MSI x470 Gaming Plus - red VGA light on

[Rustys]

No worries and feel free to ask if you have any questions and or are unsure.

[Nick_Markham]

No worries and feel free to ask if you have any questions and or are unsure.

Hi again, tested with the new PSU, took the MB out of the case, took the CPU out, reseated it, same result, vga light on, no post. Now i’m thinking that maybe the card died and took the MB with it.

[Rustys]

Could very well be that the motherboard has gone.

Did you also test it with the other GPU?

[Nick_Markham]

Could very well be that the motherboard has gone.

Did you also test it with the other GPU?

Yeah, just tried that and out it back in my son’s pc. It’s working fine in there. I’m going to order a new board and CPU and GPU by the looks of it as i suspect that’s what took the board out. I use it for 1080p gaming at 144hz mainly for games like Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous and No Mans Sky, so was thinking about the Ryzen y 5800X CPU. I’ve read that the Ryzen y 5800X3D would be the best choice, but it’s £329!

[Rustys]

Same motherboard or a different one?

[Nick_Markham]

Same motherboard or a different one?

Probably this one, I think but am open to any suggestions if you have any please? It’s been a while…

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08B4V6H3N/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2XXCIDKOP8CGQ&psc=1

[Nick_Markham]

@Rustys - or this one ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AMD B550 (Ryzen AM4) ATX Motherboard (dual M.2, PCIe 4.0, DDR4 4400, 1 Gb Ethernet, DisplayPort/HDMI, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A and Type-C, Aura Sync RGB Headers Support) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

[Rustys]

Neither one of those boards are combatable with your CPU.

Thanks for getting back to me, it’s Ryzen 2600

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MPG-...US/support#cpu

https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-b550-plus/helpdesk_cpu/?model2Name=PRIME-B550-PLUS

[Nick_Markham]

@Rustys I went for this lot in the end…

PowerColor Radeon RX 6600 8GB Fighter Graphics Card
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120
AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800X3D
MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS
ARCTIC MX-4 Performance Thermal Paste
Corsair RM750x
Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB

Thanks for your help.

[Rustys]

not a problem did this solve the issue for you?

[Nick_Markham]

not a problem did this solve the issue for you?

I’ve got everything apart from the MB which turns up Wednesday, so I’ll attempt to build it that evening and post pack how it goes, cheers.

[Rustys]

Sounds like a plan keep us informed and ask if any quandaries come up.

[Rustys]

Is there any new information for us?

[Nick_Markham]

Is there any new information for us?

Ahh…yes, sorry, it all went reasonably smoothly. I had to flash the bios using a usb and the flash bios button on the back of the MB, but it recongnised the CPU after that. I aslo had to use XMP profile 1 to get the RAM up from 2400 to 3200mhz. It’s great playing most games in ultra (1080p 144hz refresh rate). Thanks again for your help.

[Rustys]

Glad to hear that things are working.