So for the background:
I recently upgraded my CPU from Ryzen 5 3600 to Ryzen 7 5800X3D and had no problems whatsoever.
I then wanted to upgrade my 2x8GB DDR4 3200Mhz CL16 (Ballistix Kit, if that matters) to 2x16GB 3600Mhz CL18 for the bigger RAM.
I sold my old sticks, bought a Gskill Ripjaws 2x16GB DDR4 3600Mhz CL18 Kit and it worked without any problems for a few days.
However, when I am playing games, sometimes, non-reproducable system freezes happen. They happen at any given time, sometimes 10 minutes into the game, sometimes I run 2h without any crash. The freeze basically freezes my whole system, but does not throw a BSOD or anything else. It just makes the system useless (I can still hear sound, can even end the game (e.g. FIFA 23) but then it totally freezes) until I cap the power.
At the beginning when these freezes started to happen, they were giving me DirectX errors with error messages like DEVICE_HUNG or GRAPHICS_CARD_REMOVED, so i thought my GPU was dying, however, on further research and "trial and error" I found out that it was A-XMP causing the crashes.
I ran a whole memcheck with A-XMP on and everything passed without any issues whatsoever.
When I disable A-XMP (e.g. run the sticks at 2667Mhz) everything runs totally fine, no freezes in any games whatsoever.
The freezes almost solely occur on EA games like FIFA23, but I also had it one time (and one time only) in CSGO.
I tried setting the Voltage of the RAM to 1.35 from the BIOS, but it somehow didn't help.
My specs:
Mobo: MSI B450-A Pro MAX (with newest BIOS, obviously --> Version 7B86vMH with AGESA ComboAm4v2PI 1.2.0.7.)
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3d
GPU: ASUS RTX 3060 Ti
RAM: 2x16GB DDR4 Gskill Ripjaws 3600Mhz CL18 ( https://www.gskill.com/product/165/184/1562833535/F4-3600C18D-32GVK )
PSU: CoolerMaster MWE V2 1250W Gold (approximately 1 year old)
Question: Can it be, that I have faulty RAM, even thou memtest86 passed everything without any issues? Or is it a compatibility issue with my motherboard or is there anything else I can try to run at 3600Mhz? Or am I forced to run at 2667 Mhz?
Thanks!
Edit: https://pangoly.com/en/product/msi-b450-a-pro-max --> shows that my Mobo doesnt support 3600Mhz RAM, is that even possible? May that be the cause? Should I maybe try to clock it to 3733Mhz instead? If yes, with what timings should I try?
Edit2: HWInfo says 1801,8Mhz (DDR4-3603 / PC4-28800) at RAM speed, is that maybe the issue?
Edit3: I tried manually setting the RAM to 3200Mhz and CL16 Timings, but it wouldn't post, so i have no other choice than to run it at 2666Mhz, or 3600Mhz CL18...
I recently upgraded my CPU from Ryzen 5 3600 to Ryzen 7 5800X3D and had no problems whatsoever.
I then wanted to upgrade my 2x8GB DDR4 3200Mhz CL16 (Ballistix Kit, if that matters) to 2x16GB 3600Mhz CL18 for the bigger RAM.
I sold my old sticks, bought a Gskill Ripjaws 2x16GB DDR4 3600Mhz CL18 Kit and it worked without any problems for a few days.
However, when I am playing games, sometimes, non-reproducable system freezes happen. They happen at any given time, sometimes 10 minutes into the game, sometimes I run 2h without any crash. The freeze basically freezes my whole system, but does not throw a BSOD or anything else. It just makes the system useless (I can still hear sound, can even end the game (e.g. FIFA 23) but then it totally freezes) until I cap the power.
At the beginning when these freezes started to happen, they were giving me DirectX errors with error messages like DEVICE_HUNG or GRAPHICS_CARD_REMOVED, so i thought my GPU was dying, however, on further research and "trial and error" I found out that it was A-XMP causing the crashes.
I ran a whole memcheck with A-XMP on and everything passed without any issues whatsoever.
When I disable A-XMP (e.g. run the sticks at 2667Mhz) everything runs totally fine, no freezes in any games whatsoever.
The freezes almost solely occur on EA games like FIFA23, but I also had it one time (and one time only) in CSGO.
I tried setting the Voltage of the RAM to 1.35 from the BIOS, but it somehow didn't help.
My specs:
Mobo: MSI B450-A Pro MAX (with newest BIOS, obviously --> Version 7B86vMH with AGESA ComboAm4v2PI 1.2.0.7.)
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3d
GPU: ASUS RTX 3060 Ti
RAM: 2x16GB DDR4 Gskill Ripjaws 3600Mhz CL18 ( https://www.gskill.com/product/165/184/1562833535/F4-3600C18D-32GVK )
PSU: CoolerMaster MWE V2 1250W Gold (approximately 1 year old)
Question: Can it be, that I have faulty RAM, even thou memtest86 passed everything without any issues? Or is it a compatibility issue with my motherboard or is there anything else I can try to run at 3600Mhz? Or am I forced to run at 2667 Mhz?
Thanks!
Edit: https://pangoly.com/en/product/msi-b450-a-pro-max --> shows that my Mobo doesnt support 3600Mhz RAM, is that even possible? May that be the cause? Should I maybe try to clock it to 3733Mhz instead? If yes, with what timings should I try?
Edit2: HWInfo says 1801,8Mhz (DDR4-3603 / PC4-28800) at RAM speed, is that maybe the issue?
Edit3: I tried manually setting the RAM to 3200Mhz and CL16 Timings, but it wouldn't post, so i have no other choice than to run it at 2666Mhz, or 3600Mhz CL18...
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