I recently finished a new build, and when starting it for the first time it did not post.
Inspecting the motherboard, I noticed that an orange LED was lit and solid, which relates to a DRAM issue according to the manual.
My first thought was that this is a BIOS issue as I am using a Ryzen 3600. I tried following steps to flash the most recent BIOS update using the Crashfree BIOS feature, but I was unable to due to there being no display (and tbh I still don't really understand how crashfree works).
I then tried searching the problem, and noticed similar issues to mine (no display despite all fans, LEDS etc. running), and tried several things:
I was also thinking that this might be due to incompatibility with my RAM; I have 2 packs of G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) F4-3200C16D-16GVRB (four sticks in total), which states that it is XMP ready which I read was an intel only feature. Though I had researched this before buying the sticks and found that there shouldn't be any problems with using these in an AMD system.
To sum up plus a few extra notes:
My question would be whether any of my previous hunches might be correct, or if it something else entirely. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Specs:
Mobo: Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3600
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) F4-3200C16D-16GVRB (2 packs)
GPU: Asus ROG Strix 1060 6GB
Inspecting the motherboard, I noticed that an orange LED was lit and solid, which relates to a DRAM issue according to the manual.
My first thought was that this is a BIOS issue as I am using a Ryzen 3600. I tried following steps to flash the most recent BIOS update using the Crashfree BIOS feature, but I was unable to due to there being no display (and tbh I still don't really understand how crashfree works).
I then tried searching the problem, and noticed similar issues to mine (no display despite all fans, LEDS etc. running), and tried several things:
- Clearing the CMOS with the jumper pins on the board, no change.
- Removing all the RAM sticks in my system and running it, no change.
- Placing a single RAM stick in each slot, again no change.
I was also thinking that this might be due to incompatibility with my RAM; I have 2 packs of G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) F4-3200C16D-16GVRB (four sticks in total), which states that it is XMP ready which I read was an intel only feature. Though I had researched this before buying the sticks and found that there shouldn't be any problems with using these in an AMD system.
To sum up plus a few extra notes:
- No display and solid orange LED (relating to DRAM issues)
- All fans spinning and LEDs are all on
- Using a Ryzen 3600 so BIOS is not up-to-date
- RAM may be incompatible, though orange LED lights regardless of how sticks are put in (or if there are any in the system)
- No other diagnosis LEDs light up, as soon as I press the power button the orange LED only lights up and remains lit.
- I have tried using plugging HDMI into both the GPU and the motherboard
My question would be whether any of my previous hunches might be correct, or if it something else entirely. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Specs:
Mobo: Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3600
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) F4-3200C16D-16GVRB (2 packs)
GPU: Asus ROG Strix 1060 6GB