Dram light
Dram light
I was attempting to determine the RAM limits during overclocking, but the system crashed. Now it won’t post either. The motherboard’s DRAM indicator is lit. Please assist me!
Crashing when screwing around with ram is normal. Refusing to post is sometimes too. Clear your CMOS and reboot. Your bios will be default again. The coin battery thing should have reset you cmos though. CMOS is just a name these days though. That stuff is actually held in NAND. All removing the battery does is flip a switch that should clear the cmos in imitation of the original actual cmos. Perhaps try another method of clearing like shorting the cmos pins. (Another fake system but a different one). That coin battery thing should work though, assuming there is actually causality here. There might not be. I’d say RMA your motherboard, but it could be that your ram went bad at that exact moment.
I fixed my CMOS by shorting the pins and it functioned properly, but the battery trick didn’t. What’s unusual is that setting RAM speed to 3600 MHZ worked before, yet crashing occurs when trying to change it again, requiring another CMOS reset. Is there a reason for this behavior?
Consider sending an email to ASUS to check if resetting works when the battery is removed. I was informed the device only activates the real-time clock now, and the battery removal process seems like a staged change. It's possible they’ve discontinued it, or they might still support it—if you’re covered by warranty, a repair could be offered, which may involve replacing the board.
Timings are likely to be around 2100, but consumer CPUs usually stop beyond 3200. You might need to adjust it manually or use XMP/pbo settings to try. A 3600 MHz clock speed is fine if your CPU is at 18 GHz or higher; otherwise, a 16 MHz or 14 MHz chip will work better. A 3200 MHz processor is about the same as a 3600 MHz one at 18 GHz or above.