First Boot (no display)

Eric_K

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Mar 22, 2016
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EDIT: Should probably be posted in "Builds"

Everything spins and lights up, including my peripherals (can even change numlock/capslock on keyboard).

I'm not sure if mobo is short circuiting because I didn't use brass stands (only came with 2 brass stands)
There are parts of the case that are lifted where the mobo screws in so I think it's fine?

I've tested it without the graphics card, it does the same thing.

I tested a working monitor.

RAM is seated correctly, when the RAM wasn't seated correctly, everything would turn on and spin except for the peripherals, and it would restart every 30 seconds.

It didn't come with an internal speaker for POST, but I have a spare. I'm not sure if there is any place to put it in though. (I linked mobo manual below, in-case anyone knows if I can plug in this speaker)
There is a connection for "Power LED and Speaker Header (SPK_PLED1)" I don't know if that's the proper place to connect it, it's 7 pins, one row of 4 and one row of 3 below.

I removed the CMOS battery for a couple of minutes and put it back in (I think it took longer for the peripherals to light up when I did this)


Here's my build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qsGQtJ

https://www.ebay.com/p/AMD-Radeon-HD-7470-1gb-Pci-e-Low-Profile-Graphics-Video-Card-0wh7f-0nxfd5/1064010454

NOTE: I bought this cheap/old video card because the build I'm using didn't really require heavy graphics (I hope it's not the problem)


  • AMD - Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
    ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
    G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory
    Thermaltake - Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
    SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 6540 1GB PCI-E Low Profile Video Card 0WH7F Refurbished
 
From the website it says this for RAM:
https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/AB350M%20Pro4/index.asp#Specification
AMD Ryzen series CPUs support DDR4 3200+(OC)/2933(OC)/2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory

I don't think the motherboard supports 2800mhz unless you go in and change some settings first:

This may help a bit also:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2978549/motherboard-supports-3200mhz-ddr4-ram-processor-supports-2133mhz-2800mhz-ddr4-ram.html

Can you not view the BIOS then?

and just looking now i see that your CPU does not support memory higher than:
'Max System Memory Speed 2667MHz'
http://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-3-1300x
 


I read somewhere that the speed of the ram would be lowered for the mobo, but i'm not sure if that is something that manually needs to be done in BIOS. Since I can't enter the BIOS, I won't be able to find out. Also I don't have spare DDR4 to test unfortunately. But that may be where the issue lies.

EDIT: Im on my phone/ heading to sleep now, I'll check that article you linked when I wake up again.
 
I believe Wayfall has the solution

The RAM looks like it may be the issue, but I want to be 100% sure it is before I RMA and buy new RAM. Can anyone confirm?