Author: VanPurren
Subject: OC Formula Z170 Red Light near RAM always on
Posted: 22 Dec 2016 at 2:00pm
Fixed the link from newegg to corsair's site but for text reference the kit model is CMK16GX4M2A2666C16
I sometimes have an old external connected via usb 2.0, but I've stopped plugging it in entirely recently and the issue was happening without it being plugged in.
No problem entries in Device Manager
I have two internal drives:
kingston SH103S3120G (boot drive ssd)
western digital WD30EZRX-00D8PB0
No dual boot OS setup, standard win 10 pro install, also fastboot is on but I've only had it on recently, issue has occurred with it both on and off.
SATA mode is default value currently
since I got closer and checked it's definitely the 4th light, not the third, vga is setup fine and haven't had any video issues I can think of.
My two drives are plugged into:
SATA 3_0 (Kingston SSD)
SATA 3_2 (Western Digital HDD)
Subject: OC Formula Z170 Red Light near RAM always on
Posted: 22 Dec 2016 at 2:00pm
No problem, just want to be 100% certain what is happening. So it's the storage/BOOT LED that remains on. Curious that it will shut off sometimes after changing the memory settings. Your link to your memory did not work, please try again or if you know the full model number, please let us know what it is. Apparently you don't have any disappearing drives in the PC? Do you have any problem entries in Device Manager? Do you have any USB flash drives or external drives connected to the PC? What drives do you have in that PC? Your board has both Intel SATA ports, and four SATA ports provided by the ASMedia chipsets. Do you have any drives connected to the four SATA ports at the bottom of the stack of SATA ports on the left side of the board? Those are the ASMedia SATA ports. What is the SATA mode set to for each of the two SATA controllers? The default values? Do you have any type of dual booting OS installation? Anything that is somewhat unusual about your OS installation? Do you use the Fast Boot option? The third LED is VGA, anything not quite right with your video source? |
Fixed the link from newegg to corsair's site but for text reference the kit model is CMK16GX4M2A2666C16
I sometimes have an old external connected via usb 2.0, but I've stopped plugging it in entirely recently and the issue was happening without it being plugged in.
No problem entries in Device Manager
I have two internal drives:
kingston SH103S3120G (boot drive ssd)
western digital WD30EZRX-00D8PB0
No dual boot OS setup, standard win 10 pro install, also fastboot is on but I've only had it on recently, issue has occurred with it both on and off.
SATA mode is default value currently
since I got closer and checked it's definitely the 4th light, not the third, vga is setup fine and haven't had any video issues I can think of.
My two drives are plugged into:
SATA 3_0 (Kingston SSD)
SATA 3_2 (Western Digital HDD)