urgent help FM2

supergluechris · 12 Jun 2013 at 20:09

AMD Athlon X4 740 3.20GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD740XWOHJBOX) £44.99 1 £44.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.16 1 £44.16

MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard

Paired with some 1600mhz ripjaws and a 450w gigabyte power supply.

When turned on there is no display at all. I get the 1 long beep followed by two short beeps which indicates video error. Processor broken?

supergluechris · 12 Jun 2013 at 20:14

I bought the wrong processor didn't I.....

I am such a noob. I should have bought the AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor

stulid · 12 Jun 2013 at 20:16

You did indeed buy a CPU without a IGP.

supergluechris · 12 Jun 2013 at 20:16

stulid said:
You did indeed buy a CPU without a IGP.

I am such an idiot. Let this not be held against me...

supergluechris · 12 Jun 2013 at 20:21

Can I still return the CPU even though I have put it in the wrong board?

stulid · 12 Jun 2013 at 20:23

supergluechris said:
Can I still return the CPU even though I have put it in the wrong board?

If you purchased it online you can DSR (distance selling regulation) it.

supergluechris · 12 Jun 2013 at 20:28

Excellent. I will send a webnote now.

OliverDavis · 13 Jun 2013 at 11:32

supergluechris said:
Can I still return the CPU even though I have put it in the wrong board?

The board and that CPU are compatible. You just need a dedicated GPU

Got a 9500GT knocking around if you want it!

supergluechris · 13 Jun 2013 at 17:48

Thanks for the offer Oliver but I think I will return the CPU and get the processor I intended in the first place

It's cheaper too!

pcAnywhere · 13 Jun 2013 at 18:52

Does DSR apply if you've opened and used the product (and covered one side in thermal paste etc)?