AB350 Gaming K4, Ryzen, no post, 5 beeps (solved)

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   In case this helps someone else out, if you can't get the board to post and get 5 beeps out of the speaker, it isn't a CPU error as I found via troubleshooting guides. It's actually a VGA card error: either missing or bad.
I was seriously about to RMA my CPU, but then stumbled on the right search terms. I saw the FAQ that said CPUs without integrated graphics, like Ryzen, need a VGA card. Unlike older motherboards that had console output, UEFI boards apparently won't post at all without a card. That didn't even occur to me, I was trying to debug the problem like it was an old BIOS motherboard.
So, 5 beeps: add a graphics card, or test your card to make sure it works.

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playermissile Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Sep 2017 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote playermissile Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Topic: AB350 Gaming K4, Ryzen, no post, 5 beeps (solved) Posted: 22 Sep 2017 at 1:39am
	In case this helps someone else out, if you can't get the board to post and get 5 beeps out of the speaker, it isn't a CPU error as I found via troubleshooting guides. It's actually a VGA card error: either missing or bad. I was seriously about to RMA my CPU, but then stumbled on the right search terms. I saw the FAQ that said CPUs without integrated graphics, like Ryzen, need a VGA card. Unlike older motherboards that had console output, UEFI boards apparently won't post at all without a card. That didn't even occur to me, I was trying to debug the problem like it was an old BIOS motherboard. So, 5 beeps: add a graphics card, or test your card to make sure it works.

Chipp_a Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09 Jan 2018 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chipp_a Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 2018 at 8:54am
	Thanks so much for this -- as a first time builder this was causing me a lot of frustration and worry trying to fix!

daniell Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2018 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote daniell Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Apr 2018 at 9:01am
	I get 5 short beeps then it posts normally. AB350 Ryzen 3 2200G Any ideas?

kerberos_20 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Dec 2017 Location: czech republic Status: Offline Points: 3687	Post Options Post Reply Quote kerberos_20 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Apr 2018 at 12:20pm
	reset cmos
	userbenchmark

Mattsy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 25 Jan 2019 Location: 05149 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mattsy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Jan 2019 at 3:27am
	5 beeps no post: Asrock AB350 pro4 Ryzen 3 1200 Corsair Vengence 2400mhz 16 Gb ram Asrock Radeon rx 570 graphics card Raidmax case with Raidmax 450 watt power supply HDMI to monitor

xhue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Aug 2018 Status: Offline Points: 634	Post Options Post Reply Quote xhue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Jan 2019 at 5:36am
	Clear CMOS! Even a few times won't hurt. Chexk if all components are seated properly. Even better - re-seat them all. Check power cables, esp. the GPU one. 570 should have an aux power cable.

Mattsy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 25 Jan 2019 Location: 05149 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mattsy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jan 2019 at 2:56am
	Thanks a lot for the feedback. It turned out to be a bad power supply. I connected to my tester and sure enough one of the 12 volts was dead. Shame new Raidmax out of the box. Thanks again! Mattsy

Wyrm Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 May 2020 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wyrm Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 May 2020 at 12:51am
	For me i had that error with m.2 SSD issue. Still not sure if it was placed in incomparable slot, or slot itself was broken. But placing same SSD in second slot solved the issue. Quite surprised why SSD even caused PC from proper booting. It's not vital piece of equipment, supposed to just SSD not working, if placed "incorrectly"