Just built a PC for the first time, and am having difficulty getting my RAM up to their rated 3200mhz.
System Specs:
CPU - Ryzen 5 2600x
Mobo - ASrock b450m Pro4
RAM - Team T-Force Vulcan Z (2x8gb, 3200mhz) slots a.2 b.2
GPU - Gigabyte RX590
SSD - Orico 512gb SATA3 M.2
PSU - Rosewill Photon Series 550w 80+ Gold
All drivers up to date. Bios matches latest version from ASrock site (did not flash, came as default).
Default RAM speed is set to 2400mhz. Want to get my full 3200mhz which seems like it should be doable, but failing that as close to it as possible.
Have run Thaiphoon Burner and C-Puz for module info, and also the Ryzen DRAM Calculator (screen caps of DRAM Calc and TPBurner included).
After going through and manually adjusting timings/voltages/etc. in the OC tab of bios to match DRAM Calc, I ran memtest86 and got 1 error through 4 tests.
Went back and reset UEFI to default, clicked XMP profile and changed nothing else. Ran memtest86 and got 1 error through 4 tests.
Left settings this way (auto XMP) and attempted to load into Windows. No joy. Windows loads to login screen, I logged in, and black screen after a couple seconds of load wheel.
Reset UEFI to default and restored Windows, updated all drivers again. This is where I sit now (with 2400mhz RAM speed).
So trying to figure out my next step. There are a few things that I'm unsure about -
- Thaiphoon Burner couldn't identify my die type. On the part number for Micron, the final letter after the : is supposed to indicate die, and as you can see it is a ?. So I had to make some assumptions. Googling my RAM type with the first sequence of my part number only yielded 1 result that also matched the rest of my visible part number, and that was a B-die. So I went with Micron B-die in DRAM calc, but can't know for certain if that is correct.
- Not all the fields from DRAM Calc are present in my bios OC setup, and vice-versa. So I don't know how much that affects things. Things that DRAM Calc didn't provide values for I left untouched.
- The recommended voltages from DRAM Calc don't seem to be able to be input into my bios (only allows incremental ?or preset values within a range?). So I had to input values between recommended and max (seems unlikely this would cause issues, but the 1.40v for RAM voltage I input is very close to the max 1.41v DRAM Calc lists).
- I only tried booting into windows after both adjustments, so I don't know for sure which one caused the issue (I have high confidence the Windows boot issue was do to the adjusted RAM settings). I would expect it was due to the XMP profile settings as that's what was active when I attempted to load Windows, but that is just my assumption as I don't know enough about these things to say for sure.
- On the ASrock support site for the b450m Pro 4, the bios version that came installed on my mobo is not suggested for Pinnacle Ridge cpus. *ASRock do NOT recommend updating this BIOS if Pinnacle, Raven, Summit or Bristol Ridge CPU is being used on your system.
So I don't know if this means I should roll back to the previous version, or if they are simply saying not to UPDATE an EXISTING bios.
Finally, everything I've found talking about OCing RAM with Ryzen talks about Infinity clock settings. I can't find any fclk, uclk, mclk to adjust in my bios. Is this only something that became adjustable in Zen 2, or is it just absent on my mobo/zen+ setup? Would this affect anything?
Sorry for such a long post. Wanted to get as much info in as possible. This has been frustrating. Have had the system assembled for 2 days now and haven't done anything but fiddle with settings. grrr.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1t30nseivr8ga3u/DRAMCalc.png?dl=0
System Specs:
CPU - Ryzen 5 2600x
Mobo - ASrock b450m Pro4
RAM - Team T-Force Vulcan Z (2x8gb, 3200mhz) slots a.2 b.2
GPU - Gigabyte RX590
SSD - Orico 512gb SATA3 M.2
PSU - Rosewill Photon Series 550w 80+ Gold
All drivers up to date. Bios matches latest version from ASrock site (did not flash, came as default).
Default RAM speed is set to 2400mhz. Want to get my full 3200mhz which seems like it should be doable, but failing that as close to it as possible.
Have run Thaiphoon Burner and C-Puz for module info, and also the Ryzen DRAM Calculator (screen caps of DRAM Calc and TPBurner included).
After going through and manually adjusting timings/voltages/etc. in the OC tab of bios to match DRAM Calc, I ran memtest86 and got 1 error through 4 tests.
Went back and reset UEFI to default, clicked XMP profile and changed nothing else. Ran memtest86 and got 1 error through 4 tests.
Left settings this way (auto XMP) and attempted to load into Windows. No joy. Windows loads to login screen, I logged in, and black screen after a couple seconds of load wheel.
Reset UEFI to default and restored Windows, updated all drivers again. This is where I sit now (with 2400mhz RAM speed).
So trying to figure out my next step. There are a few things that I'm unsure about -
- Thaiphoon Burner couldn't identify my die type. On the part number for Micron, the final letter after the : is supposed to indicate die, and as you can see it is a ?. So I had to make some assumptions. Googling my RAM type with the first sequence of my part number only yielded 1 result that also matched the rest of my visible part number, and that was a B-die. So I went with Micron B-die in DRAM calc, but can't know for certain if that is correct.
- Not all the fields from DRAM Calc are present in my bios OC setup, and vice-versa. So I don't know how much that affects things. Things that DRAM Calc didn't provide values for I left untouched.
- The recommended voltages from DRAM Calc don't seem to be able to be input into my bios (only allows incremental ?or preset values within a range?). So I had to input values between recommended and max (seems unlikely this would cause issues, but the 1.40v for RAM voltage I input is very close to the max 1.41v DRAM Calc lists).
- I only tried booting into windows after both adjustments, so I don't know for sure which one caused the issue (I have high confidence the Windows boot issue was do to the adjusted RAM settings). I would expect it was due to the XMP profile settings as that's what was active when I attempted to load Windows, but that is just my assumption as I don't know enough about these things to say for sure.
- On the ASrock support site for the b450m Pro 4, the bios version that came installed on my mobo is not suggested for Pinnacle Ridge cpus. *ASRock do NOT recommend updating this BIOS if Pinnacle, Raven, Summit or Bristol Ridge CPU is being used on your system.
So I don't know if this means I should roll back to the previous version, or if they are simply saying not to UPDATE an EXISTING bios.
Finally, everything I've found talking about OCing RAM with Ryzen talks about Infinity clock settings. I can't find any fclk, uclk, mclk to adjust in my bios. Is this only something that became adjustable in Zen 2, or is it just absent on my mobo/zen+ setup? Would this affect anything?
Sorry for such a long post. Wanted to get as much info in as possible. This has been frustrating. Have had the system assembled for 2 days now and haven't done anything but fiddle with settings. grrr.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1t30nseivr8ga3u/DRAMCalc.png?dl=0