MSI B450 Tomahawk Max blinks red once on power up t

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, FrankIsLow said:

So this might be the issue. I didn’t screw any of the standoffs on. I’ll take her back apart and prey this fixes her If the board did short because of that how badly will that damage the parts ?

Well you'd start by warranty the motherboard.

[FrankIsLow]

1 hour ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Well you'd start by warranty the motherboard.

Okay so took it all apart, put the standoffs in, re-wired it all again and nothing’s changed... got any other ideas?

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, FrankIsLow said:

Okay so took it all apart, put the standoffs in, re-wired it all again and nothing’s changed... got any other ideas?

Nope. I'm 100% certain, the second you plugged in the power, it F'ed the board.

 

Warranty the board as DOA. Then PRAY nothing else got damaged with it.

 

Other things you can Try for a post. (I'm certain none of this will work)

 

• Clear cmos.
• Run a single stick of memory in the first slot A1 (after you clear cmos)
• Try 2 sticks in either Channel A or Channel B (single channel mode, see manual) (again clear cmos)
• remove all case fans from headers (lighting if any)
• remove drives (clear cmos)
• Remove Gpu, memory and Cpu
• Pray the next one works.
• Try flashing the bios. Watch this how to video.

If none of that, send the board in for warranty. 

[FrankIsLow]

12 hours ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Nope. I'm 100% certain, the second you plugged in the power, it F'ed the board.

 

Warranty the board as DOA. Then PRAY nothing else got damaged with it.

 

Other things you can Try for a post. (I'm certain none of this will work)

 

• Clear cmos.
• Run a single stick of memory in the first slot A1 (after you clear cmos)
• Try 2 sticks in either Channel A or Channel B (single channel mode, see manual) (again clear cmos)
• remove all case fans from headers (lighting if any)
• remove drives (clear cmos)
• Remove Gpu, memory and Cpu
• Pray the next one works.
• Try flashing the bios. Watch this how to video.

If none of that, send the board in for warranty. 

Well after staying up all night messing around with everything still no luck. Sending the board in for a replacement threw amazon. Then if this board doesn’t work guess it’s time for a new power supply ? 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, FrankIsLow said:

Well after staying up all night messing around with everything still no luck. Sending the board in for a replacement threw amazon. Then if this board doesn’t work guess it’s time for a new power supply ? 

Not sure. Let's get a board first and see if you can have it post up, or at least give us some beep codes if there are other issues.

 

Be sure to get a little motherboard speaker. 

 

Looks like this here -->

 

[FrankIsLow]

1 hour ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Not sure. Let's get a board first and see if you can have it post up, or at least give us some beep codes if there are other issues.

 

Be sure to get a little motherboard speaker. 

 

Looks like this here -->

 

Yep i’ll hop back on here when it gets here. I’m going to order that motherboard speaker as well. Appreciate all the help man.

[Guest]

Just now, FrankIsLow said:

Yep i’ll hop back on here when it gets here. I’m going to order that motherboard speaker as well. Appreciate all the help man.

Hell yeah. Glad to help!

 

[whaka]

23 hours ago, FrankIsLow said:

 

no, just forget, i didn't see the second page

but anyway, don't worry for the psu itself. they are short circuit protected. that's why you just get very briefly light blink and shut down.

that's the short circuit protection doing his perfect job.

[FrankIsLow]

Okay so got the new motherboard in, rebuilt the system, and still the same one red blink. Idek what to do anymore.

[LordVetinari]

55 minutes ago, FrankIsLow said:

Okay so got the new motherboard in, rebuilt the system, and still the same one red blink. Idek what to do anymore.

Which LED flashes? I believe the first one is CPU?

 

(See page 38 on the manual)

[miagisan]

58 minutes ago, FrankIsLow said:

Okay so got the new motherboard in, rebuilt the system, and still the same one red blink. Idek what to do anymore.

Which led is it? Cpu/memory/vga?

[FrankIsLow]

On 9/4/2020 at 8:07 AM, FrankIsLow said:

 

 

[FrankIsLow]

5 hours ago, miagisan said:

Which led is it? Cpu/memory/vga?

Top right of the motherboard, see attached video for the flash

[miagisan]

25 minutes ago, FrankIsLow said:

Top right of the motherboard, see attached video for the flash

In the video a bunch of LEDS are lit up. Which one is staying on for you? see below

 

 

[Guest]

On 9/4/2020 at 8:30 PM, FrankIsLow said:

So this might be the issue. I didn’t screw any of the standoffs on. I’ll take her back apart and prey this fixes her If the board did short because of that how badly will that damage the parts ?

You're still at this point?

 

Please say you installed the stand-offs into the case...

 

And yes other parts may have been damaged.

On this note, warranty the whole damn thing. Drives, Power supply, Cpu ... all of it. 

[LordVetinari]

You get just the flash ? No LED stays lit?

 

You did install stand offs? 

 

I would recommend using the MB box as a test bench and building outside the case. I'm not hopeful but it's a free and easy step and makes unplugging and swapping things much easier.

 

Start from the beginning, take it slow. Especially make sure the CPU is installed correctly with the dots in the corner lining up. 

 

 

[FrankIsLow]

On 9/16/2020 at 11:09 PM, ShrimpBrime said:

You're still at this point?

 

Please say you installed the stand-offs into the case...

 

And yes other parts may have been damaged.

On this note, warranty the whole damn thing. Drives, Power supply, Cpu ... all of it. 

So the standoffs are actually pre-installed, which i didn’t know before I took it apart and screwed stand offs into the stand offs then non of the parts fit. The back metal shield is on the motherboard as well. 

[FrankIsLow]

On 9/16/2020 at 11:01 PM, miagisan said:

In the video a bunch of LEDS are lit up. Which one is staying on for you? see below

 

 

Looks like it’s the VGA light, does that mean GPU is shot ? I’ve also noticed it’s not just a red flash, but one quick rainbow flash on boot. Just looks red from how fast it’s moving.

[miagisan]

1 hour ago, FrankIsLow said:

Looks like it’s the VGA light, does that mean GPU is shot ? I’ve also noticed it’s not just a red flash, but one quick rainbow flash on boot. Just looks red from how fast it’s moving.

Yes that would mean something is wrong with the gpu or pci-e slot to the gpu.   Check the wiring on it or if you can, test with another gpu (friends or if you have a spare laying around), also try another pci-e slot. 

 

See it helps to read the manual 

[FrankIsLow]

On 9/19/2020 at 10:32 AM, miagisan said:

Yes that would mean something is wrong with the gpu or pci-e slot to the gpu.   Check the wiring on it or if you can, test with another gpu (friends or if you have a spare laying around), also try another pci-e slot. 

 

See it helps to read the manual 

Turns out i had a bad power supply the whole time ! She’s been up and running for a day or two and no problems. Appreciate all the help from everyone ! 

[miagisan]

8 minutes ago, FrankIsLow said:

Turns out i had a bad power supply the whole time ! She’s been up and running for a day or two and no problems. Appreciate all the help from everyone ! 

Glad you got it working