Motherboard SB Power light remains red. ASUS 970 Gaming Aura

[Cowgawd]

Ok I have recently purchased a Asus 970 Gaming Aura motherboard to replace my old motherboard and after I plugged the power supply in the "SB Power" light will stay on red. I've unplugged and replugged everything in correctly but I'm still having issues with the SB Power light staying solid red. I thought it could be my PSU because the Asus 970 mobo requires an 8-pin plug in for power and my current PSU has 2 4-pin plug ins but I wasn't sure if that would be the problem or not. I checked the pins on my CPU for any bent pins but everything was fine there as well. On top of that my RAM won't take, I also see a solid DRAM light and had just purchased new ram for the mobo. So I'd rather not return any of these items and just ask if there's something that I missed with the parts matching up. Please help me if possible.

CPU - AMD FX 6100
MOBO- Asus 970 gaming aura
PSU - Raidmax Hybrid 2 RX-530SS 530w
Video Card - Asus GTX 750ti 2gb
RAM - Gskill sniper 8gb 240pin DDR3 2133

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

is this your first post regarding this motherboard?
if not; i have seen ~4posts regarding problems with this particular board this week. all new boards and already experiencing problems.

i would probably RMA and get something different.

 

[Cowgawd]

is this your first post regarding this motherboard?
if not; i have seen ~4posts regarding problems with this particular board this week. all new boards and already experiencing problems.

i would probably RMA and get something different.[/


Yes this is my first post regarding this motherboard. This is the first time I've ever replaced a motherboard and basically confused as to whether I should buy a new PSU with an 8-pin power connector for the motherboard or if my current PSU with the 2 4-pin connectors would work just the same. Or could there be another reason my sbpower light remains red?

 

[leomund]

Ok I have recently purchased a Asus 970 Gaming Aura motherboard to replace my old motherboard and after I plugged the power supply in the "SB Power" light will stay on red. I've unplugged and replugged everything in correctly but I'm still having issues with the SB Power light staying solid red. I thought it could be my PSU because the Asus 970 mobo requires an 8-pin plug in for power and my current PSU has 2 4-pin plug ins but I wasn't sure if that would be the problem or not. I checked the pins on my CPU for any bent pins but everything was fine there as well. On top of that my RAM won't take, I also see a solid DRAM light and had just purchased new ram for the mobo. So I'd rather not return any of these items and just ask if there's something that I missed with the parts matching up. Please help me if possible.

CPU - AMD FX 6100
MOBO- Asus 970 gaming aura
PSU - Raidmax Hybrid 2 RX-530SS 530w
Video Card - Asus GTX 750ti 2gb
RAM - Gskill sniper 8gb 240pin DDR3 2133

 

[leomund]

The SB_POWER_ LED is supposed to stay on. That LED tells you that everything is OK and standby power is available to the board. The LEDs that you *don't* want on are the VGA_LED, the DRAM_LED, the BOOT_DEVICE_LED, and the CPU_LED. Those last four LEDs are diagnostic LEDs that light when there is an associated problem. Also note that those last four LEDs may light if you have changed the memory, the cpu, the video card on the motherboard, or have a boot device issue (usually during an upgrade). A subsequent reboot should remove the activation of those LEDs. This should all be explained in the motherboard manual in Section "1.8 - Onboard LEDS"