Dram LED is red, Computer won't boot

[KanyeJ19]

The DRAM_LED when my computer is turned on remains as a solid red. I've tried switching the RAM between the four slots and still nothing.

Any help with this is appreciated.

Specs: (If needed)
CPU: Intel i5 3470
Motherboard: Asus P8H67-M
RAM: Kingston 8GB (1stick of 8GB)
Graphics: HD 7850

 

[smorizio]

can come on if the cpu coller is on tight and is crushing the cpu or there a voltage failure from the power supply. when that happens the cpu or dram led will come on. try a test power supply.

 

[KanyeJ19]

can come on if the cpu coller is on tight and is crushing the cpu or there a voltage failure from the power supply. when that happens the cpu or dram led will come on. try a test power supply.

The CPU and the aftermarket cooler I have for it have been on for ages and aren't tight. I know that. What do you mean by "try a test power supply".

 

[smorizio]

if your power supply loses a leg it can still power on the fans and look good. a test unit or another power supply can rule out bad power.

 

[KanyeJ19]

if your power supply loses a leg it can still power on the fans and look good. a test unit or another power supply can rule out bad power.

Considering it is the only desktop on the house, I can't test it with another one. And if it is a problem with the power supply, and not the RAM messing up. I'd need to buy an entirely new PSU wouldn't I?

 

[Tradesman1]

Do you have the latest BIOS? Won't find much in the way of support for 8GB sticks with an early BIOS, particularly if your stick is the Fury that operates off PnP rather than the normal XMP of most all DRAM

 

[derek3ton]

Try your MemOK button on your mobo. Press and hold till it reboots.

 

[KanyeJ19]

Do you have the latest BIOS? Won't find much in the way of support for 8GB sticks with an early BIOS, particularly if your stick is the Fury that operates off PnP rather than the normal XMP of most all DRAM

I don't know if I have the latest BIOS, and the 8GB stick I have is a normal one, no fury. How would one go about updating the BIOS even though ones desktop won't POST/boot to display on a monitor?

 

[KanyeJ19]

Try your MemOK button on your mobo. Press and hold till it reboots.

Pressing and holding MemOK! was one of the first things I did. It'll just reboot my computer but it'll still flash red. That happened for about 10 minutes straight.

 

[Hiddenex]

Same here DRAM_LED was on the whole time. I tried pressing the MEM_OK button and holding it, nothing seems to work. Pc wont boot up not even the bios, then i got my 2x 4GB corsair RAM out of the slots and stick one of them back in, and the pc booted up normally, I switched off the pc again and put the other ram stick in..... that was it for me, now everytrhing works fine.