Question Cannot OC my RAMs (2133MHZ to 2933 or 3000MHZ)

[tesla.force]

Hi, when I try to enable XMP1 from my BIOS, the computer boots up... after 5-10-15-20 minutes, I either get a freeze or blue screen of death, then my PC restarts 3 times (I think it's three times) then I get a black screen, I shut down my PC from the power button, they I start it again, all good... but my RAMs are 2133 MHZ, not 3000MHZ... cannot overclock it no more.

All because the specialist who cleaned up my PC, took of the CMOS Battery and reseted my BIOS of the MOBO... for 5 years, I haven't encounter any problem for this kind... then I get this, maybe for someone isn't a big deal, but for me it is... because he reseted my BIOS without my will, and all I wanted was my PC cleaned from dust and changing thermal paste for the CPU and GPU, why would he do that?

Now i've read some threads, some people who had/have the same problem were getting responses like ''your PSU is dead, your motherboard is damaged, your rams have errors'', and I pray it's because he reseted my BIOS and I just need to update my bios and it will be all good.

Here are all my specs:

MOBO: GIGABYTE B450M DS3H
PSU: S12II-520 Bronze 520W
HDD: WD Blue 1TB SATA-III 7200 RPM 64MB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 8GB DDR4 3000MHz CL16 (8x2)
CASE: Thermaltake Versa H18 Window
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB EVGA
SSD: SSD Kingston A2000 500GB PCI Express 3.0 x4 M.2 2280

If there are needed any informations ... I can gladly provide, thanks Tom's Hardware team.

EDIT: I have no problems when the rams are at their default frequency (2133), only when I enable XMP1. Also, I need to point this out, I didn't have any problems of this kind. And all the components were bought brand new in 2019, but not for the GPU... a good friend of mine sold it to me, 0 problems then, 0 problems now.

 

[Lutfij]

Due to the platform your PSU is based off of, in BIOS is Deep Sleep State disabled in BIOS? In an ideal scenario, I wouldn't be working with that unit on those parts. As for your BIOS, what BIOS version are you working with? Can you manually input the information found on the side of the memory sticks in BIOS, i.e, ram timings, frequency and voltage?

 

[SkyNetRising]

If there are needed any informations ... I can gladly provide, thanks Tom's Hardware team.

Can you show screenshots from CPU-Z - memory and spd sections?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[tesla.force]

It's fixed

I have phoned a good friend who knows a little about these kinds of problems, he said that my RAMs may be oxidized, he told me to shut down the PC, switch the power off of my PSU and take out the power cable from it, and to wait like 5-10 minutes.

After that he told me to take out my two RAM sticks and clean their socket with compressed air and to use a Eraser to clean the ''golden parts'' of my RAM because they might be oxidized. I did that, after I blowed them with air and put them back (the same position, 2 and 4)

It booted, I went into the BIOS and changed to XMP1 profile, everything on AUTO, nothing manual. I prayed to God Almighty and the PC booted without three restarts, then, with the task manager and Open Hardware Monitor, I waited like one hour and a half to see if I get a crash or a blue screen, nothing happened, everything works normally like in the beginning.

Here are some screenshots from another forum I posted, Imgur link:

https://imgur.com/a/AiPVPeL

View: https://imgur.com/a/AiPVPeL#W8ng9Yq

https://imgur.com/a/xQimaP4

View: https://imgur.com/a/xQimaP4#Gi1m3ST

https://imgur.com/a/UpDs2RH

View: https://imgur.com/a/UpDs2RH#mz9oej1


And I pushed my PC to it's limits with Days Gone, to test if I get a crash (settings on medium-high, full hd)

https://imgur.com/a/CyLQcYa

View: https://imgur.com/a/CyLQcYa#XLDJbmm


The BIOS version of my Mobo is F2, date 2018.

Tbh, I don't want to update it or whatever, it has been like this since I first bought all the componnets, untouched. If they work again, no point in doing anything in plus.

Thanks!

EDIT: Also, in the command prompt ''wmic memorychip get speed'' it shows 3000 mhz on both sticks.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Here are some screenshots from another forum I posted, Imgur link:
EDIT: Also, in the command prompt ''wmic memorychip get speed'' it shows 3000 mhz on both sticks.

You check memory speed with CPU-Z - memory section.
Task Manager is known to show inaccurate readings (same as wmic memorychip get speed).

 

[tesla.force]

It is a screenshot there with the memory section,

https://imgur.com/a/AiPVPeL

View: https://imgur.com/a/AiPVPeL#W8ng9Yq
the second one, all is good.