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    Question Baffling Situation - Windows hard crash - Orange DRAM Light on Asus Motherboard

    Hi everyone, Wondering if anyone has had this situation before. PC specs as follows: CPU: Ryzen 9 5950X GPU: Nvidia 4080 FE Motherboard: Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero RAM: Corsair 64GB Dominator Platinum 3600MHz CL16 PSU: Corsair HX1000i Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB I recently returned from...
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    Build Advice System not booting, smoke coming from GPU/PCIE slot after turning it on

    Appreciate the advice guys. I stepped back for a moment and was able to work through the issue. Turns out something on the GPU's PCB shorted out. I'm not 100% sure what happened. Thankfully I still had my 3090 albeit back on it's air cooler. So I spent an evening taking the loop apart and...
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    Build Advice System not booting, smoke coming from GPU/PCIE slot after turning it on

    System not booting, smoke coming from GPU/PCIE slot after turning it on. Hi everyone. As mentioned above, this has just started happening when I turn on my PC before it turns itself off. It was fine a couple of hours ago when I was using it and I wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary that...
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    [SOLVED] Applying DOCP to my RAM on a Crosshair VIII Dark Hero is causing an endless shutdown cycle

    Hello again @MeanMachine41. Thanks for the response and the explanation. This was pretty insightful so I wasn't aware of the QVL list. I got a similar response from ASUS's support as well. What I've done now is replace the kit with CMT64GX4M4Z3600C16 which is on the QVL list and can run at...
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    [SOLVED] Applying DOCP to my RAM on a Crosshair VIII Dark Hero is causing an endless shutdown cycle

    Thanks for responding, apologies for the late reply on my part. Thanks for the warm welcome. My CPU is a Ryzen 9 5950X. The part number of my kit is CMT32GX4M2Z3600C14 (x2) I did update the BIOS to the latest version which is 4006. Thanks again.
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    [SOLVED] Applying DOCP to my RAM on a Crosshair VIII Dark Hero is causing an endless shutdown cycle

    Hi everyone, So recently I've had to replace the motherboard in my PC. When I apply the DOCP profile for my RAM in the BIOS (Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (16GBx4) 3600MHz CL14), the PC will enter an endless shutdown cycle until I clear the CMOS. The funny thing is, the profile worked fine on...