First, about the system:
Corsair HX750 80+ Platinum
MSI MEG x570 unify
Ryzen 9 5900x
2 x 16GB DDR4 3600 CL19 (Corsair LP)
Powercolor RED DRAGON Radeon 6800
Samsung 980 PRO M.2 SSD 1TB
I also attached two pictures of the build after "completion" to the current point.
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Turning on the power worked fine, the debug LED went through several codes each time within a few seconds, then stopped at the code 54. According to this list: ... ... forum-en.msi.com forum-en.msi.com
54 means an "Unspecified memory initialization error". I must add here that the code 54 isnt even documented in the official manual for this board, which I find pretty disappointing btw.... However, I guess the above linked also applies to my board. Theres still a chance it doesnt though.
I only had two DDR4 RAM Sticks to play around with. Using them each on its own, I still got the code 54 each time. I checked the manual, installed them correctly, DIMM A2 and B2 or only A2 when testing with single sticks. So wrong installation shouldnt have been a problem. I also made use of the Clear CMOS button when reconfiguring the RAM installation, so I could be clear that I didnt carry over any errors from previous tests.
I already ordered two packages with 2 RAM sticks each on amazon. However, there is of course still a chance that its NOT the RAM sticks.
Thats why Im coming here. First, how probable do you think it is that I got 2 faulty RAM sticks? Second, how probable do you think its something else but the RAM? CPU, MOBO? I hope its neither of those, but if its one of them, I guess the MOBO is more likely? Because if the CPU was faulty, I guess I wouldve gotten code 00?
In another forum where they talked about memory errors someone mentioned "reseating" the CPU. I dont know, what do you think? I definitely put it in the direction ^^ Find it hard to imagine that the CPU does sit well.
