CPU debug light on when over locking RAM

[UBatcha]

This should be an easy Google however I couldn't find a concrete answer.

 

I'm currently attempting to overclock my RAM to 3600 from 3200 (XMP) and not having much luck. My issue however is, when the PC fails to boot, the CPU debug LED lights up. Shouldn't it be the RAM LED and not the CPU LED?

 

Motherboard - MSI B450 Tomahawk Max

CPU - Ryzen 3600

[boggy77]

when you overclock the ram, you do two things:

1. increase ram voltage

2. tell your cpu's memory controller to access the ram 1800 times per millisecond. sometimes you increase the voltage of the memory controller as well (SOC voltage)

 

so if your cpu light goes on, it means part 2 of the process isn't stable (which is usually the case)