just set the compatibility mode to vista SP1. Otherwise, if it's something like KOTOR 2, there have been user made patches released.

pbrain · 1 Oct 2013 at 08:19

I use Steam and there's quite a few threads on various games where Win7 users can't get the game working but it worked perfectly on my Vista systems, can't remember exactly which games.
It's not that important, i've just thrown together the A10 system to build a very compact portable system...i'll cherry pick certain games from my i7 rig and transfer them over.

Just been playing with bios etc. I can't get my 2400mhz ram to be recognised? max it'll do is 1866mhz, I don't want to clock the CPU yet as i'm still waiting for the new cooler, I just need the GPU to make use of the faster RAM...

pbrain · 1 Oct 2013 at 11:01

JonSmith said:
If games don't work on Windows 7 but do on Vista, just set the compatibility mode to vista SP1. Otherwise, if it's something like KOTOR 2, there have been user made patches released.

I've installed Steam and updated Win 7, first game installed is Warframe which I play on a daily basis, i've tried several times to play it, IF I get past the intro screen it manages a minute of playtime before BSOD or crash back to windows (i've also set compatibility mode as well...no improvements)

d_brennen · 1 Oct 2013 at 22:21

BSOD and lack of ability to get to 2400MHz on the RAM doesn't inspire confidence. Warframe does work on Windows 7 64bit

JonSmith · 1 Oct 2013 at 22:54

Is there an option to change the graphics mode to DX9? I'm thinking that perhaps the game doesn't work so well with DX11. It may default to DX9 mode on Vista which is why it runs.

pbrain · 2 Oct 2013 at 08:57

JonSmith said:
Is there an option to change the graphics mode to DX9? I'm thinking that perhaps the game doesn't work so well with DX11. It may default to DX9 mode on Vista which is why it runs.

I've got DX11 on Vista, so thats not a problem ... it may well be the joke heatsink that AMD have thrown in with the chip, i'm waiting for a copper HS to arrive, hopefully that might cure the problem.

pbrain · 2 Oct 2013 at 09:02

d_brennen said:
BSOD and lack of ability to get to 2400MHz on the RAM doesn't inspire confidence. Warframe does work on Windows 7 64bit

Yeah, on the page selling the MB it does saying up to 2600Mhz(OC), but the options only go up to 1866mhz.

I bought some 2400Mhz 10-12-12-31 2x4Gb kits to help the GPU out, the CPU side i'm pretty happy with as-is, I tried to cheat by reducing the clock to 1600mhz and reducing the latencies by 33%...to achieve similar speed, it wasn't playing ball!

Legion · 2 Oct 2013 at 10:20

d_brennen said:
BSOD and lack of ability to get to 2400MHz on the RAM doesn't inspire confidence. Warframe does work on Windows 7 64bit

This board is a pain with Ram.
You can't manually set anything above 1866 with any bios.

You need ram that'll run at it's XMP profile speeds, the best I got out of one was with a Gskill Ares DDR 2133 kit, that actually ran at it's rated 2133 in this little board.
It wouldn't run 2400 with an XMP profiled 2400 kit.

My good Samsung green kits that do 2400+ no bother in good boards would not run at anything over 1866 on this one because the XMP profile for the ram is DDR 1600.

pbrain · 17 Oct 2013 at 18:31

Well today I've finally got round to putting a different heatsink on, booted up and Warframe started to update...got a BSOD. Restarted, had to uninstall & re-install Warframe as it had corrupted, got into Warframe and crashed again when trying to set options/controls.
Restarting & loads of BSOD's during & just after booting...mainly code 3b and occasionally 50.
I'm getting to the point where I'm going to throw it out of the window, just invested in a new HTPC case aswell.
Is it Win7, the APU or a bad combination of the 2?
If I got no joy over the weekend, Overclockers can take this P.O.S. back for a refund.

Emlyn_Dewar · 17 Oct 2013 at 19:21

That motherboard is not a good one, I'd not want to run an A10 on it.
Plenty of others have had stability issues on that POS, might be worth returning and getting the A85X version of it, although it is not sold by OcUK. (The newer chipset version is actually a good board.)

Return the board regardless, its a horrible horrible motherboard. The VRMs will be in flames shortly...

pbrain · 18 Oct 2013 at 08:29

Emlyn_Dewar said:
That motherboard is not a good one, I'd not want to run an A10 on it.
Plenty of others have had stability issues on that POS, might be worth returning and getting the A85X version of it, although it is not sold by OcUK. (The newer chipset version is actually a good board.)

Return the board regardless, its a horrible horrible motherboard. The VRMs will be in flames shortly...

What about the Gigabyte A85 ITX, do you reckon that would be OK? If i get the time it may be a trip to Stoke this afternoon for a swap.