Question New build old parts, motherboard restarts every 1-3 minutes

[Chivas2973]

I have AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor, MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard, Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory, Crucial P3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive, EVGA SC GAMING ACX 3.0 GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Video Card, EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply.

Keep in mind, these are all used parts except the ram. I originally installed it all in a a520M-a pro motherboard with a different used PSU. I originally got it to post with the EVGA, installed windows, OC'd the ram to 3200mhz. Then I put it in a case with a shiny chrome 1000W PSU I found at Goodwill (decent brand, just don't remember it atm). I turned it on and I never got it to work. The CPU light was lit on the motherbord. I tried with a Ryzen 3100 and same deal. Hoping I didn't blow everything with a bad PSU, I got the MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard. I was able to post, go into the bios, change the ram to 3200mhz. Then I tried to install windows and when I would try to boot from USB, it would just restart to the MB Logo over and over. I changed the PSU to a 650W Rosewell Hive and I was able to boot with USB but as soon as I get to installing windows, it reboots, sometimes sooner and sometimes later but never more than 5% into install. I also realized at that point that it restarts if in the bios for 1-3 minutes as well so it is not limited to the windows install or the usb port.

I know it is my problem because they are all used and may also be my fault if the wires that came with the chrome 1000W PSU damaged all the parts. I was hoping that the fact that I can get into the bios indicates something good. when I have time, I will reinstall the 3100 and see if it does it with that, otherwise I have no options without buying more parts. The 3100 may also be bad from the same psu though if in fact all the parts are bad.

Any and all help is appreciated

 

[helpstar]

check cpu temperature while in BIOS

 

[Chivas2973]

temp is 37-40 I have only seen it go to 40 when ram is at 3200mhz

 

[SkyNetRising]

motherboard restarts every 1-3 minutes

Disable ram overclocking.
Make sure ram modules are installed in proper slots A2,B2 (2nd and 4th counting from cpu).
If still unsuccessful, then try with single ram module (in A2 slot).

After you have reached stable operation (pc doesn't restart randomly)
update BIOS to latest version.

If pc restarts during BIOS update, motherboard gets bricked. So be extra careful.

 

[Chivas2973]

I have installed the ram is the proper slots as indicated by the diagram on the motherboard and also tried each of the 2 sticks individually in A2, still same behavior

 

[SkyNetRising]

Did you disable ram OC ?

 

[Chivas2973]

yes, I reverted back to 2666 and it still behaves the same

 

[UnknownHost]

Remove your RAM, make sure you clean the slots of the ram with something that blows away dust/any dirt particles, make sure there's no hair in those slots.
After that make sure your RAM's are clean too, and last but not least, definitely make sure they're seated properly, sometimes when you hear the click it can be that the other side is not properly seated, push the ram at both ends after you hear the click, and at the middle too, to make sure its firmly attached.

Do a CMOS bios reset after that, and try again. Make sure you unplug all external drives or any kind of USB's, leave only the Keyboard and mouse, as little connections as possible. If you have multiple drives, just keep the bootable one plugged in and plug out the SATA on the others, if your PC boots, then plug in one at a time and see if the problem perists.

 

[Chivas2973]

Slight update in that I struggled to update the bios and could not figure out why. I kept trying to install the latest bios for the B550m pro-vdh wifi, just like the sticker on my motherboard says. Then I looked in the bios to see what version I had and noticed that it said I have the MAG B550M Bazooka. What is most interesting about that is the MAG B550M Bazooka does not have wifi but this motherboard clearly does and when looking at the pictures on MSI, I have the B550m pro-vdh wifi. So why does it have the Bazooka bios and not the B550m pro-vdh wifi? It does not see the B550m pro-vdh wifi bios when I use mflash and it also does not update the bios using flashback with the B550m pro-vdh wifi bios even though it is named MSI.ROM. It does however see the Bazooka bios and I was able to overwrite the existing bios with the latest Bazooka bios (which is what was on it anyway) I have reset cmos many times and it still has the bazooka bios

I cleaned the ram slots and ram. I also installed the Ryzen 3100 and experienced identical behavior as the original post. I posted the bios issue in MSI forums to see if there is any way to fix that as it may be the root cause of the problem

 

[SkyNetRising]

So why does it have the Bazooka bios and not the B550m pro-vdh wifi?

What does CPU-Z - motherboard section say about motherboard model name?

 

[Chivas2973]

I have no OS installed, I can't get that far and as far as I know that is a windows program