primal sphinx
Hi,
I got a B350-F rog strix that does not get into bios.
Tried both 1800x and 2600x, same issue.
8 GB 2666 ddr4 ram
I've cleared cms many times and swapped all ram slots with the two sticks I got atm.
There is only connected the components above and a stock cooler.
Leds go like this:
dram orange, cpu red, dram orange, cpu red
worn cedar
does or does not get into the bios
primal sphinx
does not***
worn cedar
if it does not post take out all sticks of ram
then put one stick in
see if that posts
primal sphinx
Tested one stick, in all the slots one by one
worn cedar
and it does not do it
primal sphinx
no :/
worn cedar
what is the light code on the mobo?
primal sphinx
no light code, other than "orange dram, red cpu"
and stays red cpu
Tested two cpu's (1800x and 2600X) that works
worn cedar
okay sounds liek a bad cpu or socket take the cpu and look for bent pins
sounds liek a bad cpu
primal sphinx
No bent pins, even did spray electro cleaner down the cpu socket and let it dry (even blowing air so all the cleaning would waporate)
evaporate*
Can be dmg on the socket pins? (mb socket)?
primal sphinx
hmm mby..
it instanly as I turn it on spin the fans, light up a some random leds on the motherboard and tries to do a start. witch give "orange dram light goes off, red light cpu comes and stays"
so it looks like it is trying
worn cedar
check to make sure you plugged in all the ower cables both the 24 pin mobo and 8 pin cpu
primal sphinx
They are fully plugged..
worn cedar
okay
primal sphinx
little lost tbh, can it be bios crash?
worn cedar
did it used to work before?
primal sphinx
I got it for cheap from a guy that had upgraded from a 1600 to a 3600 and didn't get it to post
So I guess it was an old bios.. so I did buy it
primal sphinx
ye, so I tested with a 1800x and a 2600x I have.. and they don't post
so probly something more, I've build a few computers and like to troubleshoot
worn cedar
i think the board itself might be bad do you know if the cpu work in other systems
primal sphinx
but I don't have anything to read bios with
worn cedar
i dont think it is a software issue
primal sphinx
ye, both cpu's work on my other mb
worn cedar
ok does the ram work in other systems
primal sphinx
I have not tested the ram I used first.. but I have tested a 16GB stick and that did not work
give me two sec I'll boot one of the 8gb 2666 sticks on my testbench
worn cedar
yup
primal sphinx
ye the ram is fine
worn cedar
okay
so both the cpu's u tried and the ram u tried are good both power plugs are firmly seated and you still get lights it sounds to be like the board is deader than a door knob sadly
wheather it happened in shipping or the seller knew it
what do you have any storage pluged in if so take it out see if that makes a different
primal sphinx
no storage.. I only test with mb, cpu, 1 stick of ram, and stock cooler plugged in cpu fan.. and start the system with a startbutton
worn cedar
yeah did u try clearing hte cmos?
primal sphinx
ofc clearing cms everytime just for the sake of it, and even clearing if I swap ram slot
ye, 30++ sec with a jumper plug
worn cedar
i would take the battery out and leave it out
primal sphinx
then boot with no cms battery?
worn cedar
yeah take the battery out leave it out and put the jumper into clear cmos mode and powercycle it
primal sphinx
I'll try that tomorrow otherwise i'll just sell the board as defect and then the next guy can try