ASRock A520M Gaming - not booting to bios

[phillpower2]

Thanks.

Can you now remove the add on GPU from the MB, insert one stick of RAM in A2, hook up the usual, power up, post back to let us know the number of error beeps.

[PeterGS]

Graphics card removed and one RAM in A2 .
STill getting 3 bleeps (with either RAM)

[phillpower2]

Last thing that you can do now is try one stick of the Corsair in slot A2, other than that it is tome to swap in the Corsair PSU.

Just a fyi,the idea behind the testing that you have just done, had the beep pattern changed at all it would have pointed to either the GPU or the RAM and because the beep pattern does not change when there is RAM in the board it normally suggests that things are okay up until the GPU gets checked by the BIOS, a GPU problem as mentioned could be being caused by the weak PSU.

Calling it a day now but will check back in themorning UK time.

[PeterGS]

RAM swapped to Corsair - no bleeps
GPU installed (with Corsair) - back to 3 bleeps.
Power supply swapped - still 3 bleeps

[PeterGS]

Thank you for your assistance so far.

I tried swapping the CPU and am wondering if I was giving false information.

There is still no display but the three bleeps now rapid sort of bleep-bleep-bleep.
Previously it was bleeeep ----- bleeeep ---- bleeeep, long beeps and not as rapid.
If you understand my meaning.

I didn’t appreciate there was adifference until now.

[phillpower2]

RAM swapped to Corsair - no bleeps

Was this with the GPU in the board.

GPU installed (with Corsair) - back to 3 bleeps.

Which RAM was in the board at the time.

I tried swapping the CPU and am wondering if I was giving false information.

Please don’t go off and do things on your own, troubleshooting from afar is hard enough on its own so you doing stuff that we know nothing about makes things impossible.

BIOS beeps do vary both by meaning and by BIOS vendor, three rapid BIOS error beeps commonly means bad RAM while three long = a keyboard error or bad RAM for some BIOS vendors.

[PeterGS]

Was this with the GPU in the board.

Both with and without - three long bleeps

Which RAM was in the board at the time.

both with ‘Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MT/s DDR4’ and with ‘Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MT/s DDR4’

…some BIOS vendors.

M/B is ‘ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX Motherboard for AMD AM4 CPUs’

[PeterGS]

Appologies -
Sorry but I need to get the other PC back together (I need it to go to grandchild -birthday week before christmas).

With all back in place (GPU, RAM CPU) except borrowed power supply.

Low and behold - no bleeps, and a ‘BIOS’ screen displayed. Not the full BIOS but a screen stating ‘New CPU installed’ and asking ‘Press Y to reset fTPM’ or ‘Press N to keep previous fTPM’.

I presume I need to press ‘Y’ to restore fTPM.

I’ll await your reply before I do anything else.
Thank you

[phillpower2]

Aware of what the board was and was just explaining that different brands of BIOS have different meanings for their beeps.

Only thing that I am seeing other than the BIOS update possibility is the RAM not being supported, the only 3200MHz RAM that is compatible by both your CPU and MB is the RAM here take a look at the link and a look at the memory support info for the MB here let me know if you see what I see

[phillpower2]

You post as I did [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]** so need to double post, what CPU is in the board now.

[COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]** [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]There appears to be a delay between when you post and when the recipient gets it.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]

[PeterGS]

THe CPU is - AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6 Core/12 Thread AM4

Thank you for the info on the lack of RAM support. The only reason I chose that {Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MT/s DDR4} was that it was on the list of supported RAM by the retailer I got it from. I need to contact them in the morning.

In the meantime, why am I now getting the fTPM message, and should I press ‘Y’ to restore the fTPM? I assume that is why you want to know which CPU

[phillpower2]

So back to the original CPU.

What was the CPU that you swapped in for testing.

Have you properly cleaned off the old thermal compound and then correctly applied a fresh amount.

The only reason I chose that {Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MT/s DDR4} was that it was on the list of supported RAM by the retailer I got it from

The only go to for anything compatibility rated is the MB manufacturer.

Did you notice anything at the MB and RAM links that I post in my reply #24.

Correct, so again what was the test CPU that you tried.

[PeterGS]

The swapped CPU was - AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8 Core/16 Thread AM4 CPU

[phillpower2]

Requires the same version of BIOS as the first CPU so should not of been tried unless the first CPU was known to have been physically damaged when installing.

Did you notice anything at the MB and RAM links that I post in my reply #24.

You never answered and it is relevant.

[PeterGS]

I’m not sure what exactly you are ask. But I noticed the installed ones I have were not on the list yes.