Question AB350 RAM stuck forever at 2133mhz?

[Neverpickitup]

Hi,
I'm writing this with little to no hope at all... maybe as a way to channel my frustration
I own a Ryzen 5 1600 PC since last year, and only recently came to realize that the mobo XMP profile wasn't doing anything at all, and the RAM (a single Corsair Vengeance 16GB 3000Mhz) never clocked beyond 2133Mhz. This would not bother me at all but I read somewhere that the Ryzen CPUs need at least 2666 Mhz of ram to work properly. The mobo is a Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3, and yes, I updated the bios. Also tried to overclock it "manually" following my CPU-Z timings, increasing voltages, etc... Tried countless combinations and nothing did the trick, never got anything beyond 2133Mhz. As you might guess I'm not an IT so I'm kind of walking in the dark with this. Should I just give up before messing up something beyond repair?

 

[Calvin7]

A 16GB DIMM is likely a Double Rank module which officially supports 2400MHz memory clock speed with a Ryzen 5 1600 CPU.
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/ryzen_5/1600

Ryzen 2000 Series processors feature an improved memory controller over previous 1000 Series Ryzen modules such as the Ryzen 5 1600. This allows the next higher memory clock speed to be supported.