I recently bought all the parts for my first rig and, through other hurdles, eventually built the computer. However, once I turned it on, the fans, the liquid cooler, the GPU, etc. turned on as well, but the motherboard did not boot into the BIOS. On further inspection, the DRAM_LED was a solid red for a while and did not go away through other means of tweaking and other "solutions" listed on forum threads, fix stories, etc.
I tried resetting the CMOS, re-seating the CPU, loosening the liquid cooler, switching around/taking out the both sticks of RAM individually, I bought new RAM sticks and those did not work either, I tried changing the screws on that holds the motherboard to the case, loosening those screws as well. wiping down the RAM sticks with alcohol, using the MemOK! button, trying my best to wipe the RAM slots with alcohol, and finally switching around inputs into the power supply.
The motherboard itself is functional, other lights on the board light up when the power supply is flicked on and cycles through the CPU_LED, but doesn't stay solid red on that LED.
Lastly, for the POST, I believe the beeps (one long beep followed by three) indicate that no memory can be detected or another set of beeps (one long beep followed by two) no VGA detected, although my GPU uses HDMI rather than VGA.
If it isn't already clear, I want to figure out a solution to fix this RAM error or something else that is affecting the RAM.
My Specs:
Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor
NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus Sabertooth X99 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card
I tried resetting the CMOS, re-seating the CPU, loosening the liquid cooler, switching around/taking out the both sticks of RAM individually, I bought new RAM sticks and those did not work either, I tried changing the screws on that holds the motherboard to the case, loosening those screws as well. wiping down the RAM sticks with alcohol, using the MemOK! button, trying my best to wipe the RAM slots with alcohol, and finally switching around inputs into the power supply.
The motherboard itself is functional, other lights on the board light up when the power supply is flicked on and cycles through the CPU_LED, but doesn't stay solid red on that LED.
Lastly, for the POST, I believe the beeps (one long beep followed by three) indicate that no memory can be detected or another set of beeps (one long beep followed by two) no VGA detected, although my GPU uses HDMI rather than VGA.
If it isn't already clear, I want to figure out a solution to fix this RAM error or something else that is affecting the RAM.
My Specs:
Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor
NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus Sabertooth X99 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card
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