[SOLVED] Help!: Asus Q LED DRAM Orange Light on Motherboard

[teh4est]

Hey Guys,

Any help or suggestions you have would be super helpful.

Recently purchased an Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming Wifi Motherboard and installed it with a new Ryzen 5600x (lucky to grab one) and 2x 16GB G.Skill F4-3600C16D-32GTZNC RAM.

My PC will not boot to show anything on my display and I get the continuous Q-LED DRAM solid orange light. The mobo manual says that this is a DRAM issue and suggested reinstalling the RAM and trying different positions. I re-set the RAM into different configurations and reset the CMOS, but still have the solid orange light. I even removed the GPU to run it off integrated display with no luck.

I then tried removing the CPU and Fan and resocketing it, but have the same issue.

I then purchased another set of RAM sticks and tried again this morning with 2x 8GB OLOY MD4U0832160BJ0DA and tried different sets and configurations with the same problem.

I am not sure where to continue. Any thoughts?

https://imgur.com/a/2YWFzBI

View: https://imgur.com/a/2YWFzBI
- My Error Light

 

[ragnarok0274]

Have you updated the BIOS to the newest? Most 500-series chipset boards need a BIOS update to work with the new Zen 3 series chips.

 

[MeanMachine41]

Neither of the RAM kits you have listed appear on the MB QVL so they are untested.
OLAY have a similar kit however not exactly the same.

As new RAM kits come out each month it maybe the QVL is not updated or a bios update is required.

The 5600x officially supports up to 3200MHz frequency so for OC RAM you will have to manually set your DRAM timings and Voltage in Bios to get them to their rated frequency with no guarantee.

OC RAM are not plug and play, so best is to choose a kit the size and frequency the CPU will support from the MB QVL which have been tested and known to work.

When the DRAM_LED stays on your Post cycle will not continue till the error is fixed and that is your RAM mismatch.

 

[teh4est]

Thanks Guys. I was able to update the bios using a thumb drive and the Bios Flashback feature on the motherboard and got it to boot.

 

[MeanMachine41]

Thanks Guys. I was able to update the bios using a thumb drive and the Bios Flashback feature on the motherboard and got it to boot.

Excellent news teh4est glad you have solved the issue