Hey
I'll start with the hardware I got before describing the problem I've been trying to grasp the last few days.
I recently upgraded my CPU fan to Dark Rock Pro 4, and while doing so I thought that why not upgrade the ram at the same time. The RAM was quite cheap and the new fan would cover the slots so if I did it now I'd never have to remove the CPU fan again in order to an eventual upgrade later on. I did not check the QVL with 4x8 gb though (mistake) before.
So I got the ram and plugged it in. Computer booted fine and everything. I tried to increase the speed of the ram, but it would not boot over 2866Mhz. Fine, I settled with that. But over the next months I got random bluescreens here and there, maybe once every second/third day.
I downloaded the dram calculator for Ryzen, and Thaiphoon "memory checker" or what it should be called. I found out that the new RAM I got (same model though) was from Samsund and something that is called "B-die", while old ram was from Hynix and "C-die". I do not know how big of a difference this makes, but I tried to find new timings through the dram calculator for two evenings. I also tried changing other memory settings - some from copying others, some by just testing. But this did not help, usually the computer would not even boot into W10 when I did manual timings.
I might add here that I never touched the voltage controls, or tried any overclock etc.
So I gave up, thinking that I'll go back to 2x8 gb RAM. So I removed two pieces (of the same couple") and set the RAM to D.O.C... something profile for 3200MHz and everything seemed fine.
But two days later when I start up the computer the screen just goes black after a few seconds in W10. And I still don't know why. What I have tried so far:
Sometimes I got a load W10 error message stating that there is some trouble to load W10, but if I choose restart computer it seems fine.
I made a video of when I boot, get a load-problem screen, choose failsafe mode, get into W10 and go to some Chrome page, restart the computer normally after which thes screen dies. Then the yellow LED at the motherboard starts blinking. It is as if the memory handling can't take the whole "load" of W10 normally. I tried to record how the motherboard LED behaves and how the boot sequence look like before it crashes.
Youtube-link
View: https://youtu.be/SP6JzCyrSS0
Any ides what I could try? :/ My best guess is that something "broke" on the motherboard while I tried the different RAM timings, but I have no idea why
Thanks
I'll start with the hardware I got before describing the problem I've been trying to grasp the last few days.
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 2700x
- Motherboard: Asus ROG B450-F
- RAM: Kingston HyperX Predator DDR4 3200MHz 2x8GB (HX432C16PB3K2/16)
- GPU: Asus 2080 Dual OC (something like that)
- PSU: Corsair RM 750X
I recently upgraded my CPU fan to Dark Rock Pro 4, and while doing so I thought that why not upgrade the ram at the same time. The RAM was quite cheap and the new fan would cover the slots so if I did it now I'd never have to remove the CPU fan again in order to an eventual upgrade later on. I did not check the QVL with 4x8 gb though (mistake) before.
So I got the ram and plugged it in. Computer booted fine and everything. I tried to increase the speed of the ram, but it would not boot over 2866Mhz. Fine, I settled with that. But over the next months I got random bluescreens here and there, maybe once every second/third day.
I downloaded the dram calculator for Ryzen, and Thaiphoon "memory checker" or what it should be called. I found out that the new RAM I got (same model though) was from Samsund and something that is called "B-die", while old ram was from Hynix and "C-die". I do not know how big of a difference this makes, but I tried to find new timings through the dram calculator for two evenings. I also tried changing other memory settings - some from copying others, some by just testing. But this did not help, usually the computer would not even boot into W10 when I did manual timings.
I might add here that I never touched the voltage controls, or tried any overclock etc.
So I gave up, thinking that I'll go back to 2x8 gb RAM. So I removed two pieces (of the same couple") and set the RAM to D.O.C... something profile for 3200MHz and everything seemed fine.
But two days later when I start up the computer the screen just goes black after a few seconds in W10. And I still don't know why. What I have tried so far:
- Resetting BIOS by removing battery and shorting the CLEARCMOS-pins ~
- Testing the other RAM pair, and only using one RAM module in slot A2 (I went through all the four modules)
Sometimes I got a load W10 error message stating that there is some trouble to load W10, but if I choose restart computer it seems fine.
I made a video of when I boot, get a load-problem screen, choose failsafe mode, get into W10 and go to some Chrome page, restart the computer normally after which thes screen dies. Then the yellow LED at the motherboard starts blinking. It is as if the memory handling can't take the whole "load" of W10 normally. I tried to record how the motherboard LED behaves and how the boot sequence look like before it crashes.
Youtube-link
Any ides what I could try? :/ My best guess is that something "broke" on the motherboard while I tried the different RAM timings, but I have no idea why
Thanks
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