Hey everyone, I'm having a tough time after switching from Intel to AMD. I recently moved to an MSI Pro B650-A WiFi motherboard, and I upgraded to DDR5 CL30 32GB Kingston RAM along with a 2TB NVMe drive. After putting everything together, I can't get it to post. All the lights and power indicators come on, but it seems like the DDR5 is stuck doing memory training. The first time I let it run for over an hour without any change. The motherboard's LED indicators show a red light for the CPU and a yellow light for DRAM, which isn't a good sign. I've reseated the CPU, RAM, and GPU but I'm hitting a wall here. Also, I tried removing the CMOS battery, but it's really stuck in there. My CPU is a Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Any advice?
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It sounds like your B650-A motherboard might not have the latest BIOS, which could be causing compatibility issues with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. You might have to use the BIOS flashback feature to update it. Check out this guide for how to do it: [insert guide here]. Giving that a shot could really help!
I tried doing the BIOS flash several times, but my USB sticks just didn't seem to work. The farthest I got was a white light that stayed on forever, and most of the time it just blinks quickly. I even attempted different BIOS versions.