R5 3600 still not posting after BIOS update.

[coral cape]

Most Zen 2 processors should work fine with any B450 board, so...

Did it like..

Power on at all?

[blissful dock]

Yeah, everything powers on with the 3600 in there, just no POST.

[coral cape]

Ah, okay, uh look at the Q-LED.

[blissful dock]

Just not sure if there are any other steps I can take before I conclude the CPU is dead.

[coral cape]

See where it stops.

Could just be memory training.

If it stops on DRAM then the system is completely fine.

[blissful dock]

If you mean an LED on the motherboard, it doesn't have one to my knowledge.

I could be wrong, but I did look for one before

[coral cape]

Okay.

Look into your motherboard box.

If you still have it.

They might include something like this.

[blissful dock]

I don't think there was anything other than an IO shield and SATA cable, but I'll have a look.

[coral cape]

If it isn't included...

You will have to buy it.

[blissful dock]

Unfortunately not, no.

[coral cape]

Well that's rough.

I dunno, you have a friend you can borrow a board?

[blissful dock]

Rather annoying. I don't think I've ever seen one included with a motherboard? Maybe higher end ones, but none that I've owned.

[blissful dock]

Little bit of a pain in the arse, but I'll consider it.

[coral cape]

Oh uh, I don't think I have it included either.

It's just that yours might.

Because that's the only troubleshooting option.

[blissful dock]

I don't think there are any other troubleshooting steps I can really do without more hardware, so I'll leave this open for a bit longer and see, otherwise I'll close this post.

[coral cape]

I mean, as of now, unless you have a speaker, there is... no chance of troubleshooting.

[blissful dock]

There's a part of me that hopes, but I'm fairly certain all my options are exhausted unless I have more hardware.

[coral cape]

It shouldn't be dead if it could slot in. Or you could check for missing pins.