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linguine
Journeyman III

R5 3600 and 6600xt not working together.

I can't fit the problem into the title. Essentially, the R5 3600 will work fine with my other GPU, and the 6600xt will work fine with another CPU, but together they refuse to work, I get a GPU error beep code if I put them together. I returned the AM4 board thinking it was that, but after purchasing a different model, the problem persists. I'll put some streamable clips of each combination, they each have beep codes. I simply want to know what the problem part is so I know what to return. I don't have the R3 1200 anymore, but I'm sure if I tested it on the new motherboard it would work. I've cleared CMOS, tried a known good PSU, disabled CSM and on the GIgabyte board I tried all 3 BIOSes available. I've stress tested the R5 3600 when the 3070 was in the system, and tested the 6600xt with my i5-10400f. Neither of them had any issues. Needless to say, I am absolutely baffled. If you're wondering why I can't just switch the GPU's, the AMD build isn't actually mine - I'm supposed to be building it for someone. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

R5 3600 - 6600xt, NO POST
https://streamable.com/bew416 (ASUS, GPU error)

https://streamable.com/tyk4yu (Gigabyte, GPU error)

 

R5 3600 - 3070, POST

https://streamable.com/8pudhb (ASUS)

https://streamable.com/r49qng (Gigabyte)

I'm not sure what the beep codes here mean, but it's seemingly RAM? I don't know. I've tried the RAM from my system (known good RAM) and I still got both beep codes


R3 1200 - 6600xt, POST

https://streamable.com/i4x2co (Gigabyte, successful POST beep code)

I don't have a video with the 3070 and this CPU, but it worked fine.

 

Both GPU's work fine with my i5-10400f and B460M D3H.

ASUS board - B450M-A II

Gigabyte board - B450M K - (I've returned this board)

(the 3070 is a frankenstein laptop GPU if you're curious, but there is not problem with that GPU, so it's not relevant. I'm just pointing it out before someone asks.)

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FunkZ
Grandmaster

Only thing I can think of is it has something to do with Resizable BAR. The 6600XT and R5 3600 support it. The RTX 3070 may need a vBIOS update to support it. The R3 1200 or 10400F I believe don't support it as they are PCIe 3.

The BIOS settings are Above 4G Decoding, Resize BAR Enabled and CSM Disabled.

Ryzen R7 5700X | B550 Gaming X | 2x16GB G.Skill 3600 | Radeon RX 7900XT
Ryzen R7 5700G | B550 Gaming X | 2x8GB G.Skill 4000 | Radeon Vega 8 IGP
Ryzen R5 5600 | B550 Gaming Edge | 4x8GB G.Skill 3600 | Radeon RX 6800XT
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I had ReBAR / SAM enabled at one point on the old motherboard to no avail. I also enabled ReBAR on the Intel system when I was testing the 6600xt, which required a BIOS update. I'm not sure on the 3070, I don't have any plans on using ReBAR with it anyhow. It's something to do with the hardware I'm sure, I just don't know what the problem part is. At this point I may just have to return both the CPU and GPU and get another pairing as I have no other option.

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