[SOLVED] cant run 4 ram sticks with r5 2600

[iamYESS]

specs:
R5 2600
Cooler Master Hyper 212
Asrock B450M PRO4
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200
WD Green 120 GB M.2-2280 SSD
WD Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM HHD
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GAMING GE Video Card
Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair AX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

(backstory) in March I finally had saved enough to get my first pc (mainly for video editing, with light 1440p gaming) I bought a r5 2600 cpu , asrock b450m pro4 mobo, gskill ripjaw V 8x2 3200 16gb ram, no gpu, fractal design meshify C, and a 80+ gold seasonic focus+ gold 550 psu. I had everything I needed but a gpu which I was saving for. like 2 days after buying everything a friend of mine gave me his pc which had an i7 3770k cpu, Asus rog Maximus formula V mobo, mushkin 8x2 1330 16gb ram, msi gtx 970 limited golden edition, a Corsair 800D case and a Corsair ax 850 (pretty sure its gold). I ended up using my friends gpu and later his psu as I have more recently used the 550w with the intel system as a class server (minecraft, file sharing etc.). for Christmas I was able to buy more ddr4 ram (exact same model as what I already had) so that I could run 8x4 3200mhz 32G for more efficient video editing. (i also got a hyper 212 black edition as well just btw)

(actual problem) I installed all 4 ram sticks into my mobo and my pc booted up with 32G installed, but was only using 16 of them. I then went into about 6 hours of trouble shooting, trying to get quad channel memory to work with my cpu and mobo. I've looked through hundreds of threads and forums, with no good news. the pc still works in A2B2 (dual channel) as well as A1B1, but not A1A2B1B2. I have tried everything from underclocking to overclocking both the ram and cpu. I can confirm that all sticks work, as i have tried each stick, with every other stick, in every possible slot, all at different voltages.

(tl;dr)
is there a way for me to run 4 sticks at 32G (idrc abt mhz if i can run all 4) with a r5 2600 and a b450m pro4? or should I just spend $300 and upgrade to intel where I think it is easier to run all 4 sticks? idk what to do

 

[rgd1101]

are you getting error or 16gb go to hardware reserved?

How To - Troubleshooting problems with PC memory (RAM) and XMP profile configurations

In the beginning, there was......BIOS Before you go ANY further, go to the manufacturer product page for your specific motherboard model AND revision. Revision is an important aspect because for any given motherboard there may be more than one version of that model which will be identified...

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try loosing the timing and up the voltage?

 

[drivinfast247]

Running 4 sticks does NOT make it quad channel!! And does not make a significant difference over running 2 sticks.

Using 2 different sets of RAM is not guaranteed to work together.

If you NEED 32gb to work but a 2x16gb kit. Or experiment with the 4 you have and try lowering frequency, loosening timing, and raising voltage. Also try slightly increasing SOC voltage.

 

[drivinfast247]

@fr0sst no need to downvote just because you don't understand something. Be on your way!

 

[Third-Eye]

specs:
R5 2600
Cooler Master Hyper 212
Asrock B450M PRO4
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200

(tl;dr)
is there a way for me to run 4 sticks at 32G (idrc abt mhz if i can run all 4) with a r5 2600 and a b450m pro4? or should I just spend $300 and upgrade to intel where I think it is easier to run all 4 sticks? idk what to do

Use XMP settings if available or manually drop the speed to 2933 or 3000 and use the same advertised timings and voltage of one of the kits. 4x8GB 3200 with a Ryzen 2000 CPU will usually fail to work stably for the majority of users trying to get it working.

 

[iamYESS]

I solved it.
so i updated the bios to the max of what i could run, but nothing worked. the thing that did it for me was increasing the DRAM voltage (makes sense as i am doubling the power draw, but keeping the power output the same)

big thanks to @Darkbreeze and their article:

How To - Troubleshooting problems with PC memory (RAM) and XMP profile configurations

In the beginning, there was......BIOS Before you go ANY further, go to the manufacturer product page for your specific motherboard model AND revision. Revision is an important aspect because for any given motherboard there may be more than one version of that model which will be identified...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[Third-Eye]

I solved it.
so i updated the bios to the max of what i could run, but nothing worked. the thing that did it for me was increasing the DRAM voltage (makes sense as i am doubling the power draw, but keeping the power output the same)

big thanks to @Darkbreeze and their article:

How To - Troubleshooting problems with PC memory (RAM) and XMP profile configurations

In the beginning, there was......BIOS Before you go ANY further, go to the manufacturer product page for your specific motherboard model AND revision. Revision is an important aspect because for any given motherboard there may be more than one version of that model which will be identified...

forums.tomshardware.com

If you haven't run a memory tester like memtest86, you should do that before declaring your problem fixed, because 3200 will work with 4x8GB but you may still get crashes or data errors that could corrupt your Windows installation over time.