Ryzen 3600 error on Tomahawk MAX

[tinpanalley]

I was just going through the relatively basic steps of setting up my new Ryzen 3600 in my new MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX. I plugged in only the CPU, the heatsink, and the motherboard to the PSU. But when I go to boot, I get the Tomahawk's CPU error LED. I mean, I literally have done nothing that could have caused this.

PLEASE, any ideas??
Thanks.

[sharkman36]

have you updated the bios for ryzen 3rd gen?

[tinpanalley]

Well, it's a MAX. Doesn't that mean it's ready?

 

[tinpanalley]

Ok, I just took the CPU out altogether.

I still get the red CPU error LED on the motherboard.

[sharkman36]

that could still mean it is the bios because the first time the mobo was saying it the CPU was not supported in the  older bios and now it could be saying i am missing a CPU so 

I did a quick search on the mobo there was nothing that i could find about the bios being ready with the latest bios in my search that lasted 30 seconds though  the motherboard does have a bios flash button 

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=320766.0

[tinpanalley]

Ok, now I feel properly stupid because I hadn't connected the CPU power.

But now it's the VGA light that's coming on???

[Vishera]

37 minutes ago, tinpanalley said:

Ok, now I feel properly stupid because I hadn't connected the CPU power.

But now it's the VGA light that's coming on???

Did you connect the power to the GPU?...

Also motherboard speakers are more informative so try using one if you are stuck.

[tinpanalley]

32 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Did you connect the power to the GPU?...

Also motherboard speakers are more informative so try using one if you are stuck.

I didnt know the motherboard had no onboard video.

So now with the GPU plugged in, its all good, The motherboard did come with a speaker I just have to figure out where it plugs in.

[Vishera]

10 minutes ago, tinpanalley said:

I didnt know the motherboard had no onboard video.

So now with the GPU plugged in, its all good, The motherboard did come with a speaker I just have to figure out where it plugs in.

Motherboard manual page 17 (page 29 in the PDF):

http://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/M7C02v1.3-EURO.pdf

[tinpanalley]

1 hour ago, Vishera said:

Motherboard manual page 17 (page 29 in the PDF):

http://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/M7C02v1.3-EURO.pdf

I may need to hang onto that PDF because the printed version isn't as up to date.