I ran your tests. They say nothing is wrong.Run memtest86+
It boots from a usb stick and does not use windows.
You can download it here:
Memtest86+ | The Open-Source Memory Testing Tool
Memtest86+ is an advanced, free, open-source, stand-alone memory tester for 32- and 64-bit computers (UEFI & BIOS supported)memtest.org
If you can run a full pass with NO errors, your ram should be ok.
Do this first at stock settings, then at XMP settings.
Some motherboards will run memtest from the tools menu in the bios.
I can reach the bios with xmp being on but only after I force shutdown the PC and it goes into recovery mode because I can't get it to start normally. Am I able to just lower the frequency or do I have to change the voltage and timings as well? I will start but letting the PC sit as it hopefully configures the ram.
You don't need to touch the timing or voltage for this test. Just lower the frequency. CL40 at 1.4 V should work just fine at lower frequency. I would suggest to start low like 6200 and if it boots, increase by 100 MHz until it stop working. But if you figure out that your RAM runs at a much lower frequency you may want to play with the timing to get something thighter. But if you don't want to go through this trouble you could just replace the kit with a slower one. As I said 8400 MHz CL40 is really fast and I wouldn't be surprised your board can't run that.
Did you first enable XMP before going down to 6000? Because if you reset your BIOS and go straight to 6000 without first going to the 8400 CL40, the default timing may be too fast. What is the timing when you have XMP disabled?
When does it do that? Immediately or after it unsuccessfully tried to boot? If it doesn't boot and reset the configuration it will certainly go back to default which is indeed 4800 MHz for DDR5.
I don't see the CAS latency listing you're talking about. There's a section on the right in the timing control called CPU/Memory but I don't see anything in the amount of 32. There's something called MC Volt. that's at 1.119V. The frequency in this menu is listed as 5400 MHz.
On the same page where you enable xmp, there is a "DRAM timing control* tab. Go there and look at "primary timings" (tcl, trdc, trp and tras). If tlc is 32 or higher by default, you should be good to go to at least 6000 MHz without loading xmp or changing the timing.
Yes, you see them. It's exactly that: primary timing. tCL stands for time CAS Latency. Depending on the board model they can write them differently but it's these numbers. I thought they would be the same as mine since I also have an Asus board but looks like it's not the case. What are the values for these four?
DRAM CAS# LATENCY says 40 CHA and 40 CHB
Those numbers could be high enough for 6000 MHz. So you could try to set the frequency to 6000 without enabling xmp. But like I said, finding good ram timing configuration can be tricky and requires a lot of work so if you don't want to do that there's not much else to do then getting another slower kit.
This means that the RAM advertised speed (8400 MHz - CL 40) doesn't run with your motherboard/CPU combination. Like I said, you can either try to push it to find out what is its limit on your board (and your CPU), or return it (if you can) and get a slower ram kit. Or run it at 6000 MHz but since you paid for a 8400 MHz that would be a waste of money. But if you are good with that then just leave it like this.
To run my ram at 6000MHz You're suggesting I set the voltage at 1.4v? Which setting would this be specifically to adjust this voltage or is the 1.4v for something else, such as a different MHz?
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