asus b250 Pc doesn't boot up with new ram

[Jonimaca]

Hi folks, im here in search on the wisdom of the people from linus forum.

 

So my current rig is:

CPU: i5-7600
Motherboard: Asus B250F

RAM: 8GB(2X4GB) DDR4 2400mhz Kingston HyperX

GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 1060 6GB

PSU: Corsair cs450W

 

So about a month ago i bought 2x4gb of ram (identical to mine) to a friend, when they arrived i just simply installed it to get those juicy 16gb and the pc just didnt boot with a orange DRAM led on the motherboard, i took the ram from slot B2 and the pc booted one time with 12gb but after i restarted the pc i never maneged to get him to boot with 12gb again.

I tried changing  the ram from all slot's and neither worked, i've reseted CMOS, downclock the ram's speed to 2133mhz, enabled XMP but nothing worked.

I just gave up and sent back the ram's to my friend. (which perfectly work on his computer)

A few days later i realized that since i built my pc back in 2017, i've always used the ram next to each other aka not in dual-channel, so i changed the second stick from A2 to B1 and i get a red DRAM led at first but then it changes to orange DRAM led, the same happens in slot B2. I also get the orange or red DRAM led if i try to boot the pc with a single stick of ram on B1 or B2.

 

I really don't know what could possible be the problem with the motherboard or ram's so if anyone have experieced the same problem as me and solved it please let me know.

 

Best regards

[Naijin]

12 minutes ago, Jonimaca said:

Hi folks, im here in search on the wisdom of the people from linus forum.

 

So my current rig is:

CPU: i5-7600
Motherboard: Asus B250F

RAM: 8GB(2X4GB) DDR4 2400mhz Kingston HyperX

GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 1060 6GB

PSU: Corsair cs450W

 

So about a month ago i bought 2x4gb of ram (identical to mine) to a friend, when they arrived i just simply installed it to get those juicy 16gb and the pc just didnt boot with a orange DRAM led on the motherboard, i took the ram from slot B2 and the pc booted one time with 12gb but after i restarted the pc i never maneged to get him to boot with 12gb again.

I tried changing  the ram from all slot's and neither worked, i've reseted CMOS, downclock the ram's speed to 2133mhz, enabled XMP but nothing worked.

I just gave up and sent back the ram's to my friend. (which perfectly work on his computer)

A few days later i realized that since i built my pc back in 2017, i've always used the ram next to each other aka not in dual-channel, so i changed the second stick from A2 to B1 and i get a red DRAM led at first but then it changes to orange DRAM led, the same happens in slot B2. I also get the orange or red DRAM led if i try to boot the pc with a single stick of ram on B1 or B2.

 

I really don't know what could possible be the problem with the motherboard or ram's so if anyone have experieced the same problem as me and solved it please let me know.

 

Best regards

If it works in different slots but not when it's in this 1 specific slot, I think you've got a broken motherboard. I've had the same issue with a Threadripper that I built. MSI X399 Creation wouldn't boot with a RAM stick in the third-from-right slot on the right bank, thus quad channel not working. Since I had no spare TR cpu around, brought it to the store I bought it from and they found the motherboard to be broken. Got a new one and it worked fine.

 

Do you get a POST or access to BIOS? If you can access the BIOS, check for RAM slot usage and see if it is detected.

[Jonimaca]

5 hours ago, Naijin said:

If it works in different slots but not when it's in this 1 specific slot, I think you've got a broken motherboard. I've had the same issue with a Threadripper that I built. MSI X399 Creation wouldn't boot with a RAM stick in the third-from-right slot on the right bank, thus quad channel not working. Since I had no spare TR cpu around, brought it to the store I bought it from and they found the motherboard to be broken. Got a new one and it worked fine.

 

Do you get a POST or access to BIOS? If you can access the BIOS, check for RAM slot usage and see if it is detected.

The thing is, i've never messed a lot with the pc since I built it, that's why it takes me a lot to accept that the board might be broken.

No I can't even reach to the bios while i have the rams on slot B1 or B2 just the red/orange DRAM LED

 

[Bad5ector]

It could be your board or your CPU (since memory controller is on the CPUs these days). Does the problem persist if you clear the CMOS?

[Jonimaca]

7 hours ago, Bad5ector said:

It could be your board or your CPU (since memory controller is on the CPUs these days). Does the problem persist if you clear the CMOS?

Yeah i cleared CMOS like 4 to 5 times