[SOLVED] Help Please - Boot sequence stuck on VGA LED

[booournz]

Hello - I'm currently building a simple home-office build. Upon turning on the system, it cannot get past a constant white LED (for VGA) on my motherboard and there is nothing posting to display.

Main Components:
CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G Picasso 3.5GHz Dual-Core AM4
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Gaming 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400
Mobo: ASUS B450-I ROG Strix Gaming AMD AM4 mITX Motherboard

Other:
SSD: WD Black SN750 250GB SSD 3D V-NAND PCIe NVMe
PSU: Included in Inwin Chopin mini-ITX Mini-Tower
GPU: n/a

The AMD Athlon 3000G's integrated Radeon Vega 3 graphics should be able to handle the graphics, correct? If that's the case, why does the motherboard's VGA LED remain on; is it looking for a discrete graphics card?

Another potential consideration - could it be the AMD Athlon 3000G is too new of a processor and my motherboard's BIOS is not up-to-date (I am doubting this is the case as the motherboard's specifications mentions supporting AMD Radeon Vega Series ...)?

Any help/advice/tips would be much appreciated, thanks!

 

[Lutfij]

If you have an Ryzen 2400G around(or from a donor) you might want to fire up the system with it. If it works then you will need to update your BIOS to the latest version. The Athlon you have will only work if you have BIOS version 2703 on that board.