Q-Code 8 Crosshair VI Hero

[Dicehunter]

System is working perfectly, CPU works 100%, Green CPU Ready LED is lit, Memory works 100%, I've done stability tests for both, MemTest etc... and no errors, Gaming for hours on end with no problems, But for some reason the Q-Code indicator on the board changes from 24 to 8 after 2 hours of usage and I have no idea why as everything works perfectly, Nothing happens when it changes, It just changes and nothing is interrupted I can keep doing what I'm doing, AIO is finger tightened and not over done, All required PSU cables are secured, Idle temps are in the mid 20's, Load temps are in the mid 40's, Tried with memory at varying speeds and CPU overclocked and at stock, All completely fine and stable, No BSODS, No black screens or hangs etc...


Anyone seen this before ?


Specs -


Asus Crosshair VI Hero - Latest bios


AMD 1800X @ Stock


16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600MHz - Ran at 2133, 2400, 2666, 3000 and 3200, All work fine but nothing higher which I'm ok with, Currently running at stock bios settings.

EDIT

So I decided to keep poking around the forums and saw elmors post which was in answer to a question about being able to disable the Q-Code display -

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?95580-DISABLE-RED-Led-quot-Numbers-quot-Green-Status-Light...

Anyway I downloaded the file, Disabled the Q-Code display, Re-enabled it literally 1 second later with the enable file and the Q-Code was back to 24.

Very odd.

[chonk]

Same issue here. Somehow while everything is running perfectly, q-code 8 appear and board and fans starting to run with full speed. With fan noise I notice the q-code and I have to restart PC to make it fix. It happens randomly.

I tried different BIOS versions, I checked everything. Nothing is helping.

[chonk]

No reply on this issue. Great.
Never going to buy ASUS product again.

[unknownmiscrean]

I can disable the q-code display, but re-enabling it or setting it to temp sources causes other issues.

Q-code 8 is generally memory issues AFAIK. I would try reseat CPU, cooler and backplate, as well as removing and replacing the DIMMs. Also try run each DIMM individually in different slots. Did the q-code 8 change occur during memtest?

Might just be a faulty motherboard.

[koir123]

This Q8-error was related to a bad oc in my case!

Try this Tool/Howto -> http://www.overclock.net/t/1640919/ryzen-dram-calculator-overclocking-dram

It runs stable with these settings. I used the safe one.

[starise]

It's a common generic error code that indicates CPU failure as you can read on C6H overclock guide:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mciue95x0a2xfq7/C6H_XOC_Guide_v05.pdf

For my experience it means: not enough voltage/power to CPU core.
Anyway in your case it looks like a bug.