Recent content by super61

I think want can close this one. RockTalkRock seems to be correct. I had no idea kit had become so "fussy" I have 4 off 8Gb sticks from Kingston. It boots fine and I'm assured that 32 Gb is OK for anything apart from heavy rendering. It's a GP machine do all good. Thanks for the help...

Agreed - that's why I bought it. The compatibility pages say 32 Gb - so not consistent. My experience of 2 of these boards is that it won't boot with a 32Gb stick, but will boot with either 1 or 2 x 8Gb sticks. So the empirical evidence says the 128 Gb is wrong.

Yep. No one will ever need more than 16kb of RAM TBH - it's all futureproofing. The Mobo is the problem.

You were right!!!! I bought 2 x 8Gb sticks - added them and the thing POSTed straightaway. Nice one ! Thank you so much!! Never would have believed it with the amount of RAM sloshing around these days...

So - the latest in this sorry saga is that I went an bought a Ryzen 5700 G (G-model this time - so definitely no need to mess about with external graphics). Still no joy. Got some smaller RAM coming tomorrow. so we'll see if that fixes it. Watch this space...

Also... just found this: https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-b550m-a-wifi-ii/techspec/ 128Gb?

Well - it looks like the supplier's website lied then....? https://www.ballicom.co.uk//asus-prime-b550m-a-wifi-ii-.p1530222.html I'll source smaller memory and see if that does the trick...

Hello - Really ??? WtH! That said, I have tried both in the A2 & B2 slots and I still can't POST. Those are the channels the manual says to use...

Hello and thanks for your help, I have two sticks of RAM: Kingston DDR4 - module - 32 GB - DIMM 288 pin - 3200 MHz / PC4 2 I've tried with them singly and as a pair using channels B2 and then B2 + A2 Interesting post just now...

Hello, OK - I'll confess that for the first few hours - I had no CPU power connected. Step 2 in the the "No POST bible". Fairly happy I have that sorted now. We have checked the output from the PSU - which seems fine (12v) - It fooled me that you need to power the thing up for the...

Hello - and thank you. I can't see a bent pin. I've been uber careful about that and have forced nothing re the CPU. It is orientated with the corner arrows aligned. I've use the lever alone to droop the CPU into it's slot. My next move is to get the second motherboard returned as faulty - as...

Hello, Thanks for the advice. I have run through the cycles og HDMI & VGA (& DIVx) - still no joy. I've contacted Asus and told them what I've done. They've have given me a bit of advice - but that hasn't worked either - so they are advising I return the part. As I now have two...

OK. Thank you. I'll give that a go. TBH, I tried that with the old motherboard, as well as resetting the BIOS by bridging the Jumpers. I have read-up on this and seem yo have tried most things. I'm fully expecting it to be something stupid I've missed.

Hello, I've gone through the comprehensive checklist for this issue and "yes" I did fail at item 2 the CPU power - but still no success once that one was out of the way. So here goes: I have the following spec machine, bought as separate components: Motherboard = Asus B550M-A WiFi II CPU =...