First, specs:
Windows 11
Gigabyte Gaming X AX B650
7800X3D
Zotac RTX 4080
Corsair RM850x
2 M.2s and 1 SATA SSD
G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB (2x16GB)
I've been having an issue for about a month since I built this PC. I found that under very specific circumstances, the PC would fail to boot and be stuck with the DRAM LED on until I pressed the power button and turned it off and back on manually. My rear exhaust fan will also stop spinning, but the rest of the fans will continue to spin. The specific circumstance is this: If I go 12+ hours without turning it on two days in a row, it will happen. For example, I tried new ram, which I put in the system this past Friday evening. The PC was off for 12 hours, started it on Saturday with no issues. Left it off for 13 hours, started it on sunday, wouldn't boot. The thing is, once the system boots, there are absolutely 0 problems at all. Runs all games fine, no overheating, no BSODs, handles stress tests fine, everything is great. Here's what I've done so far in terms of troubleshooting:
Windows 11
Gigabyte Gaming X AX B650
7800X3D
Zotac RTX 4080
Corsair RM850x
2 M.2s and 1 SATA SSD
G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB (2x16GB)
I've been having an issue for about a month since I built this PC. I found that under very specific circumstances, the PC would fail to boot and be stuck with the DRAM LED on until I pressed the power button and turned it off and back on manually. My rear exhaust fan will also stop spinning, but the rest of the fans will continue to spin. The specific circumstance is this: If I go 12+ hours without turning it on two days in a row, it will happen. For example, I tried new ram, which I put in the system this past Friday evening. The PC was off for 12 hours, started it on Saturday with no issues. Left it off for 13 hours, started it on sunday, wouldn't boot. The thing is, once the system boots, there are absolutely 0 problems at all. Runs all games fine, no overheating, no BSODs, handles stress tests fine, everything is great. Here's what I've done so far in terms of troubleshooting:
- Reduced OC from 6000 MHz to 5600 MHz (still occurred)
- Reseated RAM (still occurred)
- Tested memory with memtest, which passed. These initial tests were done with this RAM, which is not on the QVL. (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BPHRGLSH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
- Reverted back to a non-beta bios version (FB). Running at 5600 MHz on the beta bios I was originally on was still causing the issue. Reverting to this bios (FB) made the issue go away for about two weeks, but it came back eventually. It might be worth noting that in this case, it didn't follow the aforementioned behavior; I left the PC off for about 4-5 hours while I was at work, came back, turned it on and it happened again.
- I've now gotten my new RAM that is on the QVL (the ram listed above in the specs), updated to Gigabyte's newest BIOS, which is the non-beta version of the bios I was on originally (I was originally on FCd, I am now on FC which came out 5 days ago.) I let the RAM run at EXPO 6000 MHz. Yesterday morning, I started it up and it was stuck on the DRAM LED again. However, this time, it wouldn't boot even after restarting it 3 times. I had to clear CMOS for it to even boot.
- I had the system running with up to date BIOS and no overclocking AT ALL and the issue happened again today. Slight variation though, it only took one period of 12+ hours and it repeated. This time, however, I let the system sit for about 10 minutes or so to see if it was maybe just some strange RAM training issue, no luck. Also, I didn't have to clear CMOS this time around, a simple restart solved the problem. At this point I've reverted to the non-beta bios since it seemed to be the most stable for me.