Millisecond red light on CPU and orange on VRAm

hzul94 · Friday at 8:28 PM

Hello I'm building a PC. Upon boot, I'm getting a red light on the CPU and an orange light on the VRAM for literally a millisecond. I have power to the motherboard and CPU via my power supply.

Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-s
CPU: Ryzen 7 7700
RAM: Crucial Pro DDR5
GPU: GTX 960 (not the final card, waiting on the new Intel Arc card)

Please see the link below. I would greatly appreciate any help.

please see link below would greatly appreciate any help.

https://youtube.com/shorts/1-2MuM2VVv0?feature=share

hzul94 · Friday at 8:30 PM

FYI I have switched the DIM to slot 2 and 4 - I've tried different DIMS too.

Bill_Bright · Friday at 9:37 PM

Why on Earth are you trying to start your computer without any sort of cooler on the CPU? Are you trying to fry your CPU?

HOPEFULLY, your board is smart enough to detect no CPU fan connected and is protecting you from yourself!

hzul94 · Friday at 9:57 PM

Bill_Bright said:
Why on Earth are you trying to start your computer without any sort of cooler on the CPU? Are you trying to fry your CPU?

HOPEFULLY, your board is smart enough to detect no CPU fan connected and is protecting you from yourself!

I have one and tried it with it. Its just not in the video.

dirtyferret · Friday at 10:04 PM

hzul94 said:
getting a red light on the CPU

Bill_Bright said:
your board is smart enough to detect no CPU fan connected and is protecting you from yourself!

means the CPU fan is not plugged in

hzul94 said:
I have one and tried it with it. Its just not in the video.

1. why would you ever start a PC with no HSF on the CPU other than to see if you can fry some silicone?
2. assuming the CPU is ok it could be a bent pin, CPU is not seated properly, and/or mobo needs a BIOS update

hzul94 · Friday at 10:30 PM

dirtyferret said:
means the CPU fan is not plugged in

1. why would you ever start a PC with no HSF on the CPU other than to see if you can fry some silicone?
2. assuming the CPU is ok it could be a bent pin, CPU is not seated properly, and/or mobo needs a BIOS update

thanks on point 2.

the motherboard has no bent pins and the cpu just slips in and have checked it is seated properly. I will look into the BIOS update.

Bill_Bright · Friday at 11:06 PM

Or there is an extra standoff under the motherboard. If you properly mount the CPU cooler (which includes a proper application of thermal interface material), triple check to make sure all the power cables go where they belong and are securely fastened, I would pull everything out of the case and assemble it on a plain cutting/bread board and see if the problem persists. Then while out, make sure you inserted a standoff only where the is a corresponding motherboard mounting hole.

eidairaman1 · 2024-12-21T00:55:44+0000

hzul94 said:
Hello I'm building a PC. Upon boot, I'm getting a red light on the CPU and an orange light on the VRAM for literally a millisecond. I have power to the motherboard and CPU via my power supply.

Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-s

CPU: Ryzen 7 7700

RAM: Crucial Pro DDR5

GPU: GTX 960 (not the final card, waiting on the new Intel Arc card)

Please see the link below. I would greatly appreciate any help.

please see link below would greatly appreciate any help.

https://youtube.com/shorts/1-2MuM2VVv0?feature=share

Run parts outside of case on non conductive surface

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