- Feb 28, 2024
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Having recently upgraded my PC, which I am generally happy with I have suddenly encountered some issues that I am going to outline - any input is appreciated:
Specs:
MSI B550-A-Pro,
Ryzen 7 5800x3D,
AMD 6750XT 12GB,
Kingston 64GB DDR4 3600Mhz
1Tb WD Black Gen4 M.2
500GB WD Blue Gen3 M.2
Other misc drives, fans, RGB's
(Older) Corsair TX750M
The PC was working well, I had been using it for about a week but to avoid stuttering I turned off ULPS, plugged a separate PSU PCI cable into my graphics card in oppose to the splitter. I also installed an RGB strip.
The PC would then turn on in terms of lights, fans, the motherboard LED's - but not boot, showing a white CPU debug LED. I could not even get to bios (which is the most recent version).
There was no output to my monitors or keyboards.
I tinkered after reading reddit posts, reinstalling things, resetting CMOS the only thing I did not do is re-seat my CPU.
MAKE DO SOLOUTION: The solution I actually find to actually I found to boot and get into windows was swapping the M.2 drives,
So; the 500gb Gen3 Storage M.2 is now in the first slot and the 1tb (OS boot) Gen4 drive is in the gen3 second slot.
My PC now works, but I am not getting all the performance of my main M.2 (the 1tb OS drive) as it is in the Gen3 as it will not boot when in the Gen4 slot.
See table which should explain when the issue occurs:
I haven't yet tested if the 500gb Gen3 posts to bios in the slot1 on its own.
QUESTION: Has anyone encountered issues like this? Will I need to return my motherboard?
Specs:
MSI B550-A-Pro,
Ryzen 7 5800x3D,
AMD 6750XT 12GB,
Kingston 64GB DDR4 3600Mhz
1Tb WD Black Gen4 M.2
500GB WD Blue Gen3 M.2
Other misc drives, fans, RGB's
(Older) Corsair TX750M
The PC was working well, I had been using it for about a week but to avoid stuttering I turned off ULPS, plugged a separate PSU PCI cable into my graphics card in oppose to the splitter. I also installed an RGB strip.
The PC would then turn on in terms of lights, fans, the motherboard LED's - but not boot, showing a white CPU debug LED. I could not even get to bios (which is the most recent version).
There was no output to my monitors or keyboards.
I tinkered after reading reddit posts, reinstalling things, resetting CMOS the only thing I did not do is re-seat my CPU.
MAKE DO SOLOUTION: The solution I actually find to actually I found to boot and get into windows was swapping the M.2 drives,
So; the 500gb Gen3 Storage M.2 is now in the first slot and the 1tb (OS boot) Gen4 drive is in the gen3 second slot.
My PC now works, but I am not getting all the performance of my main M.2 (the 1tb OS drive) as it is in the Gen3 as it will not boot when in the Gen4 slot.
See table which should explain when the issue occurs:
| Slot 1 Gen4 | Slot 2 Gen4 | Does the PC get past the white CPU debug LED? |
| 1tb OS Gen4 M.2 WD Black | 500gb OS Gen3 M.2 WD Blue | White CPU debug LED, with or without heatsink. |
| 500gb OS Gen3 M.2 WD Blue | 1tb OS Gen4 M.2 WD Black | Works as normal but inefficiently |
| 500gb OS Gen3 M.2 WD Blue | Posts to BIOS, no OS drive. | |
| 1tb OS Gen4 M.2 WD Black | Posts to windows, no storage drive. | |
| 1tb OS Gen4 M.2 WD Black | White CPU debug LED, with or without heatsink. |
QUESTION: Has anyone encountered issues like this? Will I need to return my motherboard?
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