Experimenting with a contact frame

[Quartz]

I've put a contact frame on my AM5 test PC and now it's lights but no action. This is not unexpected and I'm guessing I need to tighten or loosen the contact frame. Which should I try first? Also, I broke my beep speaker and don't have a spare.

 

[Quartz]

Loosen it a fair bit and then slowly tighten a little at a time until it POSTs

And that's precisely what worked. Unfortunately I mis-clicked my notes as to the number of turns and they've disappeared into the ether.

I'm not sure I've got it quite right - I see a red LED during the boot process - but it's good enough for now.

 

[Quartz]

I was correct: I've work to do as my RAM is only working at 3000 MHz.

 

[Quartz]

This is weird. HWInfo is reporting my RAM as working at 3000 MHz, but Task Manager says it's working at 6000. Which do I believe?

 

[Quartz]

That would be it, then. All is good.

 

[Quartz]

Yes, I'm not sure what I did wrong the first time round but it's working now. Something I found was that I can no longer do the usual test of resting the CPU cooler on the CPU to see if the thing will boot because the contact frame does not supply sufficient pressure.