I have an old thinkcentre m77 and it had an amd fx 4100 and i decided to upgrade to an amd fx 6350 but after that it doesnt respond to anything, like the fans ain’t even turning on, and the lan port doesn’t light up, though it did for a moment but then stopped all of a sudden

  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The FX-6350 is about 18 months newer than the FX-4100. What is the motherboard make and model, and have you updated the BIOS? Fixing this might be as simple as updating the BIOS.

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 year ago

    To add to others’ suggestions, make sure that the power supply can support the added consumption requirements. Remember that in all standard operations, boot draws are among the highest. If your power supply can’t handle the boot draw, it just won’t boot, even if it can more than handle other operations.

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Check the power specs for the new card and the old card. Are the the same, if so, that’s not the issue. If not, does the new card fall within the limits of the old card. It’s hard to know for sure, as you didn’t build the machine from parts, so you may need to spec out every part, sum the boot consumption, and compare with the PS spec. Or, you could just upgrade the PS, like I did, and hope that that was the issue (I was wrong, my issue was a bad RAM module).

        Edit: some BIOS builds keep error logs. If you could access those logs, it could be insightful. Maybe you could boot with the new card, wait for it to fail, then install the old one, boot again and check the BIOS logs. I’m not sure if the logs would survive that power loss though, but it’s worth a shot.