Can't enable XMP and increase RAM frequency manually!

[prajwalbasnet2058]

I am having trouble running my RAM at advertised speed by the manufacturer that is @3200MHz. I enabled XMP and tried to boot the computer but it won't boot at all. The screen goes full black. Then I manually chose 3200MHz and set voltage and other things to auto and tried to boot but same problem. I was able to boot again after clearing CMOS on both occassion. What could be the problem? Please provide me suggestions.

My Specifications:
Mobo - MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC
RAM - ADATA XPG D40 16GB DDR4 (Single Stick)
CPU - Ryzen 2700X
GPU - GTX 1080 Ti
PSU - CM V750W

Please help fast. Thanks in advance.

 

[volkgren]

Sometimes RAM simply won't run at advertised speed; whether it be the system or the memory itself.

Try entering the timings, voltage, and speed manually. You may have to increase timings to get it to run at 3200MHz.

 

[exroofer]

16 GB single stick is dual rank ram I believe?
Pretty sure it is fussier about hitting higher speeds.
Do you have an option to increase the ram boot voltage?
Not the ram voltage, but what it boots at.
Not all bioses support this.

And will it boot at 3000 ish/2933?
Is that ram on the MSI website on the QVL list?
I guess the plan is to go to 2 x 16 Gb in the future?
Because running single channel memory, even at 3200, will definitely hurt performance.

 

[volkgren]

Last system I built with 3200MHz 16GB sticks (32GB total) would not boot at with XMP or manually at advertised settings. Had to increase CAS to 17 from 16. But that was an Intel build.

 

[smorizio]

7B77v12 make sure your bios is up to date so it has the newest cpu and ram code.

 

[prajwalbasnet2058]

Sometimes RAM simply won't run at advertised speed; whether it be the system or the memory itself.

Try entering the timings, voltage, and speed manually. You may have to increase timings to get it to run at 3200MHz.

Should I update BIOS? And also how should i determine about what timings, voltage and speed to enter. And the reason I am trying to run at higher frequency is just to check if my GPU usage will increase as well cause it sits at 45-65% most of the time while gaming.

 

[volkgren]

Sometimes RAM simply won't run at advertised speed; whether it be the system or the memory itself.

Try entering the timings, voltage, and speed manually. You may have to increase timings to get it to run at 3200MHz.

Should I update BIOS? And also how should i determine about what timings, voltage and speed to enter. And the reason I am trying to run at higher frequency is just to check if my GPU usage will increase as well cause it sits at 45-65% most of the time while gaming.

Yes you can update bios. If you're at 1080p resolution that is most of why you have low GPU usage. GTX 1080 Ti is best for 1440p or higher resolutions.

Also, as mentioned before you should be running two sticks of RAM in dual-channel. That makes a difference especially on high-end systems.

 

[Karadjgne]

Ryzens simply don't like single channel ram. You may have to use a different slot than where you have that single stick. Most common order is A2, B2, A1, B1 which for a single stick would mean slot #2 from the cpu.

 

[prajwalbasnet2058]

16 GB single stick is dual rank ram I believe?
Pretty sure it is fussier about hitting higher speeds.
Do you have an option to increase the ram boot voltage?
Not the ram voltage, but what it boots at.
Not all bioses support this.

And will it boot at 3000 ish/2933?
Is that ram on the MSI website on the QVL list?
I guess the plan is to go to 2 x 16 Gb in the future?
Because running single channel memory, even at 3200, will definitely hurt performance.

Yeah, I will be upgrading the RAM later. But for now I should be getting 5-10 FPS low than I would get on dual channel memory right? Could that be the reason for low GPU usage too?

 

[prajwalbasnet2058]

Ryzens simply don't like single channel ram. You may have to use a different slot than where you have that single stick. Most common order is A2, B2, A1, B1 which for a single stick would mean slot #2 from the cpu.

The RAM is installed on the second slot.

 

[prajwalbasnet2058]

Sometimes RAM simply won't run at advertised speed; whether it be the system or the memory itself.

Try entering the timings, voltage, and speed manually. You may have to increase timings to get it to run at 3200MHz.

Should I update BIOS? And also how should i determine about what timings, voltage and speed to enter. And the reason I am trying to run at higher frequency is just to check if my GPU usage will increase as well cause it sits at 45-65% most of the time while gaming.

Yes you can update bios. If you're at 1080p resolution that is most of why you have low GPU usage. GTX 1080 Ti is best for 1440p or higher resolutions.

Also, as mentioned before you should be running two sticks of RAM in dual-channel. That makes a difference especially on high-end systems.

Should I try DSR on games and check my GPU usage? Also how much FPS difference can i expect in games between single channel and dual channel memory? Like 5-10 FPS right?

 

[volkgren]

Sometimes RAM simply won't run at advertised speed; whether it be the system or the memory itself.

Try entering the timings, voltage, and speed manually. You may have to increase timings to get it to run at 3200MHz.

Should I update BIOS? And also how should i determine about what timings, voltage and speed to enter. And the reason I am trying to run at higher frequency is just to check if my GPU usage will increase as well cause it sits at 45-65% most of the time while gaming.

Yes you can update bios. If you're at 1080p resolution that is most of why you have low GPU usage. GTX 1080 Ti is best for 1440p or higher resolutions.

Also, as mentioned before you should be running two sticks of RAM in dual-channel. That makes a difference especially on high-end systems.

Should I try DSR on games and check my GPU usage? Also how much FPS difference can i expect in games between single channel and dual channel memory? Like 5-10 FPS right?

Using DSR to increase GPU usage won't get you higher framerate, it just might make the game look better while not lowering performance (if you find the right balance).

I can't say for sure how much dual-channel will increase your framerate. You'd just have to find out and see.

 

[prajwalbasnet2058]

Sometimes RAM simply won't run at advertised speed; whether it be the system or the memory itself.

Try entering the timings, voltage, and speed manually. You may have to increase timings to get it to run at 3200MHz.

Should I update BIOS? And also how should i determine about what timings, voltage and speed to enter. And the reason I am trying to run at higher frequency is just to check if my GPU usage will increase as well cause it sits at 45-65% most of the time while gaming.

Yes you can update bios. If you're at 1080p resolution that is most of why you have low GPU usage. GTX 1080 Ti is best for 1440p or higher resolutions.

Also, as mentioned before you should be running two sticks of RAM in dual-channel. That makes a difference especially on high-end systems.

Should I try DSR on games and check my GPU usage? Also how much FPS difference can i expect in games between single channel and dual channel memory? Like 5-10 FPS right?

Using DSR to increase GPU usage won't get you higher framerate, it just might make the game look better while not lowering performance (if you find the right balance).

I can't say for sure how much dual-channel will increase your framerate. You'd just have to find out and see.

Thanks for your help. I will update BIOS and try to fix my RAM later on. But I was using DSR 4K on Far Cry 5 at ultra settings and was able to hit 60-65FPS and GPU usage was 88-99%. So, I probably think low GPU usage is due to the 1080p resolution and also single channel RAM being a supportive factor. But once I scaled to 4K, all problem was solved and my benchmarks matched those tested on youtube and internet. I will update later on if I could make any difference with RAM speeds.