I have a system that started freezing on POST out of nowhere. It's got an MSI X570 Gaming Edge WiFi motherboard with a Ryzen 5800X CPU. I initially thought my CPU had died as the CPU debug light on the mobo came on. I swapped in an old 3600 that fixed the problem, but then the 5800X worked fine on another system. I swapped it back and it booted right back up.
I ran a full suite of benchmarks (cinebench, 3dmark, heaven, etc) and everything went fine with good results afterwards. The next day, the exact same freezing problem reoccurred. This time, the DRAM debug light was lit up instead. I had 2 sticks of Corsair Vengeance Pro 16gb. I proceeded to swap them around in various combinations again, with the system posting with each stick individually. This made me think I had a bad slot, so I moved my set to 1 & 3. AGAIN, my problem returned the next day with the memory in channel B.
Now my debug light shows CPU again. At this point, I'm presuming to have to replace my x570, but I can get to bios fine (flashed it fine between these sporadic uptimes) and can still run my NVME integrity tests still. I just can't post. I've swapped all my cables and removed my UPS from the equation, but i just can't reliably reproduce or isolate something. Can I get any recommendations so that I can be sure I'm not wasting money on a new board that might not solve the problem?
System Specs:
MBD: MSI X570 Gaming Edge Wifi
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X
GPU: Radeon 6700 XT
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 16GB 4000MHz CL18 x2
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I ran a full suite of benchmarks (cinebench, 3dmark, heaven, etc) and everything went fine with good results afterwards. The next day, the exact same freezing problem reoccurred. This time, the DRAM debug light was lit up instead. I had 2 sticks of Corsair Vengeance Pro 16gb. I proceeded to swap them around in various combinations again, with the system posting with each stick individually. This made me think I had a bad slot, so I moved my set to 1 & 3. AGAIN, my problem returned the next day with the memory in channel B.
Now my debug light shows CPU again. At this point, I'm presuming to have to replace my x570, but I can get to bios fine (flashed it fine between these sporadic uptimes) and can still run my NVME integrity tests still. I just can't post. I've swapped all my cables and removed my UPS from the equation, but i just can't reliably reproduce or isolate something. Can I get any recommendations so that I can be sure I'm not wasting money on a new board that might not solve the problem?
System Specs:
MBD: MSI X570 Gaming Edge Wifi
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X
GPU: Radeon 6700 XT
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 16GB 4000MHz CL18 x2
Sabrent Rocket Q 4tb
Sabrent Rocket 4 1tb - Boot OS, Windows 10
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