B450F ram problem, help needed

davw2 · November 9, 2020

Ill start with a rundown of the important parts,

Motherboard: Asus strix b450F

Ram: Patriot viper 2x8 ddr4 3000

Cpu: ryzen 5 2600x

This is my friends computer however he doesn't know a lot about this stuff hence why I am here.

Short version:

Moved ram from slot 1 and 2 into 2 and 4, solid orange light on mobo, no display and have tried different configurations including just one stick. pls help.

Long version:

So basically we were chatting in discord about his ram speed as it displaying half of what it had been set to in the bios. After I spoke about mine he said his ram was in slot 1 and 2. So of course I got him to change it and this is where the problem started. He has tried putting the ram in all sorts of configurations but there is a solid orange light indicating a ram error I believe. This of course isn't displaying anything on the monitor and the gpu fans aren't spinning as a result. Now I am completely stuck and the new cod launches in a week and he is more than hyped for it. Any guidance and help would be much appreciated.

I should also mention that while searching for a fix, many people had said asus launched a bunch of faulty mobos with defective ram slots in roughly 2018 I think. He purchased his from newegg in roughly 2018/19. Problem is the dimm slots were working but now they're not at all.

He also hasn't updated his drivers and the bios version was from like 2018.