Question Upgraded RAM now PC crashes

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I upgraded my RAM and now my PC power cycles. I cannot get to the BIOS screen or see any part of the POST. I have tried putting the old RAM back in and I am getting the same results. The PC starts to spin up but I have no image on my monitor after about 30 seconds it powers down and then tries to restart again. I have reset the CMOS. Tried all the different sticks of RAM I have, I have reseated the graphics card, I'm at a loss for what to try next.

I have a asrock a320m motherboard
 
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I upgraded my RAM and now my PC power cycles. I cannot get to the BIOS screen or see any part of the POST. I have tried putting the old RAM back in and I am getting the same results. The PC starts to spin up but I have no image on my monitor after about 30 seconds it powers down and then tries to restart again. I have reset the CMOS. Tried all the different sticks of RAM I have, I have reseated the graphics card, I'm at a loss for what to try next.

I have a asrock a320m motherboard

Have you left it to power cycle for a few minutes? The AM4 platform typically does something called 'memory training' where it will boot cycle to fine tune memory timings, it can often do this many times (typically 5 to 10) before locking in the settings. Note that if you reset the bios, that will clear the memory training data and it will start again...
 
Have you left it to power cycle for a few minutes? The AM4 platform typically does something called 'memory training' where it will boot cycle to fine tune memory timings, it can often do this many times (typically 5 to 10) before locking in the settings. Note that if you reset the bios, that will clear the memory training data and it will start again...
Ok. I'm trying that now. I am concerned I'm not seeing anything on the monitor at all. Is that normal when it power cycles like this?
 
I've left it to cycle now over 20 times. Still going through the cycle.

All fans and LEDs turn on and run. My keyboard is not lighting up. Nothing on the monitor at all. No beeps. I'm trying to figure out if this motherboard has any indicator lights as I do not see any on the board.
 
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I've left it to cycle now over 20 times. Still going through the cycle.

All fans and LEDs turn on and run. My keyboard is not lighting up. Nothing on the monitor at all. No beeps. I'm trying to figure out if this motherboard has any indicator lights as I do not see any on the board.

Hmm, yeah that is going on longer than I would expect. Have you tried letting it cycle it with just the original memory?

If it won't boot at all could be a problem with another component, what are the other specs?