Question Red QLed after changing RAM and CPU

[Joe_182]

Hello,

I changed my CPU and RAM. And the PC boots fine, and works no issues. However, when i turn the PC on now, the Qled will light up red for a few seconds, then turns to orange, then white, then shuts off and the PC starts like normal. All of this takes around 5 seconds or so.

This never did this before the swap. Is this normal?

Thank you

 

[Eximo]

No, a sign your memory is being trained each time. Is it running at 6400 when you get into Windows?

 

[Joe_182]

No, a sign your memory is being trained each time. Is it running at 6400 when you get into Windows?

It says it's running at that speed in the BIOS, with the XMP 1 enabled. I haven't checked in windows yet.

Is there a way to fix it to stop it from training each time? Or a reason of why that would happen? I'm gonna test if it does it with the old RAM sticks if I switch them back.

 

[Eximo]

Double check that first. Sounds more like it is failing and then defaulting to a slower speed before booting.

 

[Joe_182]

Double check that first. Sounds more like it is failing and then defaulting to a slower speed before booting.

It's not 6400, I was mistaken, it's actually 6000mhz. But it is showing up as 6000mhz in windows 11 task manager. So it seems to be the correct speed. And shows up as 6000 in the BIOS as well.

 

[Eximo]

Well that is good. Might double check if fast boot is enabled in the BIOS. Could just be the old standard memory test. BIOS battery good? Is the date correct?

Are you cutting power completely to the system, or do you let it run in standby (ie power still connected?)

DDR5 is a little more finicky, and system behavior after power loss may involve memory training.

 

[Joe_182]

Well that is good. Might double check if fast boot is enabled in the BIOS. Could just be the old standard memory test. BIOS battery good? Is the date correct?

Are you cutting power completely to the system, or do you let it run in standby (ie power still connected?)

DDR5 is a little more finicky, and system behavior after power loss may involve memory training.

I'm going to update my BIOS and check fast boot now. I still have the same BIOS from 2 years ago, might be worth just staying up to date there anyway. Hoping I don't introduce any new issues......hehe........

 

[Joe_182]

Well that is good. Might double check if fast boot is enabled in the BIOS. Could just be the old standard memory test. BIOS battery good? Is the date correct?

Are you cutting power completely to the system, or do you let it run in standby (ie power still connected?)

DDR5 is a little more finicky, and system behavior after power loss may involve memory training.

Okay, BIOS is updated, and it's still doing it but it's faster. Red light turns on for a second, and it takes maybe 3 seconds now and the PC boots. I still need to check Fast Boot. But I didn't touch this setting and it didn't do this with my last RAM. So that's weird.

 

[Joe_182]

Well that is good. Might double check if fast boot is enabled in the BIOS. Could just be the old standard memory test. BIOS battery good? Is the date correct?

Are you cutting power completely to the system, or do you let it run in standby (ie power still connected?)

DDR5 is a little more finicky, and system behavior after power loss may involve memory training.

Okay, old RAM is back in. First it wouldn't post, just hung on an amber light. Restarted the PC, and then it was able to post. Checked in BIOS and Windows it was running at 5200mhz as intended in the XMP.

Now it boots in about 1-2 seconds, I still see the red light turn on, but it goes away pretty much immediately. Games are working fine and I don't see anything odd.

I have been getting this weird error when I shut the computer down. I am pretty sure this was happening before I changed anything. (My PC has been sitting for over 6 months) Sorry for the bad picture, it pops up for a split a second, so it's hard to get a picture. But it does say something about the memory.

Quick research shows it's a common error when using an Xbox controller. Of which I do have connected and use as a mouse/keyboard.

Thanks for all your help trying to sort this out BTW.

https://imgur.com/a/4R4qcxu