[SOLVED] Red ram light after attempting to OC

[Tankyou]

I have a ryzen 7 3700x and I was attempting to OC it while watching some youtube tutorials. I left the computer and when I came back (after restarting the computer) the Bios light was red after booting up the pc. I tried resetting cmos etc. I then took out my old ryzen 5 2600x and that worked when I install it into the motherboard. Is my ryzen 7 dead?
Specs:
B-450f gaming motherboard
ryzen 5 2600x (was using the ryzen 7 3700x)
Sapphire pulse 5700 gpu
16 g's corsair ram
rando psu

 

[white.a.drew]

I have a ryzen 7 3700x and I was attempting to OC it while watching some youtube tutorials. I left the computer and when I came back (after restarting the computer) the Bios light was red after booting up the pc. I tried resetting cmos etc. I then took out my old ryzen 5 2600x and that worked when I install it into the motherboard. Is my ryzen 7 dead?
Specs:
B-450f gaming motherboard
ryzen 5 2600x (was using the ryzen 7 3700x)
Sapphire pulse 5700 gpu
16 g's corsair ram
rando psu

No you need to clear you bios you oc'd the cpu to much it before it fried itself probably prevented post. Reseat the 3700 and remove your bios battery. Hold the piwer button on you case for 30s x2 times with the psu unplugged and the pc should be fine.

 

[Tankyou]

No you need to clear you bios you oc'd the cpu to much it before it fried itself probably prevented post. Reseat the 3700 and remove your bios battery. Hold the piwer button on you case for 30s x2 times with the psu unplugged and the pc should be fine.

Hi I did what you said, nothing changed.

 

[white.a.drew]

Hi I did what you said, nothing changed.

Odd alright so something else you can try that may not help. Pull each ram stick and try one stick at a time.

 

[Tankyou]

Odd alright so something else you can try that may not help. Pull each ram stick and try one stick at a time.

I pry should have mentioned this in the first place, but I was ocing with ryzen master.

 

[white.a.drew]

I pry should have mentioned this in the first place, but I was ocing with ryzen master.

Ohhhh that can be the issues rzen master is holding onto the oc profile you set to the chip in itself. Uninstall ryzen master before reseating the 3700... Whenn uninstalling it should ask if you want to remove all user setting with it check yes. Restart from scratch. Or before unistalling you can check to see if you can delete the chip profile.

 

[Tankyou]

Ohhhh that can be the issues rzen master is holding onto the oc profile you set to the chip in itself. Uninstall ryzen master before reseating the 3700... Whenn uninstalling it should ask if you want to remove all user setting with it check yes. Restart from scratch. Or before unistalling you can check to see if you can delete the chip profile.

Hi, i didnt see a renmove all option

Ohhhh that can be the issues rzen master is holding onto the oc profile you set to the chip in itself. Uninstall ryzen master before reseating the 3700... Whenn uninstalling it should ask if you want to remove all user setting with it check yes. Restart from scratch. Or before unistalling you can check to see if you can delete the chip profile.

Tries uninstalling, had no option to clear. Finally uninstalled with a sweeped and completely removed everything connected to it. Cpu still wont boot.

 

[Fiorezy]

This is odd, fail OC with RM will just BSOD and reboot the system to default settings. What clocks and voltage did you try?

 

[DMAN999]

Try clearing the CMOS like this:

• Unplug the PC (PSU).
• Then press the Power Button for at least 30 seconds.

(the on board ROG LEDs will sometimes flash after 20-30 seconds to show that all power has been drained from the board).
- Use a flat headed screwdriver to short the CLR CMOS (CLRTC) Jumper (Touch both jumper pins with the screwdriver) for at least 15 seconds.
CLRTC jumper location can be seen on page 1-2 here:
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/...ING/E14401_ROG_STRIX_B450-F_GAMING_UM_WEB.pdf

• Plug the PC back in.
• Press the Power Button to turn the PC on.
• Repeatedly tap the DEL key
• A screen should come up telling you to press the F1 key, do that.
• Set the Optimized Default settings and Press OK (this is on the EXIT tab)
• Save and exit the BIOS.
• Tap the DEL key again to enter the BIOS and change any settings you want changed then save and exit again.

 

[Tankyou]

Try clearing the CMOS like this:

• Unplug the PC (PSU).
• Then press the Power Button for at least 30 seconds.

(the on board ROG LEDs will sometimes flash after 20-30 seconds to show that all power has been drained from the board).
- Use a flat headed screwdriver to short the CLR CMOS (CLRTC) Jumper (Touch both jumper pins with the screwdriver) for at least 15 seconds.
CLRTC jumper location can be seen on page 1-2 here:
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/...ING/E14401_ROG_STRIX_B450-F_GAMING_UM_WEB.pdf

• Plug the PC back in.
• Press the Power Button to turn the PC on.
• Repeatedly tap the DEL key
• A screen should come up telling you to press the F1 key, do that.
• Set the Optimized Default settings and Press OK (this is on the EXIT tab)
• Save and exit the BIOS.
• Tap the DEL key again to enter the BIOS and change any settings you want changed then save and exit again.

With the ryzen 5 2600 i did all if these steps, worked fine. Then i switched it with the ryzen 7 did the bootup, still did the red light. I shut off the computer and did all of the steps. Rebooted it and still red light.

 

[Tankyou]

This is odd, fail OC with RM will just BSOD and reboot the system to default settings. What clocks and voltage did you try?

The clock was 4200 ghz and the voltage was 1.3-1.5 i cant remember specifically.

 

[white.a.drew]

The clock was 4200 ghz and the voltage was 1.3-1.5 i cant remember specifically.

1.5 shouldn't be need for 4.2GHz, and way to much. Max voltage from what im finding on any ryzen chip shouldn't go anywhere near 1.4v

 

[Tankyou]

With the ryzen 5 2600 i did all if these steps, worked fine. Then i switched it with the ryzen 7 did the bootup, still did the red light. I shut off the computer and did all of the steps. Rebooted it and still red light.

1.5 shouldn't be need for 4.2GHz, and way to much. Max voltage from what im finding on any ryzen chip shouldn't go anywhere near 1.4v

Do you think this could be causing the problems?

 

[white.a.drew]

Do you think this could be causing the problems?

You may have fried it... 🙁 saddly this is the one flaw ocing in system no over volting protection.

 

[Karadjgne]

Not sure. I'm wondering if the bios reverted to a prior setting after failed OC, which happens to be a prior version.

With the 2600 installed, update the bios, then try the 3700x again.