X670E PG Lightining stuck on boot when restarting

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   So, I got back a new motherboard after a month, the store had to send me one since from ASRock there was no response after 30 days.

I reinstalled everything and the first thing I do is restart the system to see if I still have the issue...and it still happens.
So the only thing that could be is the RAM kit, even though it is listed on the Memory QVL and it's stable on every stability test I ran. 
So I bought a new RAM kit, this time EXPO instead of XMP and it's also Hynix instead of Samsung and everything works fine. I restarted several times now with EXPO applied and the settings are always applied correctly and no more being stuck (CPU/DRAM leds stay on) after restarting either.

Just wanted to leave this here if someone else has similar issues. My theory is that my kit and most likely some other RAM kits are not compatible with these motherboards. I've seen some posts on reddit with B650 boards as well experincing the exact same issue with XMP RAM kits, so it is most likely this.
I've reported my findings on an ASRock support ticket so that this can be looked at.
Everything is fine now.

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psychic717 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 Dec 2022 Status: Offline Points: 80	Post Options Post Reply Quote psychic717 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: X670E PG Lightining stuck on boot when restarting Posted: 09 Mar 2023 at 10:41pm
	So, I got back a new motherboard after a month, the store had to send me one since from ASRock there was no response after 30 days. I reinstalled everything and the first thing I do is restart the system to see if I still have the issue...and it still happens. So the only thing that could be is the RAM kit, even though it is listed on the Memory QVL and it's stable on every stability test I ran. So I bought a new RAM kit, this time EXPO instead of XMP and it's also Hynix instead of Samsung and everything works fine. I restarted several times now with EXPO applied and the settings are always applied correctly and no more being stuck (CPU/DRAM leds stay on) after restarting either. Just wanted to leave this here if someone else has similar issues. My theory is that my kit and most likely some other RAM kits are not compatible with these motherboards. I've seen some posts on reddit with B650 boards as well experincing the exact same issue with XMP RAM kits, so it is most likely this. I've reported my findings on an ASRock support ticket so that this can be looked at. Everything is fine now.

sstandfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 Mar 2023 Status: Offline Points: 45	Post Options Post Reply Quote sstandfast Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 2023 at 8:29am
	Re-enabling EXPO still works.
	ASRock X670e PG Lightning AMD Ryzen 9 7950X DeepCool LS520 240mm Liquid Cooler 2x G.Skill F5-5600J3636C16G WD Black SN850X HS 2TB WD Black SN850X 1TB MSI Radeon RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC Win 11 Pro

sstandfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 Mar 2023 Status: Offline Points: 45	Post Options Post Reply Quote sstandfast Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 2023 at 5:24am
	Just a quick follow-up. I backed the BIOS version up to 1.11.AS03 and I can restart my machine from Windows again. I need to go back and re-enable my RAM EXPO settings but rolling the BIOS back a version helped.

sstandfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 Mar 2023 Status: Offline Points: 45	Post Options Post Reply Quote sstandfast Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 2023 at 3:37am
	Up until today, I was not having this issue. System has been running stable since mid-December. Then I updated the bios from 1.09 to 1.18 and any time I restart now I get CPU and DRAM error LEDs. I'm going to try and revert back to the pervious BIOS and see if that corrects the problem.

mrbill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 07 Jan 2023 Status: Offline Points: 560	Post Options Post Reply Quote mrbill Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jan 2023 at 6:49am
	Had the same problem with X670 Steel Legend. They removed 1.14 from bios downloads. https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=25324&KW=&title=x670esl1-14-as06-steel-legend-firmware-removedpound Rolling back from 1.14 to 1.11 S3 solved the restart problem for me.
	ASRock X670E Steel Legend (ABA159EAF581) AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 32GB (2x16GB) G.Skill F5-5200J4040A16GX2-RS5K WD SN570 2TB MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Win 11 Pro

psychic717 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 Dec 2022 Status: Offline Points: 80	Post Options Post Reply Quote psychic717 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jan 2023 at 9:56pm
	Unfortunately the MB started having issues booting up from a cold boot, so it seems there is a defect. I was not even able to boot my system with Default BIOS settings. I believe that anyone that has this kind of issue should consider it a hardware defect and not bad BIOS (as I first suspected). I have RMA'd it and I'm waiting for AsRock response...

Triandin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 Jan 2023 Status: Offline Points: 60	Post Options Post Reply Quote Triandin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jan 2023 at 5:22pm
	No problem with on old NVIDIA GT730. The problem is between X670e and RTX 4070 Ti

Triandin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 Jan 2023 Status: Offline Points: 60	Post Options Post Reply Quote Triandin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jan 2023 at 5:01pm
	I also tired beta bios 1.14.AS06. Same problem during reboot.

Triandin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 Jan 2023 Status: Offline Points: 60	Post Options Post Reply Quote Triandin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jan 2023 at 4:05pm
	Hi, same problem with X670E Pro RS + RTX 4070 Ti.

psychic717 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 Dec 2022 Status: Offline Points: 80	Post Options Post Reply Quote psychic717 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2023 at 6:47pm
	I don't, I have a Noctua NH-D15. I also saw some reports about the pressure of the cooler causing some issues and loosed the pressure already, but had no success. I also checked for bent pins when I did that and everything is fine. I don't think it's a hardware issue, since I only have problems when restarting the system. If I only shutdown and turn on, everything is fine and stable...I'm guessing I need a new BIOS version to fix this but wanted to see if there are more people with this.