[SOLVED] Red Light on VGA and DRAM. and red light on CPU after BIOS update ?

[VentusL9]

So i recently bought parts for my new pc.
The specs are:
Be quiet 500dx case
MSI MPG x570 gaming plus
32gb 3000mhz g.skill ram
Ryzen 5 5600x
RTX 3060 Ventus 12gb
750 be quiet psu
500gb m.2 ssd and 2tb hdd.

So my problem is that when i finished building the pc i went to turn it on and saw that the RGB Lights turned on. But the fans werent spinning and there were 2 Red Lights on thr VGA and DRAM at the EZ Debug LED. So i did some troubleshooting my placeing the new gpu in my old pc which worked fine. I tested the ram which didnt seem to be a problem with. So my conclusion was the CPU. On the MB box it says "AMD Ryzen 5000 series desktop ready" but i then tried to flash the bios for the motherboard as to update it. As i put the USB the lights turned on and the BIOS light was blinking red. Then i waited till the BIOS light turned off. Then i turned off the Power on my PC and restarted it. I then saw there was a red light at the CPU on the EZ Debug LED. I then reseated the CPU and tried to turn it back on but it didnt work. I did this without the CPU fan screwed on. So is it a faulty CPU? Or could there be another problem?

 

[VentusL9]

I also did the BIOS thing again. This time before i put out the CMOS Battery before putting the USB in and Flashing BIOS using the 7C37vAF version. So then i waited for BIOS to flash and put in the CPU and mounted the cpu fan on too. Then i put in the CMOS and flipped the psu switch on. Then i tried to start and got the vga and dram light on red again.

 

[drea.drechsler]

.. I then reseated the CPU and tried to turn it back on but it didnt work. I did this without the CPU fan screwed on. ...

If the fan was at least making contact it might have been saved but even then it depends on how long you left power on while waiting for it to start up. Without being squeezed down to microscopic thickness by tight contact between cpu and heatsink the thermal grease is little better than air alone. It's very possible that CPU is damaged now and won't start up.

 

[VentusL9]

It's very possible that CPU is damaged now and won't start up.

So is it possible that anything else like the motherboard has been damaged? Im gonna get a new cpu so i hope nothing else is damaged.

 

[drea.drechsler]

So is it possible that anything else like the motherboard has been damaged? Im gonna get a new cpu so i hope nothing else is damaged.

It probably depends more on whether you got a proper, uninterrupted BIOS update performed. Be sure to reset CMOS first thing before turning it on after installing the CPU...and tightly installing the heatsink.

 

[VentusL9]

So once i get the new cpu i reset the CMOS install the CPU with the heatsink and then flash BIOS`? Thanks a lot for ur help !

 

[drea.drechsler]

So once i get the new cpu i reset the CMOS install the CPU with the heatsink and then flash BIOS`? Thanks a lot for ur help !

Reset CMOS and confirm it will boot up first. Only update if it's confirmed to run stable AND you've verified it's not already on the latest BIOS. Also pay attention to the update notes (if any) for every version between the current and the target version.