The Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master is a premium B550 motherboard that has several interesting features that help offset its relatively high cost. In this video, I assemble and test a system based on this motherboard on a test bench. Article: bit.ly/2Oi2wkX The Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master motherboard has a retail price of $279.99, which is at the upper end of “budget” B550 motherboards. It is also more expensive than some X570 motherboards. For this price, you will get some interesting and useful features and very high-quality components that might make it worth the money. Product Links Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master motherboard on Amazon: amzn.to/3fi0r4g AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor on Amazon: amzn.to/2W8CKUx Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black CPU cooler on Amazon: amzn.to/322w7Xo 32GB G.SKILL Trident Z neo DDR4-3600 memory on Amazon: amzn.to/3ejo4bj 500GB Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe storage card on Amazon: amzn.to/3gPLoyT 500GB Samsung 970 Plus EVO M.2 NVMe storage card on Amazon: amzn.to/2ClbVVZ EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC ULTRA GAMING, 8GB GDDR6 on Amazon: amzn.to/2XG1vsF 550W ASUS ROG Strix 80 Plus Gold modular power supply on Amazon: amzn.to/3iIMf6m ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on my channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to me from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Follow me in these locations for more hardware updates: t: twitter.com/GlennAlanBerry l: www.linkedin.com/in/glberry/ w: glennsqlperformance.com/ Host, Video: Glenn Berry
Hi Glenn. Thank you for this video it was very informative! I am building a PC for the very first time, and I am using this motherboard. I have an AMD Ryzen 7 3700x CPU as well. After building it with my computer-savvy friend, we got the solid red CPU light and the D0 debug code. We checked everything, and made absolutely sure all the wires from the PSU were plugged into the motherboard correctly but still no luck. I had another friend check it out, and he used a tool to check the voltages, and oddly the cpu fan header pins weren't giving out any power and neither were any of the system fan header pins. I'm certain the ATX_12V CPU power plug is in the socket snug and correctly. The RAM and GPU are in properly and the board is getting power. I decided to replace the motherboard and CPU because I figured something must've been defective. I rebuilt it the same as before and STILL the red CPU light and debug code appeared. Could this be a faulty power supply issue? Also, can the CPU detect if the heatsink is pressed down on top of it because I'm wondering if maybe I didn't secure it tight enough? I'm exhausted after building and rebuilding almost 4 times now with the 1st and 2nd boards. Any help would be immensely appreciated!
I'm sorry you are having so much trouble! Are you doing your initial building and troubleshooting with the motherboard in the case, or do you have the motherboard out, perhaps on your motherboard box? It is much easier to work on that way. According to the manual, D0 is a CPU initialization error. The power supply is the next likely culprit. What model do you have and how old is it? A new power supply would be useful for troubleshooting purposes. Do you still have both CPUs and both motherboards? If so, I would try both CPUs in both motherboards. It is very unlikely that you got two bad CPUs and two bad motherboards at the same time. The CPU does not have any sort of pressure sensor. If the CPU cooler is not mounted properly, the CPU will overheat and eventually shutdown the system (depending in the BIOS settings). Since you have a 3700X, are you using the stock Wraith Prism RGB CPU cooler that came with the processor? Is the fan on the CPU cooler spinning when you turn the system on? Maybe you can take some pictures of the motherboard with everything plugged in just to see what you have going on.
@@GlennBerrySQL Thank you for responding! To answer your first question, I have thankfully been building and troubleshooting on top of the box instead of inside the case ever since the 2nd motherboard arrived. I tried a combination of both CPUs on the 1st and 2nd motherboard. I even updated the BIOS on the first board and that still didn't make a difference with the debug code. My power supply is a Thermaltake Grand Series 850w. I must admit, I didn't check to see all the bad reviews on Amazon before purchasing it (a rookie PC builder mistake for sure). I have a new one coming in the mail tomorrow. It's an EVGA SuperNova 750w power supply, and I made sure it was a well reviewed product this time. Regarding the CPU fan. I have the stock AMD Wraith Prism that came with my CPU as well as an aftermarket ID Cooling fan for RGB aesthetic purposes. I took turns plugging both fans into the CPU fan header, but neither one started spinning when the board was powered up. I thought perhaps the fans might only spin at certain temps while plugged into the CPU fan header, so I plugged them into system fan headers instead just to see. Same thing: neither one would spin in the other headers when the board was powered. I'll definitely update you tomorrow once I replace the PSU. If I'm still having the same issue I can take a video and upload it to my channel if you wouldn't mind watching. Perhaps you may catch something obvious that I'm missing. I'm fairly new to all of this, but I'm doing my best.
@@KatanaKota17 It sounds like you are trying all of the right basic troubleshooting steps so far. I really think you have a bad power supply, especially since it is the only thing you have not swapped out yet. Are you 100% sure that both the 24-pin and 8 pin CPU power connectors are connected and fully seated? The CPU fan should spin when you first turn the system on, and should always spin (at least with the default fan curve). It is highly unlikely that ALL of these other parts that you have tried are bad. The only common component is the power supply. Please let me know how it goes. Thanks!
@@GlennBerrySQL I wanted to update you and also thank you for your advice. After a month of struggling, buying a duplicate mobo and CPU and a different PSU, I have finally gotten the PC working today! It turns out my Corsair RAM was not compatible after all. They had rgb lighting up when powering up the board which was very misleading. I got some G.Skill trident RAM in today, set it in, and voila! I have certainly learned a lot about computers throughout this entire ordeal. Thank you again!
@@KatanaKota17 Thanks for the update! I'm glad that you got it figured out in the end. I have had great results with G.SKILL RAM, but Corsair RAM usually works pretty well too. I bet you have learned quite a bit going through all of this. It is painful while you are dealing with all of the troubleshooting, but what you learned helps make up for that.
@@budimanaji90 That is just the way that board is designed. But you can buy an adapter like this. amzn.to/36h6KC0 You will lose your USB 3.0 Type A ports if you do that though.
hi do you remember which screwdriver did you use to remove the thing of the ssd nvme storage? because my screwdrivers are to small or to big for that screw 3:41
I am expecting to have to build a compute server for research number crunching. Would a B550 plus the Ryzen5 you show, be a good combo to start out? I am retired, so getting started with this kind of computing is necessarily expense-limited.
You can leave the 4-pin EPS connector empty. If your power supply has two EPS cables, you can use both of them. The only time it would really matter much is if you were trying to heavily overclock something like a Ryzen 9 3950X
@@GForce101 There won't be a 4-pin. The 8-pin comes in two halves (at the connector itself), so you only use one of them. The other half is not plugged in.
Good afternoon. I have this mother board and I’m having a problem. The computer works fine but the thing is for some reason when I turn the computer to sleep mode or reset it stops recognizing the screen ( Or at least it’s what I believe it’s happening). The screen just stays black and I would have to reboot the PC to use it again. I just need some help. Thank u and also great explanation in the video will for sure recommend the channel to my friends.
What video card do you have? I would be checking things like your Windows power settings and the Windows Power Plan that you are using. I would also make sure you are on the latest BIOS version for the motherboard. Personally, I rarely use Sleep mode. I either lease my machine running all the time, or I shut it down when I am not using it.
GOOD MORNING GLEN EXCELLENT VIDEO, I HAVE THE SAME CONFIGURATION BUT WITH A RYZEN 7 5800X PROCESSOR, THE COMPUTER TURNS ON WELL, BUT REBOOTS WITHOUT STOPPING, THEN I PRESS the f2 or del key it stops and shows me the code 02 on the board and does not show me video, could you help me with this problem
@@GlennBerrySQL glen I have my monitor connected to the asus rog strix rtx 3060 oc graphics card, I turn on my pc and it stays in a reboot cycle, and it only stops when I press the f2 key, and the motherboard shows me the code 02, and it stop on the vga led
It's been a while since I built a system. In my day, manuals and boxes included a "contents" list of what you get in the box. the motherboard contains quite a few attachments including what appears to be sensors, among other more obvious things (sata cables, etc.). Do you know if there is anywhere that sets out exactly what comes in the box so I know what to plug into what headers?
The 2nd and 3rd M.2 slots (M2B_CPU and M2C_CPU) are connected to the CPU, not the B550 chipset. If either one of those M.2 slots is used, the primary PCIe 4.0 slot (where your video card would go), goes from x16 down to x8. Both M2B_CPU and M2C_CPU are PCIe 4.0 x4. This means that you could have three PCIe 4.0 M.2 drives installed, and they would each be x4. If you have a PCIe 4.0 GPU, like a Radeon 5700 or a Radeon 6000 series, or an NVIDIA RTX 3000 series, then x8 won't be any problem at all. It might be an issue with an RTX 2080 Ti though.
Hello there! I’m having terrible trouble with this board here. Apparently I am not alone from looking at comments across multiple authorized sellers. People have RMA’d them for being dead on arrival or dying after a few days! I cannot get mine to post and do not know what to do at all. Have you had any troubles with your board??
I'm sorry to hear that! I have not had any problems with mine so far. What were/are the symptoms with your board? Was it working, and suddenly stopped? What troubleshooting have you done?
Glenn Berry So let me give you a rundown of my specs: 3900x, 3200mhz Corsair vengeance pro, H100i platinum Corsair AIO, 850w Rog Strix White Edition PSU. I have checked the CPU for bent pins, none present. I have made sure every last cable is plugged into it’s proper location, both on PSU end and input end. I feel like the only thing I haven’t done is tried uninstalling the RAM and reinstalling. Otherwise I have tried just about everything. I cleared CMOS. I’m not using any SATA connections. Just one 970evo plus in the top m.2 slot. And I’ve even made sure that’s in perfectly. The Q-codes I am getting are either AE or AA sometimes. I’m so confused. This is my first build and I am staring at a $2000 piece of metal. I have no GPU yet as I am waiting for 3080 in September to come out.
@@padazzle6163 So you don't have any GPU at all, even for testing? The Ryzen 9 3900X doesn't have integrated graphics, so you won't get any sort of video output. Without a GPU, you can't really tell what is happening with POST (except what the debug codes show). If there was some more basic problem with the CPU or RAM, that should show up with a debug code. I assume you see fans spinning, LED lights shining, and the system is not shutting off after a few seconds. If you can get your hands on any old, cheap PCIe video card to temporarily use for testing, that would be very helpful. Remember, the very first time you boot and it finishes posting, it will hang until you hit F1 to go into the BIOS setup (because the motherboard sees a new CPU and RAM). That may be what is happening, but you just can't see it.
Glenn Berry I actually do happen to have a really old system with a RADEON HIS 7950. Would this work? I didn’t even think about the integrated graphics not being in the 3900x since I’m so new to all this tech info. And yes, all the fans and LEDS are running. The AIO is running, everything seems to have power, I just can’t tell what’s going on since the monitor is coming up with no signal. If this PCI video card works, do I need to just mash delete key when I first start up, or do I need to hit a specific F key after Q code pops up? Thank you so much for your help, seriously! I cannot find a lick of information online that isn’t extremely outdated or not helpful at all.
I am now figuring out that the AE code I keep getting means it’s looking for an OS. So I do have a USB ready with windows installation media ready to go for when I can get into the BIOS.
b 550 whit 3 m.2 ports pcie 4.0 you sure about that ?? as far as i know the b550 only have the top slot 4.0 ... only the 570 have more ... or am i wrong ??
You are wrong. This B550 motherboard has three M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots connected to the CPU, not the chipset. If you populate the 2nd or 3rd M.2 slot, the main PCIe slot (for the video card) goes down from PCIe 4.0 x16 down to PCIe 4.0 x8.
Hello, nice video. Can someone help me please?.I want faster RAID0 from 3 disks PCIexpres gen 4 M.2 SSDs. Which would be better -Gigabyte B550 Arous Master or MSI X570 Goflike (putting 2 disk info M2-XPANDERGen4 and one into direct CPU). I also need 128 GB of RAM with 3900x. The graphics card would be some cheap 150 USD. Which one tu use cause I already have MSI motherboard that I paid only 200 USD more from Gigabyte. I don't have money for Threadriper. Please what I can do with this what I have? I do a lot of ramdisk to disk copy and disk to ramdisk copy and to other devices - HUGE files like 60 GB (I edit them in RAMdisk cause its faster). I want Raid0 to be bootable in Linux Mint. I work in Linux Mint.
I spent hours rummaging through stuff to find where the M.2 screw and gave up as I thought the previous owner didn't gave it to me, wrapped my pc back into the box and get ready to sleep. Not knowing it is actually in the 80 hole.
@@GlennBerrySQL Mr Glenn sir, you really, really made my day, as I recall, all other video didn't told about it. This is my first build, so I don't know if it is normal.
Usually, the size of the case is more of an issue than the motherboard. Another issue is how tall your RAM is. The Noctua NH-D15 has fit on every B550 I have tried it on so far.
Motherboard support is not the issue when it comes to Heat Sinks. Nocuta usually include both Intel and AMD brackets. Look out for high profile RAM clearance and case cover clearance. Look up the case specs and measurements before buying.
@@AmCanTech That depends on how tall the RAM is. I ended up just mounting one of the CPU fans a little higher so it would clear my RAM. Luckily, it still fit in the case.
The Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master is a premium B550 motherboard that has several interesting features that help offset its relatively high cost. In this video, I assemble and test a system based on this motherboard on a test bench.
Article: bit.ly/2Oi2wkX
The Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master motherboard has a retail price of $279.99, which is at the upper end of “budget” B550 motherboards. It is also more expensive than some X570 motherboards. For this price, you will get some interesting and useful features and very high-quality components that might make it worth the money.
Product Links
Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master motherboard on Amazon: amzn.to/3fi0r4g
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor on Amazon: amzn.to/2W8CKUx
Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black CPU cooler on Amazon: amzn.to/322w7Xo
32GB G.SKILL Trident Z neo DDR4-3600 memory on Amazon: amzn.to/3ejo4bj
500GB Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe storage card on Amazon: amzn.to/3gPLoyT
500GB Samsung 970 Plus EVO M.2 NVMe storage card on Amazon: amzn.to/2ClbVVZ
EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC ULTRA GAMING, 8GB GDDR6 on Amazon: amzn.to/2XG1vsF
550W ASUS ROG Strix 80 Plus Gold modular power supply on Amazon: amzn.to/3iIMf6m
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Great video with lots of good tips. Thanks Glenn!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Hi Glenn. Thank you for this video it was very informative! I am building a PC for the very first time, and I am using this motherboard. I have an AMD Ryzen 7 3700x CPU as well. After building it with my computer-savvy friend, we got the solid red CPU light and the D0 debug code. We checked everything, and made absolutely sure all the wires from the PSU were plugged into the motherboard correctly but still no luck. I had another friend check it out, and he used a tool to check the voltages, and oddly the cpu fan header pins weren't giving out any power and neither were any of the system fan header pins. I'm certain the ATX_12V CPU power plug is in the socket snug and correctly. The RAM and GPU are in properly and the board is getting power. I decided to replace the motherboard and CPU because I figured something must've been defective. I rebuilt it the same as before and STILL the red CPU light and debug code appeared. Could this be a faulty power supply issue? Also, can the CPU detect if the heatsink is pressed down on top of it because I'm wondering if maybe I didn't secure it tight enough? I'm exhausted after building and rebuilding almost 4 times now with the 1st and 2nd boards. Any help would be immensely appreciated!
I'm sorry you are having so much trouble! Are you doing your initial building and troubleshooting with the motherboard in the case, or do you have the motherboard out, perhaps on your motherboard box? It is much easier to work on that way.
According to the manual, D0 is a CPU initialization error. The power supply is the next likely culprit. What model do you have and how old is it? A new power supply would be useful for troubleshooting purposes. Do you still have both CPUs and both motherboards? If so, I would try both CPUs in both motherboards. It is very unlikely that you got two bad CPUs and two bad motherboards at the same time.
The CPU does not have any sort of pressure sensor. If the CPU cooler is not mounted properly, the CPU will overheat and eventually shutdown the system (depending in the BIOS settings). Since you have a 3700X, are you using the stock Wraith Prism RGB CPU cooler that came with the processor? Is the fan on the CPU cooler spinning when you turn the system on?
Maybe you can take some pictures of the motherboard with everything plugged in just to see what you have going on.
@@GlennBerrySQL Thank you for responding! To answer your first question, I have thankfully been building and troubleshooting on top of the box instead of inside the case ever since the 2nd motherboard arrived. I tried a combination of both CPUs on the 1st and 2nd motherboard. I even updated the BIOS on the first board and that still didn't make a difference with the debug code. My power supply is a Thermaltake Grand Series 850w. I must admit, I didn't check to see all the bad reviews on Amazon before purchasing it (a rookie PC builder mistake for sure). I have a new one coming in the mail tomorrow. It's an EVGA SuperNova 750w power supply, and I made sure it was a well reviewed product this time.
Regarding the CPU fan. I have the stock AMD Wraith Prism that came with my CPU as well as an aftermarket ID Cooling fan for RGB aesthetic purposes. I took turns plugging both fans into the CPU fan header, but neither one started spinning when the board was powered up. I thought perhaps the fans might only spin at certain temps while plugged into the CPU fan header, so I plugged them into system fan headers instead just to see. Same thing: neither one would spin in the other headers when the board was powered. I'll definitely update you tomorrow once I replace the PSU. If I'm still having the same issue I can take a video and upload it to my channel if you wouldn't mind watching. Perhaps you may catch something obvious that I'm missing. I'm fairly new to all of this, but I'm doing my best.
@@KatanaKota17 It sounds like you are trying all of the right basic troubleshooting steps so far. I really think you have a bad power supply, especially since it is the only thing you have not swapped out yet. Are you 100% sure that both the 24-pin and 8 pin CPU power connectors are connected and fully seated?
The CPU fan should spin when you first turn the system on, and should always spin (at least with the default fan curve).
It is highly unlikely that ALL of these other parts that you have tried are bad. The only common component is the power supply.
Please let me know how it goes. Thanks!
@@GlennBerrySQL I wanted to update you and also thank you for your advice. After a month of struggling, buying a duplicate mobo and CPU and a different PSU, I have finally gotten the PC working today! It turns out my Corsair RAM was not compatible after all. They had rgb lighting up when powering up the board which was very misleading. I got some G.Skill trident RAM in today, set it in, and voila! I have certainly learned a lot about computers throughout this entire ordeal. Thank you again!
@@KatanaKota17 Thanks for the update! I'm glad that you got it figured out in the end. I have had great results with G.SKILL RAM, but Corsair RAM usually works pretty well too. I bet you have learned quite a bit going through all of this. It is painful while you are dealing with all of the troubleshooting, but what you learned helps make up for that.
Good job! Nice explanation.
Thanks!
Thanks you very much..this setup is my dream PC...wish me luck :D
You are welcome! Good luck!
@@GlennBerrySQL thanks..just one issue..I see the motherboard don't have a font usb type c..can you tell me how to solve the issue please ?
@@budimanaji90 That is just the way that board is designed. But you can buy an adapter like this.
amzn.to/36h6KC0
You will lose your USB 3.0 Type A ports if you do that though.
@@GlennBerrySQL thank you sir for helping me :D
@@budimanaji90 No problem
What size screwdriver did you use to remove the M.2 SSD standoff screw under the heatsink? I can't for the life of me find one that will fit.
A Phillips 0 or 00 would work. A kit like this would be very handy, It is what I use for working on computers.
iFixit Mako Driver Kit
amzn.to/3f1k6WB
Same issue
hi do you remember which screwdriver did you use to remove the thing of the ssd nvme storage? because my screwdrivers are to small or to big for that screw 3:41
I am expecting to have to build a compute server for research number crunching. Would a B550 plus the Ryzen5 you show, be a good combo to start out? I am retired, so getting started with this kind of computing is necessarily expense-limited.
Yes, a B550 system should work pretty well for that. You might consider using a Ryzen 9 5900X CPU.
off to the races _ like it!
Thanks!
Is this motherboard good enough for a decently OC'd 3700x? Or should I go for an X570 board? Thanks
This motherboard has the same VRMs as the X570 version. It can easily handle a 3950X or 5950X, much less a 3700X.
@@GlennBerrySQL Ok thanks
Hello have you use the 8 pin plus the 4 for the CPU? Or is fine to just use 8 and leave the 4 empty... first time building AMD
You can leave the 4-pin EPS connector empty. If your power supply has two EPS cables, you can use both of them. The only time it would really matter much is if you were trying to heavily overclock something like a Ryzen 9 3950X
@@GlennBerrySQL thanks I have a RM 850 corsair power modular but I couldn’t find a 4 pin connector 😱 all are 6 or 8 pins
@@GForce101 There won't be a 4-pin. The 8-pin comes in two halves (at the connector itself), so you only use one of them. The other half is not plugged in.
Cool build bro i built mine with a MSI B550 A-Pro Ryzen 3600x and Rx 5700
Great! Are you happy with your build?
Happy cant express with words haha 😀😀
B550 is the best especially the MSI A- pro excellent build quality and performance
@@EllamKadavul I'm glad you are happy with your build. Building machines out of parts is a lot of fun.
Good afternoon.
I have this mother board and I’m having a problem. The computer works fine but the thing is for some reason when I turn the computer to sleep mode or reset it stops recognizing the screen ( Or at least it’s what I believe it’s happening). The screen just stays black and I would have to reboot the PC to use it again.
I just need some help.
Thank u and also great explanation in the video will for sure recommend the channel to my friends.
What video card do you have?
I would be checking things like your Windows power settings and the Windows Power Plan that you are using. I would also make sure you are on the latest BIOS version for the motherboard.
Personally, I rarely use Sleep mode. I either lease my machine running all the time, or I shut it down when I am not using it.
GOOD MORNING GLEN EXCELLENT VIDEO, I HAVE THE SAME CONFIGURATION BUT WITH A RYZEN 7 5800X PROCESSOR, THE COMPUTER TURNS ON WELL, BUT REBOOTS WITHOUT STOPPING, THEN I PRESS the f2 or del key it stops and shows me the code 02 on the board and does not show me video, could you help me with this problem
Do you have a discrete GPU? Is your monitor plugged into that (and not the video port on the back of the motherboard)?
@@GlennBerrySQL glen I have my monitor connected to the asus rog strix rtx 3060 oc graphics card, I turn on my pc and it stays in a reboot cycle, and it only stops when I press the f2 key, and the motherboard shows me the code 02, and it stop on the vga led
Thermal paste ;)
@@GlennBerrySQL did you update the bios so that the board supports zen 3 processors such as the 5800x?
@@rotajr7367 Yes, I have two of these motherboards. One has a Ryzen 9 5900X and the other has a Ryzen 9 5950X.
It's been a while since I built a system. In my day, manuals and boxes included a "contents" list of what you get in the box. the motherboard contains quite a few attachments including what appears to be sensors, among other more obvious things (sata cables, etc.). Do you know if there is anywhere that sets out exactly what comes in the box so I know what to plug into what headers?
The only things you might have to connect are the WiFi antenna, SATA cables, and an adapter for the FP cables (power, reset, etc,)
Are all 3 m.2 fully capable I heard slot 2 and 3 share
The 2nd and 3rd M.2 slots (M2B_CPU and M2C_CPU) are connected to the CPU, not the B550 chipset. If either one of those M.2 slots is used, the primary PCIe 4.0 slot (where your video card would go), goes from x16 down to x8. Both M2B_CPU and M2C_CPU are PCIe 4.0 x4.
This means that you could have three PCIe 4.0 M.2 drives installed, and they would each be x4. If you have a PCIe 4.0 GPU, like a Radeon 5700 or a Radeon 6000 series, or an NVIDIA RTX 3000 series, then x8 won't be any problem at all. It might be an issue with an RTX 2080 Ti though.
@@GlennBerrySQL thanks. Alot got the 3090
Hello there! I’m having terrible trouble with this board here. Apparently I am not alone from looking at comments across multiple authorized sellers. People have RMA’d them for being dead on arrival or dying after a few days! I cannot get mine to post and do not know what to do at all. Have you had any troubles with your board??
I'm sorry to hear that! I have not had any problems with mine so far.
What were/are the symptoms with your board?
Was it working, and suddenly stopped?
What troubleshooting have you done?
Glenn Berry
So let me give you a rundown of my specs: 3900x, 3200mhz Corsair vengeance pro, H100i platinum Corsair AIO, 850w Rog Strix White Edition PSU. I have checked the CPU for bent pins, none present. I have made sure every last cable is plugged into it’s proper location, both on PSU end and input end. I feel like the only thing I haven’t done is tried uninstalling the RAM and reinstalling. Otherwise I have tried just about everything. I cleared CMOS. I’m not using any SATA connections. Just one 970evo plus in the top m.2 slot. And I’ve even made sure that’s in perfectly. The Q-codes I am getting are either AE or AA sometimes. I’m so confused. This is my first build and I am staring at a $2000 piece of metal. I have no GPU yet as I am waiting for 3080 in September to come out.
@@padazzle6163 So you don't have any GPU at all, even for testing? The Ryzen 9 3900X doesn't have integrated graphics, so you won't get any sort of video output. Without a GPU, you can't really tell what is happening with POST (except what the debug codes show). If there was some more basic problem with the CPU or RAM, that should show up with a debug code.
I assume you see fans spinning, LED lights shining, and the system is not shutting off after a few seconds.
If you can get your hands on any old, cheap PCIe video card to temporarily use for testing, that would be very helpful. Remember, the very first time you boot and it finishes posting, it will hang until you hit F1 to go into the BIOS setup (because the motherboard sees a new CPU and RAM). That may be what is happening, but you just can't see it.
Glenn Berry I actually do happen to have a really old system with a RADEON HIS 7950. Would this work? I didn’t even think about the integrated graphics not being in the 3900x since I’m so new to all this tech info. And yes, all the fans and LEDS are running. The AIO is running, everything seems to have power, I just can’t tell what’s going on since the monitor is coming up with no signal. If this PCI video card works, do I need to just mash delete key when I first start up, or do I need to hit a specific F key after Q code pops up? Thank you so much for your help, seriously! I cannot find a lick of information online that isn’t extremely outdated or not helpful at all.
I am now figuring out that the AE code I keep getting means it’s looking for an OS. So I do have a USB ready with windows installation media ready to go for when I can get into the BIOS.
b 550 whit 3 m.2 ports pcie 4.0 you sure about that ?? as far as i know the b550 only have the top slot 4.0 ... only the 570 have more ... or am i wrong ??
You are wrong. This B550 motherboard has three M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots connected to the CPU, not the chipset. If you populate the 2nd or 3rd M.2 slot, the main PCIe slot (for the video card) goes down from PCIe 4.0 x16 down to PCIe 4.0 x8.
WTF dude i was thinking the buy almost the same system i even ordered noctua nh d15 chromax damnn we maked a good setup :D
That is a good set of components! :-)
Where can I get a test bench?
Mine is an Open BenchTable. You can get it from this link. openbenchtable.com/stock/
Buddy, are NHD15 or Assassin 3 enough for 5900x ??
Those both should be good enough.
Hello, nice video. Can someone help me please?.I want faster RAID0 from 3 disks PCIexpres gen 4 M.2 SSDs. Which would be better -Gigabyte B550 Arous Master or MSI X570 Goflike (putting 2 disk info M2-XPANDERGen4 and one into direct CPU). I also need 128 GB of RAM with 3900x. The graphics card would be some cheap 150 USD. Which one tu use cause I already have MSI motherboard that I paid only 200 USD more from Gigabyte. I don't have money for Threadriper. Please what I can do with this what I have? I do a lot of ramdisk to disk copy and disk to ramdisk copy and to other devices - HUGE files like 60 GB (I edit them in RAMdisk cause its faster). I want Raid0 to be bootable in Linux Mint. I work in Linux Mint.
I spent hours rummaging through stuff to find where the M.2 screw and gave up as I thought the previous owner didn't gave it to me, wrapped my pc back into the box and get ready to sleep. Not knowing it is actually in the 80 hole.
That is too bad that you wasted your time looking for that, but I'm glad you found it.
@@GlennBerrySQL Mr Glenn sir, you really, really made my day, as I recall, all other video didn't told about it. This is my first build, so I don't know if it is normal.
do all b550 support noctua NH-D15? because if I look at the website there is no list that shows support for b550
Usually, the size of the case is more of an issue than the motherboard. Another issue is how tall your RAM is. The Noctua NH-D15 has fit on every B550 I have tried it on so far.
Motherboard support is not the issue when it comes to Heat Sinks. Nocuta usually include both Intel and AMD brackets. Look out for high profile RAM clearance and case cover clearance. Look up the case specs and measurements before buying.
Needs ryzen 5600 and rx 6800
If you say so. They weren't released when I made the video.
Will it fit 4 ram sticks?
Yes, the B550 AORUS Master motherboard has four memory slots.
@@GlennBerrySQL sorry. Meant the cpu cooler
@@AmCanTech That depends on how tall the RAM is. I ended up just mounting one of the CPU fans a little higher so it would clear my RAM. Luckily, it still fit in the case.
@@GlennBerrySQL Awesome. You have a great channel and deserve a lot more views.
@@AmCanTech i will going to buy corsair lpx ram for sure (lpx is so much shorter than almost every ram)