So my recently new PC has gone through several months without issues until this past afternoon, when upon boot, I got an "American Megatrends" screen saying that it didn't detect my keyboard & mouse, and stated that "VGA card is not supported by UEFI".
My PC is running with Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, Ryzen 9 5900x, ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3080, Seasonic Plus 1000W 80+ Gold PSU, and the MSI MAG274QRF-QD monitor.
What's strange is that it detected and recognized all 6 of my internal drives ( 2 NVMe, 2 SSDs, 2 HDDs). I don't know what could've caused this issue. I tried switching keyboards, reseating GPU, reinserting memory sticks, draining the CMOS battery ( remove and wait for 5 mins), reapplied thermal paste to CPU, and do BIOS flashback, none of which solved the issue. I can't even get into configuring the BIOS itself since the keyboard doesn't function.
I'm at a loss as to what to do, especially since this PC is not even a year old. Does anyone have any advice or ideas to help me on this?
Issue: Was playing Elden Ring on PC when it froze, oddly started making these weird electronic noises alternating between 2 like eeerrrr aaarrrrrr and required a hard shutdown with power button. First time the noises have happened, 3rd time game caused PC to freeze this bad, one time had to shut off the PSU because power button was non responsive. PC is ~1.5 yrs old with no issues prior to playing this game. Wasn't watching temps at the time but have been fine when randomly looked during other sessions.
Now when I turn it on the mobo/fan lights come on but nothing else does and I get the error code 4d on my ASUS mobo which is not in my manual but right before then it says code 54 which is an unspecified memory initialization error. Not sure if is the same thing? Also there is a red light for CPU.
I've tried unplugging everything and dissipating the charge by holding down the power button but that has not worked.
Each RAM stick 1 at a time, no change.
Replaced CMOS battery with new one (after leaving out for awhile).
All peripherals (monitors, mouse, keyboard) work fine when plugged into a laptop
Specs:
OS - Windows 10 latest build 21H2
Mobo - Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero (updated BIOS a few months back unsure what version probably 3801 or 3904)
CPU - Ryzen 7 5800X
GPU - 3090 FE (mounted vertically so blocks CMOS and M.2 slots)
RAM - 32 (4x8) GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3600 (tested each individually, no dice)
Main SSD - Sabrent Rocket 4.0 NVMe
PSU - Corsair RMx 1000 W
Coolling - custom hard line water cooling loop over CPU and GPU. Water pump and case fans work normally when turned on (with fan lights powered on)
Monitors - had 2 + TV plugged in at time of issue, none receive signal. Work fine when plugged into laptop.
Mouse and keyboard work fine when plugged into laptop as well.
Age - First assembled Dec2020, water cooling installed Apr2021.
Not sure what else to try? Should I try to RMA the board or what?
Update: Tried RMA on the CPU first but that did not help, RMA for the motherboard seems to have done the trick so give that a try if you experience this same error.
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Today much awaited, I excitedly replaced my 2700x with a 5950x for unimaginable gains. Unfortunately after installing the required bios (2311) and also the 5950x into the crosshair viii hero (wifi)... I get a FF code within Windows. And for some reason my two hard drives don't appear in windows? Is it possible the motherboard needs to be replaced? Or did I get a dud of a 5950x?
Any suggestions is appreciated!
Thanks 😊
Edit:
I've managed to get my two hard drives displayed within Windows. It seems after the bios updated the motherboard defaulted them to Raid... Luckily nothing was lost!
Still having FF appear as an error code even though CPU/GPU + components running well?
The following troubleshooting I tried:
Downgraded from beta to stable bios
Reseated CPU
Reconnected Sata Cables
Reconnected RTX 3090
Hi together,
I was playing For Honor and watching some movie on Netflix. Then I went afk for about 5 minutes. When I came back I had a blackscreen and my mainboard showed the error code 00 so I looked it up on the manual and it says "not used". That doesn't help me at all. Can anyone explain to me what code 00 means? And what I can do to prevent it?
Rig: Ryzen 9 5950x Asus Dark Hero Mainboard x570 Msi 3070 ti suprim 32gb g.skill trident Z neo ram 3600mhz CL16 850w Titanium psu corsair Asus Ryujin 360 AiO
Thanks in advance ☺