MSI tomahawk b450 CPU LED on after Ryzen 7 5800x upgrade system posts

[WillMclennan]

So this is an odd one which iv not been able to find an answer for.

I recently upgraded from a Ryzen 5 2600x, to a Ryzen 7 5800x. My bios has been updated, version is dated 8/12/2020.
I have a red CPU LED (EZ debug) on my motherboard... the information that the instructions give are not very detailed and advise that the cpu isnt properly seated or damaged. However - if the CPU wasn't seated, or if there were any bent pins im sure my computer wouldn't start at all. is that right?

There seem to be many people ask questions on the CPU light however none of those systems turn on/ post. mine runs without any issues other than the LED.

So far:
I have ensured that the cpu fan/ and cpu pump are connected to the motherboard correctly
I have updated the bios a few times (trying both standard and beta versions)
updated the chipsets
I have ensured that after i have updated the bios, i have gone into the bios, XMP on and ram clocked to the factory stated spec
Iv looked at my system information and my pc seems to pick everything up fine


I want to try other things before i check/ re-seat the CPU as im fairly certain If it was that, my computer wouldn't play far cry.

am i overthinking? shall I just stick a bit of electrical tape over the light?

My specs are:
b450 tomhawk motherboard
Ryzen 7 5800x
RTX 2060 GPU (planning on upgrading to 3080 when one becomes available)
2x 8GB RAM 3000 mhz corsair
Corsair 550w PSU (will be upgrading to accommodate the 3080 power usage)
1tb MVME SSD and a 2TB mechanical
corsair h100 liquid cooler
windows 10

[Sami_Payne]

Yeah I have the same issue as well.

My CPU Debug light is always on. Went through the mannual like 100 times ,still no luck.

If anyone can help me as well, It will be highly appreciated.

My Specs are :

i9 9900k
Aorus z390 Master

RX480

2*8gb Aorus 3200 ddr4 memory

aorus p850 850 watt psu

2Tb HDD 

Thermaltake Floe 360 AIO

 

[Action_Johnson]

Yeah the CPU light is on because it's not compatible. You're using a BIOS from August. 

 

See if there's an update since then, if not, you'll either have to wait till sometime in January or February when the B450 update is released, or get a B550/X570 board.

[WillMclennan]

20 minutes ago, Action_Johnson said:

Yeah the CPU light is on because it's not compatible. You're using a BIOS from August. 

 

See if there's an update since then, if not, you'll either have to wait till sometime in January or February when the B450 update is released, or get a B550/X570 board.

It’s the 8th of December.. I’m in England where we write the dates differently I should have thought about that 

[Action_Johnson]

Got it...

 

Well I'd reach out to MSI and see what they have to say. Perhaps it'll be addressed in a future AGESA update. B450 isn't scheduled to have official support for Zen 3 till sometime in January anyway.

[Yeho]

On 12/27/2020 at 10:06 PM, WillMclennan said:

So this is an odd one which iv not been able to find an answer for.

I recently upgraded from a Ryzen 5 2600x, to a Ryzen 7 5800x. My bios has been updated, version is dated 8/12/2020.
I have a red CPU LED (EZ debug) on my motherboard... the information that the instructions give are not very detailed and advise that the cpu isnt properly seated or damaged. However - if the CPU wasn't seated, or if there were any bent pins im sure my computer wouldn't start at all. is that right?

There seem to be many people ask questions on the CPU light however none of those systems turn on/ post. mine runs without any issues other than the LED.

So far:
I have ensured that the cpu fan/ and cpu pump are connected to the motherboard correctly
I have updated the bios a few times (trying both standard and beta versions)
updated the chipsets
I have ensured that after i have updated the bios, i have gone into the bios, XMP on and ram clocked to the factory stated spec
Iv looked at my system information and my pc seems to pick everything up fine


I want to try other things before i check/ re-seat the CPU as im fairly certain If it was that, my computer wouldn't play far cry.

am i overthinking? shall I just stick a bit of electrical tape over the light?

My specs are:
b450 tomhawk motherboard
Ryzen 7 5800x
RTX 2060 GPU (planning on upgrading to 3080 when one becomes available)
2x 8GB RAM 3000 mhz corsair
Corsair 550w PSU (will be upgrading to accommodate the 3080 power usage)
1tb MVME SSD and a 2TB mechanical
corsair h100 liquid cooler
windows 10

Same exact issue on the same board, but everything works perfectly fine for me as well. Guess it’s just some glitch in the bios, which maybe gets addressed later on. 

[Deadpool2onBlu-Ray]

Bruh b450 isn’t compatible with ryzen 5000 yet....

[Yeho]

1 hour ago, Ryan829 said:

Bruh b450 isn’t compatible with ryzen 5000 yet....

It is, MSI released BIOS Updates Mid-December.