First build finished, need a checkup

alzura

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So I built my own PC about 2 weeks ago - It went really well, but I need to brush up on cable management. Regardless I get great temps at idle and load.

But after looking at my motherboard through the case, when I boot my pc, the memOK light flahes red for less than a second - Is that a problem at all? My pc still detects 16gb of RAM.

Also, when I looked in my case, it looks like I managed to neglect putting in the extra 4 pin connector on my 24pin mobo (How, i'm not really sure.)

So anyway I plugged that in, and my pc was stuck at an asus screen saying "overclocking failed!" - I reset the PC, and it never happened again. Was that just the motherboard adjusting to moving to 24pin ?


UPDATE: Should probably have included my parts.

i7 4770 - ASUS H87M-PLUS - Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz - GTX 770 - 650w PSU - 1tb WD Black (which is the noisiest HDD i've ever heard in my life)

 

enemy1g

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I have never looked at my memOK light, so I cannot help you with that.

But as for the extra 4 pin connector, it was just your computer adjusting to "new hardware". Because when you plugged it in, that's what the system deteted it as.But you should be fine.
 

alzura

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After reading online, it looks like the memOK light blinking once on boot is fine, it's when it stays solid red or flashes it's an issue.

And that makes sense, thank you :)