Post code "90" Gigabyte Aero D TRX50

The other day my Threadripper system would not wake up from sleep. I turned the computer off via the power button (4sec). The computer refused to boot and gave me a post code related to ram, so I resat the bios and the computer came back to life. I activated the EXPO and PBO and the computer booted fine into windows. After the next shutdown the computer refused to boot again, giving me a post code error “90” or maybe its “9D”. I tried to reset the bios - To no help, I pulled the memory - to no help. The post code stops at “90” and nothing more happens.

After reading some other forum post with similar issues, it seems it might be the CPU. Is it a problem to RMA it when you have activated the PBO function?
Or do anyone have any clues to what could be the issue? or a fix.

The system is 1 1/2 month old and have been working flawlessly up to this point. Its a Rev. 1.2 board installed with the latest bios (did update the bios when I builded the system)

Thanks
Peter

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Have you tried unplugging it from the wall for 5-10 minutes and then plugging it back in and seeing if it will boot (without a CMOS reset)?
My thought is it could be the PSU SB rail silently tripping and remaining messed up as long as the PSU has power causing the weirdness, removing power and letting the PSU discharge could probably reset this problem (assuming the problem even exists).

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Thanks for the tip. I will try to unplug the psu from the wall and see if that does anything.

Unfortunately disconnecting the power didn’t help. Post code “90” still shows up and the computer hangs at that.

I tried to reseat the cpu, and the computer boots normal again. Kinda strange since I didn’t move or otherwise tinker with the computer. Im still running at stock ram speed, will do some test later with EXPO. I will be writing a follow up in a couple of days.

It could have been the thermal cycling of the computer making the CPU contact slightly worse after several cycles.

This problem seems much much more rare on the TRX50 than the WRX90, I’d also doublecheck that the CPU cooler+ILM is torqued down enough.

Definitely something to keep an eye out for next time the problem arises.

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