red light on MSI z170a gaming M5

[tim641]

Yesterday i got my new PC, it has a msi gtx 1070, i7 6700k, and a MSI z170a gaming M5 motherboard. the pc is working perfectly fine, but i got a red light next to my RAM that turns on when i boot the pc and goes off then i turn off the pc. im not sure if its to show there is power, or if it is for the looks, or maybe to indicate something is wrong. here is a picture of the light:

http://imgur.com/gallery/a0fKv

I tried reading through the manual but i couldnt find what it was

 

[Xibyth]

It's your memory check LED. How much ram does your PC say is installed in Windows and what is the actual capacity. I'm actually not familiar with this motherboard so I don't know for certain if this is normal behavior. Barring the memory isn't recognized if everything works I would have to say it's fine.

 

[dudio]

I have the same board, and everything is working fine, yet my light there is red as well. I suspect it's purely decorative, as there is no fine print on the board at that location to indicate any function. I am running XMP on my Ram tho, and haven't tried turning it off to see if it's an indicator of that.

 

[tim641]

I have the same board, and everything is working fine, yet my light there is red as well. I suspect it's purely decorative, as there is no fine print on the board at that location to indicate any function. I am running XMP on my Ram tho, and haven't tried turning it off to see if it's an indicator of that.

It is the XMP led. I mailed msi just to be sure and they said everything is fine. The light will turn off when disabling XMP

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Thanks for the update.

 

[dudio]

Was looking for some software for my motherboard, and sure enough..scroll down just a bit on this page and you'll see a picture and reference to the Red LED !

https://ca.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-GAMING-M5.html#hero-overview