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  • luzarhu01
    PCHF Member
    • Jan 2019
    • 22

    #1

    I bought a new motherboard

    About 2 weeks ago, I was on here and I was told all my signs of crashing where leading to a faulty motherboard. When using one of the DIMM slots the ram checklist light would come on, and when using a different slot it wouldn’t. I ran a basic windows ram check and it said everything was good. I bought a new motherboard, and it ran for 5 mins then crashed again. I shut it off, and turned it back on and the ram light is back on in all slots. What do I do? (Edit) when I tried to turn the computer on after it crashed, it would turn on for a few seconds, make a ting noise, then turn off, then do it again and again. I shut the power supply off and it stopped(another edit) I believe all the signs point to faulty ram or a faulty psu, however I want to make sure. My psu is 450 watt, and I have an rx 580, 8gb single channel ddr4, r5 2600x, MSI b450a pro, two case fans. Some have said my psu wattage is too low, however loads of sites have told me that my system only draws 390 watts
  • veeg
    PCHF Director
    • Jul 2016
    • 8977

    #2
    Hello

    Use this to calculate your power requirements.

    PSU Calculator | Cooler Master

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    • luzarhu01
      PCHF Member
      • Jan 2019
      • 22

      #3
      Originally posted by vger
      Hello

      Use this to calculate your power requirements.

      PSU Calculator | Cooler Master
      I’ve used that site before. I just used it and it says my reccomended psu wattage is 440. What I want to know is when the motherboard checklist light comes on for my ram, does it mean I need to get new ram?

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      • Rustys
        PCHF Member
        • Jul 2016
        • 7862

        #4
        Originally posted by luzarhu01
        8gb single channel ddr4
        According to the motherboard information you should be running Dual Channel. So yes you should need to replace the RAM with proper ones.
        https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/B450-A-PRO/Specification
        https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/B450-A-PRO/Specification

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        • luzarhu01
          PCHF Member
          • Jan 2019
          • 22

          #5
          Originally posted by Rustys
          According to the motherboard information you should be running Dual Channel. So yes you should need to replace the RAM with proper ones.
          https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/B450-A-PRO/Specification
          https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/B450-A-PRO/Specification
          Are you sure that’s what it means? I just don’t wanna buy new ram and it still fail. Btw when the computer was first booting up, it said that I should move my ram to optimized slots, and I was confused because I was running single channel. I googled some stuff and everything says that dual channel means the motherboard is optimized to run 2 memory sticks.

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          • Rustys
            PCHF Member
            • Jul 2016
            • 7862

            #6
            See if this helps explain it better.
            Discover more about dual-channel and multi-channel memory with Crucial’s helpful guide and understand how it can be a revolutionary computer upgrade.


            Yes you should run dual channel RAM in pairs.

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            • luzarhu01
              PCHF Member
              • Jan 2019
              • 22

              #7
              Originally posted by Rustys
              See if this helps explain it better.
              Discover more about dual-channel and multi-channel memory with Crucial’s helpful guide and understand how it can be a revolutionary computer upgrade.


              Yes you should run dual channel RAM in pairs.
              I know what dual channel is. I know that dual channel increases performance. But the motherboard having dual channel shouldn’t mean that I can only run dual channel on that board.

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              • veeg
                PCHF Director
                • Jul 2016
                • 8977

                #8
                Any updates?

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                • luzarhu01
                  PCHF Member
                  • Jan 2019
                  • 22

                  #9
                  Originally posted by vger
                  Any updates?
                  Nope. I’m going to buy new ram soon. I got my ram from patriot, and I’ve been seeing multiple reports that some patriot dimms come dead/broken on arrival. I’ve also seen builds using the b450a pro with single channel. I don’t think needing dual channel is my problem

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                  • veeg
                    PCHF Director
                    • Jul 2016
                    • 8977

                    #10
                    Thanks for the update.

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                    • veeg
                      PCHF Director
                      • Jul 2016
                      • 8977

                      #11
                      Any updates?

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                      • luzarhu01
                        PCHF Member
                        • Jan 2019
                        • 22

                        #12
                        Originally posted by vger
                        Any updates?
                        Should be soon. I’ve ordered a new motherboard but shipping may take a while

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                        • veeg
                          PCHF Director
                          • Jul 2016
                          • 8977

                          #13
                          Thanks for the update.

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                          • veeg
                            PCHF Director
                            • Jul 2016
                            • 8977

                            #14
                            Any updates now?

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                            • luzarhu01
                              PCHF Member
                              • Jan 2019
                              • 22

                              #15
                              Oh yeah. I ordered some new ram, and now I’m perfectly fine. You can end the thread

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