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Q code 8 with Flashing yellow LED while gaming

Dreigo42
Level 7
I'm really hoping someone can help. But first, my specs.

Ryzen 7 1700 @ stock with it's bundled cooler
32GB Corsair Vengance 4X8GB 2133MHz (CMK32GX4M4A2133C13) running D.O.C.P 1 Profile - No other changes in UEFI besides fan curves
Of course a C6H MB running the 9945 BIOS
Strix RX 480 8GB
Corsair RM1000i PSU
2 SATA SSDS and 2 SATA HDDs


Now for my problem. Regardless of the game I'm playing, I will occasionally get a hard crash and Q code 8 with a flashing yellow/amber LED. Doesn't happen immediately or consistently but it is frequent enough to be annoying. Given that the Yellow LED indicates a RAM issue (from what I've read), I tried removing the DIMMs from Slots A1 and B1 and running a single pair and this still happens. I can't blame the RAM itself as it's on the QVL and Memtest has never found an error across 5+ runs. I can run AIDA64 for HOURS without a problem.

Someone Please HELP!!!
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OMG_Larson
Level 7
Hi. Try auto setting on D.O.C.P.
My specs:

Mobo: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO
Cpu: Ryzen 7 1800x
Mem: Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200MHz 16GB
Cooler: MasterLiquid Pro 240
Gpu: Asus Strix 1070 X2 (SLI)
Hdd: Corsair Force MP500 240GB M.2
Hdd: Seagate Desktop 2TB 3.5" SSHD
Psu: Cooler Master V1000
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5

OMG_Larson wrote:
Hi. Try auto setting on D.O.C.P.


Thanks, I actually tried that shortly after posting and that didn't help either. 😕

To be exact, I tried running using the F5 defaults.

try disabling Super I/O Clock skew, in the Advanced tab i think, same pages as usb, audio settings.

I have same problem, some people had succes with disabling that; I just disabled it and didn't freeze yet, but it could happen after several hours