Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z FF error/DRAM light

[zajacm1860]

I've followed the instructions above and unplugged everything except motherboard power and CPU power. I turned it on and still am getting FF code and Dram led light. Does that mean the motherboard is fried?


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[MeanMachine]

I've followed the instructions above and unplugged everything except motherboard power and CPU power. I turned it on and still am getting FF code and Dram led light. Does that mean the motherboard is fried?


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I'ts either MB or your CPU. In most cases it's the MB but both will have to be checked. Have a careful inspection of the CPU pins with a magnifier. If any are misaligned or bent then that would be it. You can carefully bend them back using a toothpick. If your not sure then post some micro pics of the pins or socket. Is there per chance any residual thermal paste in the socket.?
You will always get a DRAM_LED stay lit with no RAM in any DRAM slot.

[zajacm1860]

I'ts either MB or your CPU. In most cases it's the MB but both will have to be checked. Have a careful inspection of the CPU pins with a magnifier. If any are misaligned or bent then that would be it. You can carefully bend them back using a toothpick. If your not sure then post some micro pics of the pins or socket. Is there per chance any residual thermal paste in the socket.?
You will always get a DRAM_LED stay lit with no RAM in any DRAM slot.

Ok thanks, it wouldn't be bent pins on CPU because it worked great over a year until now but I can inspect it and swap out with a different one. I'll keep trying. Motherboard has 3 year warranty as well so I'm going to try to send it out.


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[newraze]

I'm kinda new here as well. I'm getting the dreaded ff with dram led error I also tried all those troubleshooting steps to no avail any help would be most appreciated thanks in advance.



My system specs:
Amd fx 9590
Lepa Aquachanger 120 in push/pull
Crosshair V Formula-Z with the most up-to-date bios
Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1060 6GB Xtreme Edition
2x Patriot PV38G213C1K ddr3 2133 4GB
2x EVGA 08G-D3-2133-MR 4GB ddr3 2133
1TB Toshiba P300 7200rpm performance drive
Either a High Power HPG-700ST-F12S 700W 80+ or a EVGA 100-W1-0500 500W 80+ rated psu's
NZXT Phantom 530

[viaraSOFT]

Hello from Costa Rica!

I have same situation with the FF code, my computer don't start but suddenly after 1 or 2 hours it boots up and works pretty good but I can't shut it down because it won't start back.

I have made varios tests and didn't discovered what's the source of the problem but I think all the components are good because as I said when it starts works excellent for the all the time I want. I have no seen the dram ligth.

Thanks for your help!

[newraze]

For me the ff code with the cpu light turned out to be my Lepa Aquachanger 120 water cooler. I don't think any of the asus amd fx mobo's liked that water cooler cause I went through 6 mobo's before figuring out that it was that. I went through 4 crosshair formula-z's, a sabertooth r2, and a sabertooth r3. On the final mobo which was the sabertooth r3 I ended up putting a fx 8350 with a air cooler cause even with the fx 8350 it still would get the ff code with cpu led when I had my Lepa Aquachanger 120 water cooler attached.






P.S. I sold that computer though while it had the sabertooth r3 with the fx 8350 and air cooler cause it was too much of a pain in the butt to deal with so I don't have that computer anymore. I sold the Lepa Aquachanger 120 water cooler by itself.

[R0GD0M]

Such a painful experience with Asus Crosshair Formula V and Formula V Z, so much time wasted trying to troubleshoot the CPU stuck red light of those two capricious beaches so I can keep my 7 years great windows 7 running, no luck ( all hardware swapped, even baked the V one with successful revival but not for long) crappy capricious and temperamental mobo from the beginning.