Ok, so I am not sure if this would count as "overclocking" or not, so I put it in this forum.
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Steel Legend
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Kit
Well, really, the whole PCPartpicker list is in my sig (follow the link on ChromaTron).
The CPU is the YD1600BBAFBOX variant of the Ryzen 5 1600, so, on the 12nm process, apparently Pinnacle Ridge.
As a point of reference, for dual channel, the manual says to insert the RAM sticks into slots A2 and B2 if only using a single pair, and for 4 sticks use A1 and B1 as well as A2 and B2, so, using only A2 and B2 is what I did.
We did all the installation of the OS, drivers, etc., at BIOS defaults, so the RAM was running at 2133 at the time. Before he started gaming, I went in the BIOS and set the RAM for 3200Mhz, the XMP setting. Confirmed it in CPU-Z.
My son could only get a few minutes into gaming before blue-screening. Rebooted, logged in, couldn't even get started before it blue-screened. Next time, he logged in, window went completely black, with only mouse visible and movable, and sat that way for several minutes before powering off.
I then went into the BIOS and set the RAM for 2133, and he was able to game for hours.
Later, I tried booting up at 2933MHz, worked for a few minutes before blue-screening again. It seems each time, the error given for the blue-screen is different. The ones my son snapped a photo of were:
I went into the BIOS and set it down to 2666, but then shut down for the night.
But, my question basically boils down to: "What am I doing wrong?" I would REALLY like it if I could run the ram at the full speed it's rated for, but I could live with 2933 if that's all the CPU/chipset would support. Any idea what I should be doing?
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Steel Legend
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Kit
Well, really, the whole PCPartpicker list is in my sig (follow the link on ChromaTron).
The CPU is the YD1600BBAFBOX variant of the Ryzen 5 1600, so, on the 12nm process, apparently Pinnacle Ridge.
As a point of reference, for dual channel, the manual says to insert the RAM sticks into slots A2 and B2 if only using a single pair, and for 4 sticks use A1 and B1 as well as A2 and B2, so, using only A2 and B2 is what I did.
We did all the installation of the OS, drivers, etc., at BIOS defaults, so the RAM was running at 2133 at the time. Before he started gaming, I went in the BIOS and set the RAM for 3200Mhz, the XMP setting. Confirmed it in CPU-Z.
My son could only get a few minutes into gaming before blue-screening. Rebooted, logged in, couldn't even get started before it blue-screened. Next time, he logged in, window went completely black, with only mouse visible and movable, and sat that way for several minutes before powering off.
I then went into the BIOS and set the RAM for 2133, and he was able to game for hours.
Later, I tried booting up at 2933MHz, worked for a few minutes before blue-screening again. It seems each time, the error given for the blue-screen is different. The ones my son snapped a photo of were:
- DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL
What failed: Ndu.sys - KMODE EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED
I went into the BIOS and set it down to 2666, but then shut down for the night.
But, my question basically boils down to: "What am I doing wrong?" I would REALLY like it if I could run the ram at the full speed it's rated for, but I could live with 2933 if that's all the CPU/chipset would support. Any idea what I should be doing?
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