Question New B650 Aorus Elite AX, Initially a red light on cpu that turns into a red light on the dram.

[Jotargo]

I would like to mention this is my first time building my own pc, I have consulted with a mutual who was experienced in computer building about this issue and they were not able to help out

Everything in this setup is completely newly purchased, whenever I boot the system for a split second the light is on CPU, but it immediately turns to DRAM and stays there. I am getting no display, and here is my list of specs

Originally I believed it was a faulty cpu, and that it was not registering the ram being there, but now im starting to believe both of my ram sticks may be faulty.

B650 Aorus Elite AX
Silicon Power DDR5 64gb (2x32)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
RTX 4070 Super
Crucial T3 Plus 1TB
Corsair RM750e
Montech Hyperflow

Heres a list of what I have done so far to fix this
ram is slotted correctly
I have tried every slot with each stick
power is wired correctly
I have reset cmos
I have returned and reordered the cpu

I am not sure what else I can try. I cant get into bios due to the display not booting, as I said before my next course of action will be to buy and install new ram.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Silicon Power DDR5 64gb (2x32)
Got a link to the ram you're working with?
ram is slotted correctly
in slots A2 and B2?

B650 Aorus Elite AX
BIOS version for your motherboard? Speaking of motherboard's, did you inspect the socket for any bent or broken pins?

How are you cooling the processor? If the cooler needs you to mount with a couple of screws or tighten down, reduce the force applied on the mount and see if that helps with your POST process.

 

[Jotargo]

Got a link to the ram you're working with?
Here it is;
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CLVCR3N4?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
in slots A2 and B2?
Yes
BIOS version for your motherboard?
Unable/unsure how to check as I am not getting any display.
did you inspect the socket for any bent or broken pins?
I did and it seemed fine.
How are you cooling the processor?
an AIO cooler
reduce the force applied on the mount and see if that helps with your POST process.
I just tried this out and nothing seemed to change.

 

[Lutfij]

Unable/unsure how to check as I am not getting any display.
Your motherboard has what is dubbed as Q-Flash Plus courtesy of Gigabyte. Follow this guide;

View: https://youtu.be/LrwP29lYQ-I

to flash the board's BIOS with the latest, taking note of your board's PCB version and sourcing the latest BIOS version from their support site;
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B650-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-10-11/support#support-dl-driver

an AIO cooler
And what would the make and model of said AIO cooler be?

 

[Jotargo]

Your motherboard has what is dubbed as Q-Flash Plus courtesy of Gigabyte. Follow this guide;
I will try this out and get back to you on how it goes.
And what would the make and model of said AIO cooler be?
Montech Hyperflow 360, here is the link to it; https://www.amazon.ca/MONTECH-Hyper...pcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

 

[Jotargo]

Alright, after a bit I have finally gotten the time to try this out, and the computer seems to shut down on its own before it can update the bios. Atleast thats an educated guess, it runs for about a minute before shutting down, and I still have no display. Starting to believe this may be a motherboard issue.

 

[thestryker]

It shouldn't be powering up if you're doing the Q-Flash method. Someone else on the forums had a red memory light on a Gigabyte board with a 9000 series CPU and after a successful BIOS flash using Q-Flash it worked fine.

Does the light start blinking like it should when you're doing the flashing process?

Did you remove the CPU/Memory? (I don't think this should be necessary, but it might help should everything else fail)

 

[Jotargo]

It shouldn't be powering up if you're doing the Q-Flash method. Someone else on the forums had a red memory light on a Gigabyte board with a 9000 series CPU and after a successful BIOS flash using Q-Flash it worked fine.

Does the light start blinking like it should when you're doing the flashing process?

Did you remove the CPU/Memory? (I don't think this should be necessary, but it might help should everything else fail)

It shouldn't be powering up if you're doing the Q-Flash method
It shouldnt? I felt as if the video implied that it should.
Does the light start blinking like it should when you're doing the flashing process?
Yeah, it flashes somewhat fast and doesnt slow down, just shuts off after a minute.
Did you remove the CPU/Memory?
I did do an attempt with removed memory and it seems to have not changed anything, I'll do an attempt with a removed cpu and memory later though.

 

[thestryker]

Does the light start blinking like it should when you're doing the flashing process?
Yeah, it flashes somewhat fast and doesnt slow down, just shuts off after a minute.

Gigabyte has poor overall documentation on this feature, but they do mention 2-3 minutes followed by a reboot. The third party information I've seen also indicates multiple minutes so I'm guessing it doesn't like the BIOS version or potentially the USB drive being used. Older implementations claim to require a USB 2.0 drive so the drive might be something worth investigating. You also might try one of the older BIOS versions right around when 9000 series support was added.