Hello everyone,
This afternoon, I put together a new build but was unable to boot the finished product. For whatever reason, my motherboard keeps restarting in an infinite loop and showing codes C1 and sometimes 7F. Also, I noticed that, once it finds an error code, the bottom right red LED stays on for DRam. So, it makes me think that something is wrong with the ram / slots.
To test this out, I removed all 4 ram modules and ran with each module at each separate slot. Unfortunately, this results in the same error codes. When that didn't work, I removed the video card and ran with just the CPU/RAM - which still had the same issues. Finally, I've read that tightening down on the cooler can cause issues with ram slots; so, I tried loosening my cpu cooler (it's a massive thermalright Le Grand Macho RT, which is very heavy). That didn't solve the issue either.
What would you recommend doing at this point? I'm thinking that it's a dead board unfortunately, but I have no definite way of telling. Would an improperly installed NVMe SSD cause an issue like this - since I've never installed one before? Should I take this to a local computer shop? I'm at a loss for what to do and am extremely disappointed
....
Parts:
CPU: i9-9900k
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra
GPU: EVGA Geforce RTX 2080 Super FTW3
Ram: 4X 8Gb GSKill Trident Z 3200 mhz at 14 CAS latency F4-3200C14-16GTZR (was on GSkill ram configurator but not found in QVL for the mobo)
Thanks for any help you can provide!
This afternoon, I put together a new build but was unable to boot the finished product. For whatever reason, my motherboard keeps restarting in an infinite loop and showing codes C1 and sometimes 7F. Also, I noticed that, once it finds an error code, the bottom right red LED stays on for DRam. So, it makes me think that something is wrong with the ram / slots.
To test this out, I removed all 4 ram modules and ran with each module at each separate slot. Unfortunately, this results in the same error codes. When that didn't work, I removed the video card and ran with just the CPU/RAM - which still had the same issues. Finally, I've read that tightening down on the cooler can cause issues with ram slots; so, I tried loosening my cpu cooler (it's a massive thermalright Le Grand Macho RT, which is very heavy). That didn't solve the issue either.
What would you recommend doing at this point? I'm thinking that it's a dead board unfortunately, but I have no definite way of telling. Would an improperly installed NVMe SSD cause an issue like this - since I've never installed one before? Should I take this to a local computer shop? I'm at a loss for what to do and am extremely disappointed
....Parts:
CPU: i9-9900k
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra
GPU: EVGA Geforce RTX 2080 Super FTW3
Ram: 4X 8Gb GSKill Trident Z 3200 mhz at 14 CAS latency F4-3200C14-16GTZR (was on GSkill ram configurator but not found in QVL for the mobo)
Thanks for any help you can provide!
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