Ryzen 1700 Literally Won't OC

[shaw24]

When I first put the system together I put a stable OC of 3.7GHz and it ran fine for months. Then one day I noticed it was running back at the stock 3GHz. (I'm pretty sure I updated BIOS at some point). Now when I change the multiplier in BIOS to say 37 it never actually changes the frequency.

I've updated and reverted and updated back to the latest BIOS but still doesn't change from 3GHz.

Any ideas?

Ryzen 1700
Gigabyte Gaming 3 B350

 

[vapour]

I guess you didn't change the vcore voltage, did you? Normally you will need to manually set up VCore voltage and speed accordingly. Check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKNePZkHJEY

 

[shaw24]

I guess you didn't change the vcore voltage, did you? Normally you will need to manually set up VCore voltage and speed accordingly. Check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKNePZkHJEY

Yes, changed the VCore voltage to 1.35V. Sorry for not mentioning that.

 

[vapour]

Can you screen shot your setting with VCore and CPU speed?

 

[shaw24]

Can you screen shot your setting with VCore and CPU speed?

I will when I get home from work.

 

[shaw24]

https://imgur.com/a/kuWzn

 

[vapour]

did you choose "save and exit" in bios?

 

[shaw24]

Yes and it will show 37 as multiplier but freq stays at 3.00

 

[vapour]

Are you using any OC genie in BIOS or software?

 

[Karadjgne]

There's a switch. I forget exactly what it is, a cool'n'quiet type switch, but if it's enabled, it basically caps the processor speeds to regulate heat output in SFX/HTPC enclosures. When you flashed the bios, it went back to factory defaults, so its entirely possible that switch wasn't in the original bios. It's there now though, just wish I could remember wth it is called.

 

[vapour]

Bingo, advanced -> CPU options -> find cool n quiet, turn it off

 

[vapour]

never used a gigabyte mb, good lesson for me. Kudos, Karadjgne.

 

[Karadjgne]

Can also try these suggestions, might help some, there's also links to OC guides for the Ryzen 1700.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3180511/components-processors/7-amd-ryzen-tips-and-tricks-to-maximize-your-pcs-performance.html

 

[Karadjgne]

I do remember seeing a video on OC of Ryzen cpus, it was slightly more involved than just moving the multiplier and bumping voltage, there's other settings that might need adjustment too.

 

[shaw24]

https://imgur.com/a/tXwbT

🙁 it's off

 

[vapour]

Try those:

My Discoveries:
Ryzen 5 1600 will happily overclock to 3800 Mhz with low Vcore and VCORE SOC voltage
Ryzen 5 1600 requires noticeably more voltage above 3800 Mhz to remain stable
Even though I dialled in 14-14-14-14-34 timings, my RAM was running at 15-15-15-15-36
Setting 1.38V on my RAM actually results in 1.40V all day long in reality
@ 3825 Mhz / 1.320V / 1.128V… Idle = 33c / 15W / 1050rpm. Load = 63c / 82W / 1500rpm
My Setup:
Windows 10 Pro x64 (Lastest Update)
AMD Ryzen Chipset Drivers Download Here
AMD Ryzen Balanced Performance Plan Download Here
Game Mode Disabled (Windows)
Core Performance Boost Disabled (Bios > Advanced CPU Core Settings)
Global C-state Control Disabled (Bios > Advanced CPU Core Settings)
Windows HPET Disabled (Bios > Power)
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) Disabled
My Overclock:
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ x38.25 / 3825 Mhz
Dynamic Vcore (DVID) offset @ +0.078V (1.332V HWMonitor)
Dynamic VCORE SOC (DVID) offset @ +0.258V (1.116V HWMonitor)
DRAM Voltage (CH A/B) @ 1.380V
DRAM Memory Frequency @ x32.00 / 3200 Mhz
DRAM Memory Sub Timings @ 15-15-15-15-36

 

[vapour]

Disable core performance boost
Disable global c-state
Disable windows HPET
Disable XMP
try the VCore and SOC voltage above

 

[shaw24]

Disable core performance boost
Disable global c-state
Disable windows HPET
Disable XMP
try the VCore and SOC voltage above

Just tried all these things and still won't budge from 3.

I put in a ticket with Gigabyte to get the board RMA'd.

I can't think of anything else to do! Thanks for your help

 

[vapour]

So weird... Gigabyte is complicated... MSI is much simpler, I only changed two setting, literally...

 

[shaw24]

So weird... Gigabyte is complicated... MSI is much simpler, I only changed two setting, literally...

So did I the first time. Changed multiplier and vcore voltage. That's what is driving me crazy but I'm going with motherboard issue.