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    Question Do three beeps mean a defective motherboard?

    Thanks -- I really do appreciate making the effort to help! Looks like I've exhausted all possibilities so I'm going to have to RMA the motherboard.
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    Question Do three beeps mean a defective motherboard?

    The motherboard specs clearly state that my MoBo has "Support for DDR4 5100(O.C.) ... MHz memory modules" and the QVL starts at 4866MHz, which is clearly more than MAX 3200MHz! I have the B550i (mini-ITX model) so I don't really understand why you're even mentioning B550. As I said, I followed...
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    Question Do three beeps mean a defective motherboard?

    Thanks for the response! I thought it was the motherboard (not CPU) that dictates maximum RAM speed? The 3600 kit doesn't appear on the QVL but the 3200 that I tried afterwards definitely does, which is why I tested that too. My MoBo (linked above) is a Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX (rev. 1.0)...
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    Question Do three beeps mean a defective motherboard?

    My PC won't reach POST. I'm a first-time builder and after making the mistake of putting all the parts together only to find that the machine wouldn't output video, I've followed the troubleshooting checklist and added a speaker to check the beep codes. I hear one long beep then three short...