VGA light on Motherboard

Kaleb1234

I turned my computer on the other day and a white light turned on, on my motherboard and it was listed as VGA but when i restart my pc it goes away. Does this mean anything bad?

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/8447/vga-light-on-motherboard

Greetings. Have you only seen this happen once?

Kaleb1234

Kaleb1234

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/31782#Comment_31782

I have had the computer for about a week and I have seen this happen twice so far.

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/31787#Comment_31787

It has only occurred the first time you start up the PC?

Kaleb1234

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/31790#Comment_31790

it turns on when i turn my computer on and then it stays on until i restart my PC. the light has turned on twice and I have booted up my pc probably five times.

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/31805#Comment_31805

Have you tried re-seating your GPU in the slot and ensuring the PCI-e cable from the power supply is secure? I would start there if you have not.

Here's a guide from cyberpower on how to do that, but it applies to any brand/model of PC. https://support.cyberpowerpc.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018983173-Re-seating-your-video-card-graphics-card

Kaleb1234

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/31812#Comment_31812

Just tried that and it did not work. I can see everything on my monitor just fine.

TSTDavey

@Kaleb1234 just chiming in. What motherboard and cpu do you have?

Kaleb1234

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/31841#Comment_31841

my motherboard is the ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS and my CPU is the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

TSTDavey

@Kaleb1234 is it ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS or ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WIFI)?

Kaleb1234

@TSTDavey it is ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WIFI)

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/31854#Comment_31854

Researching this issue, it appears with this motherboard other users have had a similar issue. Give this a try:

Remove the GPU then boot with no GPU connected (it hangs at white light again), then shutdown the PC again, then re-insert the GPU again and boot.

Then see if the light goes away

PowerSpec_MikeW

@Kaleb1234

It sounds like you're telling us the system randomly fails to POST, then when you restart it it does POST. I would refer to this as a cold boot issue generally. Please provide us with more information on the issue. How long was the PC off when this happened? Has it even happened on a restart?

On a hunch, here, having had sleep issues with my own ASUS X570 board. Try turning off fast startup and see if the issue continues.

Kaleb1234

@TSMikeW @Ian I believe that I have resolved the Issue. I discovered that If I turned my monitor on before my PC or if I just left my PC on that my computer would complete the POST and the VGA light will not turn on. Thanks for the insight and for the ideas.

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/32014#Comment_32014

You're welcome, please let us know if you have any other questions.