FX8370E on GA-880GMA-USB3

[hasu]

I am wondering if FX8370E is compatible with GA-880GMA-USB3. I just received my new CPU and it does not work with my motherboard. As per Gigabyte website, GA-880GMA-USB3 should work with FX-6300 and FX-8140. I extrapolated that and assumed that this combo would work as well.

Any one here uses this combo?


Thanks!

 

[Rvenger]

No, the 880 chipsets I don't even think are really supported by Bulldozer either.

 

[hasu]

No, the 880 chipsets I don't even think are really supported by Bulldozer either.

I was under that impression too, but while looking for options, I found motherboards with even older chipsets for FX CPU's. e,g: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128565.

 

[wangotango]

That is a Vishera. Even though it is not on the supported CPU chart, what BIOS are you running? The other Vishera's have to have BIOS F3. The actual latest BIOS is F4e but that supports the Opteron 3280 and it is BETA. If your running BIOS F2, it ain't happening. I would start with the F3 and see how it goes. You need to update the AGESA 1.1.0.0 code and your CPU may or not work since it is relatively new. I think it would with F3, just my guess.

If you do not have access to an older CPU, You can pick up a cheap Sempron 140 off ebay for 16.00 to at least get it to post
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Sempron...3GQ-/331372173738?pt=CPUs&hash=item4d275219aa

then use Q-Flash to update BIOS, and then install new CPU and see what happens
http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/121/flashbios_qflash.pdf

That is a good motherboard and may be worth the 16.00 investment.

 

[hasu]

That is a Vishera. Even though it is not on the supported CPU chart, what BIOS are you running? The other Vishera's have to have BIOS F3. The actual latest BIOS is F4e but that supports the Opteron 3280 and it is BETA. If your running BIOS F2, it ain't happening. I would start with the F3 and see how it goes. You need to update the AGESA 1.1.0.0 code and your CPU may or not work since it is relatively new. I think it would with F3, just my guess.

If you do not have access to an older CPU, You can pick up a cheap Sempron 140 off ebay for 16.00 to at least get it to post
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Sempron...3GQ-/331372173738?pt=CPUs&hash=item4d275219aa

then use Q-Flash to update BIOS, and then install new CPU and see what happens
http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/121/flashbios_qflash.pdf

That is a good motherboard and may be worth the 16.00 investment.

Thanks for the reply, wangotango.

I have the latest bios, F4e. I am using the machine right now with my older CPU 1100T. One thing out of ordinary is that my PSU does not have the extra 8 pin power cable, so I am connecting the available 4pin to one side (as commonly adviced), leaving the remaining four empty. That works fine with 1100T. Can that be the issue?

 

[wangotango]

It may but doubt it. Might not hurt to get an adapter to rule out. Have you tried it with F3 BIOS? , the one your using is a BETA BIOS and may have something specific to the Opteron.

 

[hasu]

It may but doubt it. Might not hurt to get an adapter to rule out. Have you tried it with F3 BIOS? , the one your using is a BETA BIOS and may have something specific to the Opteron.

Oh! I never thought of that. I always that the newer BIOSes are always upgrades!! I am going to flash F3 and give it a try.

 

[wangotango]

I have seen certain CPU/ motherboards not like the 4pin only. When I bench test builds to post, I have encountered it. Im too lazy to dismount my bench test PSU's , both older heavy ass Seasonics. Pop a 4pin to 8pin CPU adapter and bam, she fires up. Not common but does happen, I think the last one was an FX4130 CPU with a Gigabyte 760 usb3 board... if I recall correctly.

I never update a BIOS unless needed to address an issue. My build in my signature is the original BIOS, it runs flawless and flat out stable. You can really flake a board with a newer BIOS. Always read the readme txt file to see what the BIOS update is all about prior to updating.

 

[hasu]

I have seen certain CPU/ motherboards not like the 4pin only. When I bench test builds to post, I have encountered it. Im too lazy to dismount my bench test PSU's , both older heavy ass Seasonics. Pop a 4pin to 8pin CPU adapter and bam, she fires up. Not common but does happen, I think the last one was an FX4130 CPU with a Gigabyte 760 usb3 board... if I recall correctly.

I never update a BIOS unless needed to address an issue. My build in my signature is the original BIOS, it runs flawless and flat out stable. You can really flake a board with a newer BIOS. Always read the readme txt file to see what the BIOS update is all about prior to updating.

Well... I flashed F3 bios and tried a new PSU with 8 bin power (2x4pin) (Antec VP450). Same result. It hangs while loading the operating system (Linux). I never had this much issues with any CPUs since I started building my PCs since 1997.

I am debating should I try a new motherboard or send this CPU back.

 

[wangotango]

Hold on bullet's... try booting from a live CD or USB Linux distro. Mint or Ubuntu.

 

[hasu]

Hold on bullet's... try booting from a live CD or USB Linux distro. Mint or Ubuntu.

I tried that too . After trying to boot from my main OS drive, I switched to Live CD to be safe.

Last resort I am trying to install Windows. Let me see how that goes!

 

[wangotango]

If not, pick up a Asus M5A97LE R2. $70.00 bones or if you can stretch it, a Asus M5A99FXPro R2 134 clammers. It's not the CPU unless it's defective

I don't like his board choice but what do I know, never been a fan of ASRock. Seen way to many issues with voltages, maybe they are better these days.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_fx_8370linux&num=1

 

[hasu]

If not, pick up a Asus M5A97LE R2. $70.00 bones or if you can stretch it, a Asus M5A99FXPro R2 134 clammers. It's not the CPU unless it's defective

I don't like his board choice but what do I know, never been a fan of ASRock. Seen way to many issues with voltages, maybe they are better these days.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_fx_8370linux&num=1

You are not going to believe this. I just installed Windows 8 and successfully logged in! How can a simple CPU change bring down Linux to its knees?

When I tried to get Windows Experience Index, it failed with message that it "could not measure video play back performance". I think that is the same issue that prevents Linux from loading.

 

[wangotango]

Interesting. What version and kernel of linux? That link I posted was not an issue. Windows... yuk.... BIOS setting? Ill dig into tomorrow a little. Gotta sleep. Service calls tomorrow...

 

[hasu]

Interesting. What version and kernel of linux? That link I posted was not an issue. Windows... yuk.... BIOS setting? Ill dig into tomorrow a little. Gotta sleep. Service calls tomorrow...

Thanks and I really appreciate your help!

I tried various Live CDs including Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 and latest and greatest LinuxMint 17.1.

Boot from completely shutdown state is only a few seconds into Windows 8 space needle screen. AMAZINGLY FAST! I wish I can get that with my Linux Mint.

 

[soccerballtux]

Linux always has weird issues like that. I kept lying to myself that it was superior, people just didn't know, etc. I wasted countless hours trying to get my optical PS/2 mouse to respond immediately in RedHat9, it wouldn't move the pointer until you'd moved it about a quarter inch. The only solution was this random rpm update via 28.8 dialup, I had to get like 200MB of updates as dependencies and it finally worked. Other problems trying to get broadcomm wireless drivers to work, dual display to handle unrecognized monitors, suspend never worked and hibernate sometimes did unless you EVER ran and installed system updates, then suspend might work but hibernate was definitely broken.

Then there was that bug where if a menu rendered underneath the mouse pointer and there was a button where the mouse pointer was, the button would not activate during clicking unless you moved the mouse off the button, and back on. This wasn't fixed until about 6 years ago, I personally emailed the guy who spent 45 hours tracking it down to the bottom of gtk and had to rewrite something; the whole deal was so much effort which is why nobody had bothered fixing it until the mid-2000s. I can't find the email... Anyways that guy is my hero.

edit: found the email, GTK+ menu button bug 56070. It was reported in 2001, patches provided in 2006, finally propagated in 2008.

 

[hasu]

I could boot into Live CD by using some extra safe boot options acpi=off noapic nolapic. I am not sure which one actually helped. I will continue digging in the evening.

 

[WT]

I have that same board and just did a BIOS update to it last month to F3. Saw the F4 as beta and decided to stay far away from that. Since I have owned the board, I was unable to get the CrossfireX working with the onboard 4250 and a Powercolor 5450. Other than that, it has ran very well for my HTPC.

It will be interesting to find out what your eventual solution/workaround to the issue is.

 

[hasu]

I have that same board and just did a BIOS update to it last month to F3. Saw the F4 as beta and decided to stay far away from that. Since I have owned the board, I was unable to get the CrossfireX working with the onboard 4250 and a Powercolor 5450. Other than that, it has ran very well for my HTPC.

It will be interesting to find out what your eventual solution/workaround to the issue is.

What OS are you using? Have you tried any Linux flavor by any chance?
I don't see any other good/newer mATX motherboards for AM3+.

Edit: What is your CPU?

 

[WT]

What OS are you using? Have you tried any Linux flavor by any chance?
I don't see any other good/newer mATX motherboards for AM3+.

Edit: What is your CPU?

I hate to admit it, but my HTPC has just been running for years and never received the benefits of an OS upgrade. I am still running Vista Ultimate on it. Anyone ever use the 'If it ain't broke don't fix it' line on you ?? The rest of my rigs are all on Win7, but I stay with Vista so I have driver support for my Hauppauge capture card.
My Linux experimentation was over a decade ago, and I just had no reason to dabble with it lately. The CPU on my board is an X4 830 Deneb OC'd to 3.2.

 

[hasu]

This issue is resolved. I had to add these three command line options to linux kernal boot command acpi=off noapic nolapic. But the power on/off is not as smooth as before but that is a different issue.

But the same setup works fine without any of these with Phenom II X4-1100T.