DRAM Yellow LED on First Boot – MSI B860M Gaming WiFi + Intel Ultra 270K + Patriot Viper Venom 6000 MHz

[laeee0015cb02e4]

Hello everyone,

I’m experiencing what I believe is a DRAM initialization issue. Here is my setup:
Motherboard: MSI B860M Gaming Plus WiFi
CPU: Intel Core Ultra 270K+
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32GB (2×16GB) 6000 MHz CL30 (PVV532G600C30K)
GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3070
Storage: NVMe removed for now

On first boot, the system gets stuck with a solid yellow DRAM LED on the motherboard after about 3 minutes of cycling between red and yellow LEDs and a few automatic reboots. There is no display output and the system never reaches the BIOS. I found a Reddit post from another user experiencing the exact same behaviour.

Link to the thread

I already tried booting with only one RAM stick in the A2 slot after clearing CMOS.

Right now, the PC starts, shows the CPU red light for a second, then the DRAM yellow light for about 5 seconds, and then nothing else happens. No white GPU LED, no green LED. I have no display output and the keyboard LEDs do not flash either. All fans are spinning and GPU fans spins as well with RGB.

I already verified my CPU pins and my RAM slots, I'll still add them to this post.

I also cannot update the BIOS because this motherboard does not have a dedicated USB Flash BIOS port.

Is there a known compatibility issue with Patriot Viper Venom 6000 MHz modules on B860 motherboards or with Intel Ultra 270K + CPU ?

Thank you for your support !

 

[laeee0015cb02e4]

Well I think that I have my answer : https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?...y-with-intel-800-series-z890-b860-etc.417065/

 

[citay]

Yes, I was just about to post that. Can you perhaps also reply there and link this thread, so other people can hopefully find it faster and see more confirmation? This is still an ongoing issue that is rarely known by any buyers, it seems.

BTW, it's a shame that they didn't implement the Flash BIOS Button for this board, which is otherwise not cutting costs too much, even has amenities like an integrated rear I/O cover and an M.2 heatsink. That button can be a life-saver. Wouldn't have helped here of course, but for other things. Apparently, none of MSI's µATX-sized boards for Socket 1851 has the Flash BIOS Button. I don't know why they seem to neglect the smaller boards like this in certain things. For the full-sized ATX boards, a lot more models offer it.

 

[laeee0015cb02e4]

Thanks for the suggestion, I just replied there and linked this thread so others can find the information more easily.
Hopefully this will help people avoid running into the same issue.
I just received a CORSAIR Vengeance CMK32GX5M2B6000C30 kit and everything went back to normal.