Author: VanPurren
Subject: OC Formula Z170 Red Light near RAM always on
Posted: 22 Dec 2016 at 11:32am
Yeah sorry about that (I have terrible eyes apparently lol) I'm talking about what would be item 8, and you are right it is actually the 4th light not the 3rd which confuses me even more since changing my ram settings turns it off for me on certain reboots. I haven't seen any error codes or anything for it while the light is on either and am currently in windows with the light on.
Edited by VanPurren - 7 hours 44 minutes ago at 2:00pm
Subject: OC Formula Z170 Red Light near RAM always on
Posted: 22 Dec 2016 at 11:32am
 parsec wrote:I'm not 100% certain which LED you are referring to, I'll explain why in a moment, but I believe you mean the LEDs in this area of your board: (removed image for smaller quote) They would be item 8 in the picture above, correct? They are called the POST Status Checker LEDs. This description is from section 2.9 in your board's manual: ?Post Status Checker<div style="left: 89.5977px; top: 237.926px; font-size: 16.8654px; font-family: serif; trans: scaleX0.914184;" -canvas-width="66.14121955316648">Post Status Checker (PSC) diagnoses the computer when users power on the machine. It emits a red light to indicater whether the CPU, memory, VGA or storage is dysfunctional. The lights go off if the four mentioned above are functioning normally. Note that there are four PSC LEDs, while you wrote three in your post. You said the lowest LED is on. I'm not sure which LED is actually on. The lowest of the four is the storage/Boot LED, and the third one is the VGA LED. The memory/DRAM LED is the second from the top. Please check again and let us know which LED is on. I know they are small and difficult to see. Also, I am using your board's manual as a reference, since I don't have your board, and sometimes there are differences between the manual and what is printed on the board. The picture of your board on its information page seems to show four LEDs in that location. http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z170%20OC%20Formula/ |
Yeah sorry about that (I have terrible eyes apparently lol) I'm talking about what would be item 8, and you are right it is actually the 4th light not the 3rd which confuses me even more since changing my ram settings turns it off for me on certain reboots. I haven't seen any error codes or anything for it while the light is on either and am currently in windows with the light on.
Edited by VanPurren - 7 hours 44 minutes ago at 2:00pm