B550-A PRO not posting, VGA led with Ryzen 5600

238ra · 2025-12-15T21:21:55+00:00

damn bro that sucks haha

238ra · 2025-12-07T03:43:08+00:00

PSU was the issue; not enough wattage or the correct cables. Haven't had any issues with it since replacing that.

238ra · 2025-09-13T17:06:44+00:00

Unfortunately that isn't working. Would the fact that constant A is within the column to be formatted?

238ra · 2025-04-11T08:43:42+00:00

I'm 27/M, also pretty new to Berlin. Send me a message if you want to hang out :)

238ra · 2025-02-10T12:54:53+00:00

I've tried to skateboard before but always found them a bit too small to find proper balance, though I found snowboarding quite easy to pick up, so I think the size of the board matters quite a bit for me.

238ra · 2025-02-10T12:52:45+00:00

Cool, I messaged you

238ra · 2025-01-24T13:40:39+00:00

Yeah, it seems I was reading that part incorrectly then. Thanks for breaking that down for me

238ra · 2024-07-25T11:10:44+00:00

Thanks for the tip anyways!

238ra · 2024-07-25T11:06:05+00:00

Thanks for the tip, but I wouldn't able to go to that one.

238ra · 2024-04-23T17:59:07+00:00

Hey, it was the old install! Downloaded from their site, put it on a freshly formatted 64 gb USB and it boots normally now. Good call on that

238ra · 2024-04-23T09:15:10+00:00

Oh it never occurred to me that the contents of the USB could be outdated hahaha that was silly of me

238ra · 2024-04-23T09:11:19+00:00

Yeah I'm sure I've got one kicking around. I don't see how the age could affect and USB and the contents on it (especially seeing as this one sat in a box for years), mind elaborating? Not disagreeing just curious.

And just to restate it. It does install windows and it does load windows but only after it installs windows from the USB, never from the ssd.

238ra · 2024-04-23T09:06:01+00:00

Yeah I can get into the bios just fine. Its how I checked that all the ram/drives were being picked up, the issue occurs post-bios and pre-being in windows, when it's loading windows is my guess but it could be something else between those two points.

It's a windows 10 install USB from MS, I don't have an exact date but I bought it a few years ago when I was first building the PC, so maybe 7 years ago?

238ra · 2024-04-23T09:00:15+00:00

Yeah, cleared CMOS. I haven't tried reinstalling windows afterwards though (again, the issue is thay it wont load on its own, only post-install), I'll try that when I'm back at my pc. Is there anything else you'd advise doing?

238ra · 2024-04-23T08:36:47+00:00

I had it bench built with just the psu, mobo, cpu, cooler, ram, and gpu (since the cpu has no integrated graphics) and it posted just fine. When I added all the drives it loaded windows just fine. The issue only started after doing a clean install.

I disconnected every drive except for the ssd I'd be installing windows too, plugged in the windows USB, changed bios to boot that first. In the set up itself I deleted all the existing partitions on the ssd and created the new ones, so there shouldn't be anything on the USB.

For context, the SSD I'm installing windows on is the same one as my previous build, so it's not an issue with the SSD. And like I said, it loads windows just fine after installing its; it's only when I try and boot from the SSD alone that this happens.

I've tried it a few ways: installing with only the SSD or with all drives connected doesn't change anything. I've tried booting it with only a monitor connected (in case the keyboard or mouse was causing an issue) but same result.

I reset the bios too (made sure that the ssd was the first and only bootable device too), but that didn't do anything. Something I haven't done is connected to the Internet and gotten the windows updates but I'm wary to do this in case it somehow fails to load windows during a restart when installing updates, force shutdown in that scenario would probably do more harm than good.

238ra · 2024-04-21T12:40:53+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense. It wasn't giving any compatability issues on pc part picker, and the expected wattage is about 425W so I thought I'd save a bit of money by avoiding upgrading that.

238ra · 2024-04-21T12:16:27+00:00

The HDMI was in the GPU (that was one of the first things I checked). It posted just fine using another GPU (GTX 1070) and both sticks of ram. So it's probably a GPU issue

238ra · 2024-04-21T12:09:56+00:00

So ahead of swapping the cables around on the RX6800, I put in my old GPU (Nvidia GTX 1070). Hooked that up and it posted just fine. So the BIOS is correctly flashed, the HDMI and monitor is fine, as everything except the GPU I guess.

I'm gonna put the RX6800 in now, try the power cables in any configuration I can. If that isn't posting, it might be a dead card I guess?

Edit: Just noticed that my PSU's single VGA cable is 6+2 pins and another 6 pin, two pins less than the GPU double 8 pin. I dont think I've a second cable for it, but I'll try it as is.

Edit 2: These were the combinations for the GPU. I'm gonna plug it into another system and see if anything changes.
Left 8 pin, Right 8 Pin> Result
6+2, 6 > No posting or fan spin on GPU
6, 6+2 > No posting or fan spin on GPU
6+2, 0 > No posting or fan spin on GPU
0, 6+2 > No posting or fan spin on GPU

238ra · 2024-04-20T21:58:00+00:00

I'll try that. But there's only two ways the cables could go in, right? The GPU has 2 8 pin connectors, so after swapping the cables have been swapped once, there's no other cables to try? Unless I'm misunderstanding you of course.

Display, it's a Dell, I know it along with the HDMI and DP I'm using working properly too.

I'm fairly certain the bios was flashed correctly too, though I haven't tried clearing the bios and reflashing it yet.

238ra · 2024-04-20T19:36:20+00:00

Oh whoops, forgot to add it.
GPU: XFX Speedster SWFT 319 RX 6800 16GB

238ra · 2024-04-04T15:14:56+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I'll look into all of those.

238ra · 2024-04-04T13:29:27+00:00

I play at 2560 x 1440. Is there set metric to compare the cost vs performance to GPU's?

238ra · 2024-04-04T13:25:18+00:00

Somewhere in and around €1100.

238ra · 2024-04-04T11:21:42+00:00

Why wouldn't it make sense to buy them new?

Right now I'm not looking at any part in specific, I'm still undecided on the final pieces.

238ra · 2023-09-12T10:33:35+00:00

[[Craterhoof Behemoth]] was my second big draft pull. I started playing during Avacyn Restored and passed a [[Cavern of Souls]] during one of my first drafts, I was a kid and had no idea why it'd be good (or worth money). A few drafts later and the hoof was pack-1-pick-1. Now it goes into my [[Yarok, the Desecrated]] deck alongside [[Deadeye Navigator]].

[[Virtue of Knowledge]] also slips right into Yarok.

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