Here is my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Cyber_Akuma/saved/vJypBm
If you just want the important parts:
CPU: 11700K
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Pro AX
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 64 GB (F4-3600C18D-64GVK)
I have been basically building this system since early 2021, budget constraints have prevented me from fully finishing it but it's at least been in a functional state for a while now.
Recently after it had been running fine for months I tried to finish some more work on it, which involved re-wiring the drives, installing a sound card, and re-installing a RAID card that had been disconnected for a while but was originally on it. I also updated the BIOS.
I then started getting errors from the BIOS that a boot error was detected and that it would not let me continue trying to boot without either entering the BIOS and fixing it or just completely resetting my BIOS settings.
I tried checking my wires, removing the sound card, and other tests and eventually have narrowed it down to the RAM, specifically, when it's operating past the JEDEC standard of 2666.
Sometimes it will boot fine with XMP enabled, but about 95% of the time it will not. When it does boot it can run for literally months just fine, but every reboot after is a gamble if it will complain about a boot error or not.
I tried setting the CAS latency from 18 to 19 to see if that was it, didn't work. I tried manually adjusting the voltage from the XMP default of 1.35 in increments of 0.01 up to 1.4 (I didn't want to risk going higher) and nothing. I even tried manually adjusting the memory speed but ANY speed above 2666, even at just a mere 2700, it refuses to boot.
This utter strict adherence to the memory speed being at 2666 and not even being able to handle 2700, while other times it can randomly do the XMP profile of 3600 and stay rock solid for months even with all the stability tests I throw at it makes me worry that it's the motherboard rather than the RAM. Very odd that it can randomly boot fine at 3600 and stay fine, but then claim anything over 2666 is causing it to fail to boot. I really really hope it's not the motherboard, this thing would be a mess to completely take apart and rebuild and I doubt I can find another of the same board for any reasonable price.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Or what I can try? I really want to get the RAM running at XMP speeds again, it was fine from 2021 until just a few weeks ago. At this rate this thing has me pulling my hair out so much I wish I could just disable whatever blasted boot error detection it has and spend days running my own stability tests just to make sure the motherboard's boot error detection isn't just garbage.
If you just want the important parts:
CPU: 11700K
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Pro AX
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 64 GB (F4-3600C18D-64GVK)
I have been basically building this system since early 2021, budget constraints have prevented me from fully finishing it but it's at least been in a functional state for a while now.
Recently after it had been running fine for months I tried to finish some more work on it, which involved re-wiring the drives, installing a sound card, and re-installing a RAID card that had been disconnected for a while but was originally on it. I also updated the BIOS.
I then started getting errors from the BIOS that a boot error was detected and that it would not let me continue trying to boot without either entering the BIOS and fixing it or just completely resetting my BIOS settings.
I tried checking my wires, removing the sound card, and other tests and eventually have narrowed it down to the RAM, specifically, when it's operating past the JEDEC standard of 2666.
Sometimes it will boot fine with XMP enabled, but about 95% of the time it will not. When it does boot it can run for literally months just fine, but every reboot after is a gamble if it will complain about a boot error or not.
I tried setting the CAS latency from 18 to 19 to see if that was it, didn't work. I tried manually adjusting the voltage from the XMP default of 1.35 in increments of 0.01 up to 1.4 (I didn't want to risk going higher) and nothing. I even tried manually adjusting the memory speed but ANY speed above 2666, even at just a mere 2700, it refuses to boot.
This utter strict adherence to the memory speed being at 2666 and not even being able to handle 2700, while other times it can randomly do the XMP profile of 3600 and stay rock solid for months even with all the stability tests I throw at it makes me worry that it's the motherboard rather than the RAM. Very odd that it can randomly boot fine at 3600 and stay fine, but then claim anything over 2666 is causing it to fail to boot. I really really hope it's not the motherboard, this thing would be a mess to completely take apart and rebuild and I doubt I can find another of the same board for any reasonable price.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Or what I can try? I really want to get the RAM running at XMP speeds again, it was fine from 2021 until just a few weeks ago. At this rate this thing has me pulling my hair out so much I wish I could just disable whatever blasted boot error detection it has and spend days running my own stability tests just to make sure the motherboard's boot error detection isn't just garbage.