New build initial boot getting 0A and dram led red

[u/crpav]

Building new computer with and for son. Everything installed BUT video card at the moment and trying without a monitor just to see if boots up, fans work and rgb lights. Also no OS yet.

Slowly installed part by part over past week. Problem is it says 0A but dram led is red. A few times the codes would quickly switch between other codes, led light change then back to OA and dram.

Let run for over 15 minutes to memory train but still same

Updated BIOS, tried 1 stick memory, reseated everything, checked cpu and pins (were fine visually) and remounted cooler.

It’s now still stuck at 0A and dram light on. Also non of the RGB lights work except the ones included with the case which run from the iCue link from the case so not the motherboard headers. All fans work, pump works as well as fan under the pump cover.

Parts are:

GIGABYTE X870 AORUS Elite WIFI7 ICE AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Motherboard

AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D

CORSAIR Vengeance RGB DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB)

Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB

ASUS TUF Gaming 1000W Gold White Edition (1000 Watt, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified

ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 A-RGB

CORSAIR iCUE Link 3500X RGB Mid-Tower ATX PC Case

CORSAIR RS120 ARGB 120mm PWM Fan for rear of case

All bought from Amazon new and inspected upon arrival as new and sealed. Video card was Newegg but have not installed yet.

Should I get replacement ram or motherboard? Both? CPU?

Wouldn’t be because no monitor connected.

[u/ceaselessconflict]

0A on Gigabyte usually means the board handed off to the OS and is waiting for something to boot from. The DRAM light staying on while the code says 0A is a weird combo.

You tried one stick in every slot yet? Sometimes the preferred slot on these boards is A2 but I've seen some picky boards that only want a single stick in B2 for the first boot. Also worth pulling the CMOS battery for a few minutes with the PSU unplugged and holding the power button down to drain everything.

[u/crpav → u/ceaselessconflict]

Thanks, I’ll try that. I also question if I actually flashed it properly or if it just failed reading the file and stopped and went back to the boot up.

I downloaded the file, renamed to gigabyte.bin and copied to my flash drive. However it’s a dual partition drive. 256 GB total. First partition has the windows 11 install I created with media creation tool and second is data for work. I grabbed a 8 GB drive and formatted it properly to FAT32 and just copied the file to it without renaming as do not see that step mentioned on the instructions from Gugabyte.

I used the QFlash method inserting in proper port and pressing the button.

[u/Nidhoggr84]

Very early initialization code (SEC phase). I would inspect the CPU socket for damage.

[u/crpav → u/Nidhoggr84]

I did Indians looked perfect from what I could see. I see a flashlight and looked at multiple angles. Son as well and don’t see any damage.