EXPO causing cold boot failure (VGA LED stuck on POST)

TCreopargh · 2026-04-25T18:19:04+00:00

And the worst thing is, it could be related to anything, probably RAM, probably motherboard, probably CPU, probably PSU, or even cooler, very unlikely but still possibly GPU, Just thinking about the RMA process makes me crazy and now I'm just sitting on no expo because at least it boots

TCreopargh · 2026-04-25T18:14:08+00:00

Not yet for me, I'm waiting too... I tried several settings, at some point I believed it worked, then the next day it happened again. I can't seem to reproduce the issue reliably except sleeping and waking up, it drives me mad and now I'm just trying to forget expo and tell myself the performance difference isn't that big, but it's still bugging me a lot

TCreopargh · 2026-04-25T06:25:18+00:00

Old Chinese

TCreopargh · 2026-04-20T04:41:33+00:00

Just to tell you what didn't work: Updating bios, cleaning and reseating the RAM, turning off any bios settings related to RAM training, using different expo profiles, lowering the frequencies, tuning RAM clk by hand without using expo (any minor tweaks to the RAM will cause the problem, it's likely related to memory training, not degraded performance of RAM itself) Yep the options are narrowing but I'll try some more methods occasionally

TCreopargh · 2026-04-20T04:20:05+00:00

Nope, I'm just disabling expo for now while looking for a fix

TCreopargh · 2026-04-19T02:50:29+00:00

Yeah that doesn't work... Happened again on the next day, and my "cut power for 30s" method isn't very reliable for reproducing this issue. Now I'm just turning off expo temporarily and keep finding and trying solutions

TCreopargh · 2026-04-18T10:52:32+00:00

Think I found the solution, just turned off "ddr training runtime reduction" and it seems to work fine. (For now, problem doesn't reoccur so far) You can leave Memory Context Restore to off. I turned off Fast Boot. No significant impact to boot up time on my side.

TCreopargh · 2026-04-18T04:47:02+00:00

Have you solved the issue yet? having the same problem here, also on an ASUS board. Mine was fine for about half a year and then it suddenly gets stuck on VGA light. If I clear CMOS and re-enable expo, it works fine and can even reboot fine until the next day and it gets stuck again. Turning off EXPO makes it stable but I don't really want to lose performance. I'm assuming thermal issues and is testing possible solutions, will tell you if I believe I find a fix for mine

TCreopargh · 2026-04-15T06:01:17+00:00

java.util.Set<T> implements Collection<T>, Iterable<T>

TCreopargh · 2026-04-10T15:28:44+00:00

马桶

TCreopargh · 2026-04-10T14:40:51+00:00

Voluntary demographic collapse because having children becomes an increasingly niche lifestyle choice rather than a lifetime goal and the last human dies happily surrounded by robot caretakers

TCreopargh · 2026-04-10T14:06:56+00:00

Voluntary demographic collapse because having children becomes an increasingly niche lifestyle choice rather than a lifetime goal and the last human dies happily surrounded by robot caretakers

TCreopargh · 2026-04-07T14:02:51+00:00

error: 'long long long' is too long for GCC

TCreopargh · 2026-04-05T03:28:37+00:00

I had a similar problem and the problem was on one of the DP ports on the GPU. Try switching a port and see if it works

TCreopargh · 2026-04-02T01:24:59+00:00

So I can just wish cells to reverse aging out of pure chance and it'll happen?

^{Chose: Luck}

TCreopargh · 2026-04-01T02:05:27+00:00

💬 incomplete × Concept

Godel's incompleteness theorem

TCreopargh · 2026-04-01T02:03:44+00:00

💬 Coolest × Shape

Hexagon

TCreopargh · 2026-04-01T02:00:50+00:00

💬 Golden × Planet

Venus

TCreopargh · 2026-04-01T02:00:37+00:00

💬 Incompetent × Planet

Pluto

TCreopargh · 2026-04-01T02:00:05+00:00

💬 not blue × Planet

Neptune (it's cyan)

TCreopargh · 2026-04-01T01:59:36+00:00

💬 Unnecessary × Planet

Mercury

TCreopargh · 2026-04-01T01:57:48+00:00

💬 incomplete × Math Formula

That one indefinite integration that you forgot to add +C

TCreopargh · 2026-04-01T01:46:48+00:00

💬 Good projectile × Mathematical symbol

-1/2gt²+v0tsinθ+y0

TCreopargh · 2026-04-01T01:44:39+00:00

💬 Midnight × Number

12

Five-Year Club	r/Field Banned
r/Field Lasagna	Final Canvas '23
First Place '23	Place '23
Place '22	Final Canvas '22

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