Question Overclocking and other issues with Asus Rampage V Edition 10

[Noob-Saibot]

Greetings everyone:

I just completed my first build and I am struggling to resolve some issues with Overclocking, Audio and M2 Drive. I have been a lurker here for a while now and am hopeful I will find a solution here:

OVERCLOCKING
The Motherboard does not seem to be permitted overclocking or there is some issue which is causing system fail loop.

Attempt 1 – After PC assembly, PC booted into BIOS, Windows was successfully installed. After installing all utilities from Pen Drive which came with the M/B, I opened AI Suite III. The software asked me to run a 5 way optimization. After clicking on the optimization button, the PC went into a restart mode and there was no feed on the monitor thereafter for several hours. After several attempts to restart (including emptying CMOS and installing a new BIOS battery) the computer got stuck at American Megatrends screen with a message “Overclocking Failed! Please enter setup to re-configure your system.” I entered BIOS, loaded defaults and continued using the PC.

Attempt 2 – After discussing with ASUS Tech Support as to why RAM was reflecting as 2300 MHZ while the RAM is 3000 MHZ, I entered BIOS to switch on XMP. While exiting BIOS after switching XMP on, it showed several changes to CPU settings which were not made by me but I assumed these were automatically made in order to accommodate XMP profile. As I exited BIOS, CP went into the same error loop. The computer got stuck at American Megatrends screen with a message “Overclocking Failed! Please enter setup to re-configure your system.” I entered BIOS, loaded defaults and continued using the PC.

Attempt 3 – I followed an online guide to overclocking (link -

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW6gBneg3VA
) which isn’t very extreme and the target CPU clock was 4.0 Ghz. I made changes as reflected in this video however upon exiting BIOS after making changes CP went into the same error loop. The computer got stuck at American Megatrends screen with a message “Overclocking Failed! Please enter setup to re-configure your system.” I entered BIOS, loaded defaults and continued using the PC.

No further overclocking attempts were made. Has anyone faced similar issues? Any recommended workarounds?


AUDIO
I plugged in my stereo speakers into the lime colored audio jack at the back of the PC (as recommended by the manual). When I turn on my speakers, I get persistent static and whirring sounds which get acute as I initiate any commands on the PC. E.g. it seems like static when CPU is not performing any new commands but as I initiate a new task something as simple as copy/pasting, the whirring increases. I have tried to reconnect all ports, and reinstall drivers a few times but to no avail. I have tried the same wire and speakers on my two other computers and no such issue.

Performance with M2
I have a SSD 960 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB plugged into the M2 port. I have installed windows and all programs on this drive. Somehow, working with this drive is giving me slower results when compared with using the same set of programs on the SATA Samsung 850 pro. Do you know if there are any compatibility issues with this drive? Or the port in general? The second drive which gave me faster results is SSD 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III 500GB which is weird since read/write speed of the m@ drive is much faster.

I have tried reading about these issues but I haven't got far. Adding my computer specs below:

Product Model: Asus Rampage V Edition 10
BIOS/FW Version Bios - 2101
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-6850K Processor
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C15Q-32GVRB
HDD: SSD 960 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB
SSD 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III 500GB
Toshiba 3TB and 6TB
VGA: ROG Strix Nvidia 1070
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 220-P2-1000-XR 80+ PLATINUM 1000W
Network/Lan: WiFi
Other Hardware: Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 Extreme Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm (CW-9060025-WW)
Case – Corsair 780T
OS Version: Windows 10 x64bit
Related Driver(s): BIOS 2101
Audio – Realtek latest drivers

 

[VADemon]

OC:
The "Overclocking Failed!" is the default message when your BIOS is reset. And yes, the chipset will reset your BIOS settings when it can't boot with them (presumed overclock).
Something seems very weird about this situation because neither CPU OC/XMP work. You can only do and repeat a careful evaluation of overclocking settings and start small. Say default values but manually entered and proceed from there on.

Audio:
This should not be happening. Definitely. Did it happen on your old PC with the same headphones? It's an indicator of poorly isolated audio card OR cables: electrical induction causes the noise. It's a hardware problem.

NVMe:
What do you test it with? It should be 2-4x as fast in different scenarios.

 

[Noob-Saibot]

OC:
The "Overclocking Failed!" is the default message when your BIOS is reset. And yes, the chipset will reset your BIOS settings when it can't boot with them (presumed overclock).
Something seems very weird about this situation because neither CPU OC/XMP work. You can only do and repeat a careful evaluation of overclocking settings and start small. Say default values but manually entered and proceed from there on.

Audio:
This should not be happening. Definitely. Did it happen on your old PC with the same headphones? It's an indicator of poorly isolated audio card OR cables: electrical induction causes the noise. It's a hardware problem.

NVMe:
What do you test it with? It should be 2-4x as fast in different scenarios.

Thanks for your response. Adding comments below:

OC:
At this point, I have tried both, the latest BIOS 2102 as well as the old BIOS 1003 from the website and I have not had success either way. Manual values have worked based on some guides I followed on YouTube. Not an expert to wander off independently therefore treading with guidance.

Audio:
I have now switched back to my MacBook Pro with the same setup, hearing beautiful non-static music on my KRK Rokits as I type with no change whatsoever. Yes definitely something isn't right with the hardware situation.

NVMe:
I tried just the timing, as well as time taken to work into some heavy apps, mostly Adobe Suite. Its definitely got a lag when compared to the non-NVMe 850 Pro. Leaning towards formatting and doing a fresh windows install provided I can get my machine to work.

UPDATE: I haven't been able to isolate the XMP issue thus far however I tried to switch my BIOS to 1003 since the MoBo allows you to have two BIOS you can switch from. So I went to older 1003 BIOS and didn't find any success with turning XMP on nor was I able to overclock so in abundant caution I decided to re-plug a few devices such as the Graphics card, RAM etc etc.

So upon booting, I HAVE A NEW ERROR!! Arrggh. I have no idea how to resolve this since now my MoBo won't recognize my keyboard either so I am unable to enter BIOS. Tried both, BIOS 2101 as well as BIOS 1003 and its the same error on both. I am about giving up.