RAM Error - Posts but only with one RAM stick installed

[MrGuffels]

Hey friends,

 

I am building a toy computer for hosting game servers and such. The problem I am having is with booting the system with 2 RAM sticks. I can boot the system with a RAM stick in the Channel B slot, but the same stick in the Channel A slot does not get passed the DRAM error light. It also does not boot with matching sticks in both RAM slots.

 

Specs:

CPU: i5-7600k

MoBo: ROG ASUS B250i

RAM: Gskill DDR4-3000 CL15-16-16-30 2x8GB

 

Any advice for troubleshooting would be appreciated.

 

TESTED ALREADY:

Bios

Other Known Good Ram in A and A+B config

Reseat CPU and Visual Inspection of Pins

Edited March 8, 2021 by MrGuffels
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[davisg]

If you have other RAM I would try it. Otherwise, try flashing bios with the single stick of RAM.

[Elo Gaming]

3 minutes ago, MrGuffels said:

Hey friends,

 

I am building a toy computer for hosting game servers and such. The problem I am having is with booting the system with 2 RAM sticks. I can boot the system with a RAM stick in the Channel B slot, but the same stick in the Channel A slot does not get passed the DRAM error light. It also does not boot with matching sticks in both RAM slots.

 

Specs:

CPU: i5-7600k

MoBo: ROG ASUS B250i

RAM: Gskill DDR4-3000 CL15-16-16-30 2x8GB

 

Any advice for troubleshooting would be appreciated.

 

Does your mobo have only 2 ram slots

[MrGuffels]

2 hours ago, Elo Gaming said:

Does your mobo have only 2 ram slots

Yes it's an ITX board

[MrGuffels]

2 hours ago, davisg said:

If you have other RAM I would try it. Otherwise, try flashing bios with the single stick of RAM.

I tried 2 more memory kits in A,B and A+B configurations. The only configurations that posted were the B configs. There was one run on an A config that stopped at the CPU POST state led, but I couldn't recreate this. I reflashed the BIOS in a B configuration and I still get no Post in A+B or A.

[STS]

3 hours ago, MrGuffels said:

Hey friends,

 

I am building a toy computer for hosting game servers and such. The problem I am having is with booting the system with 2 RAM sticks. I can boot the system with a RAM stick in the Channel B slot, but the same stick in the Channel A slot does not get passed the DRAM error light. It also does not boot with matching sticks in both RAM slots.

 

Specs:

CPU: i5-7600k

MoBo: ROG ASUS B250i

RAM: Gskill DDR4-3000 CL15-16-16-30 2x8GB

 

Any advice for troubleshooting would be appreciated.

 

TESTED ALREADY:

Bios

Other Known Good Ram in A and A+B config

 

Could it be possible that you damaged a motherboard pin. I'd uninstall the cpu, check for pin damage. If there is no pin damage try to replace the cpu.

[MrGuffels]

7 hours ago, STS said:

Could it be possible that you damaged a motherboard pin. I'd uninstall the cpu, check for pin damage. If there is no pin damage try to replace the cpu.

It looks like the board does have 2 pins that are missing. I circled them in the pinout but they seem to be non-essential.

 

Reseating the CPU did not change the memory issues.

[Elo Gaming]

21 hours ago, MrGuffels said:

It looks like the board does have 2 pins that are missing. I circled them in the pinout but they seem to be non-essential.

 

Reseating the CPU did not change the memory issues.

What all speeds have you tested in the system?