Question Unable to make memory run at full 3200mhz because no XMP option on Lenovo Motherboard

[AngelicPsycho]

Hi, I've recently purchased a Lenovo Prebuilt PC (Lenovo T5) It comes with DDR4-3200 Kingston 16GB memory, but for some reason the memory is limited at a speed of 1600MHz, which is affecting performance in certain games, I'm trying to get the memory to run at it's full potential, but I can't seem to get it to work. I went to the BIOS and noticed that there is no XMP option to make my memory run at a faster speed.
Do I genuinely have to buy a new motherboard and RAM to make my memory work well?

 

[rgd1101]

how full is the ssd?

 

[AngelicPsycho]

Anything that isn't part of Windows that you don't use, basically. This is the company quite well known for putting literal adware on their systems.

Okay, dumb question maybe, how am I supposed to control the dolby sound drivers and the fan speed/performance if not via their software, is there other software that does the same job?

 

[kerberos_20]

the fan speed/performance

through bios

dolby sound drivers

through sound card drivers

 

[Eximo]

You can get sound drivers direct from the company that made the sound chip. Likely a Realtek product maybe C-Media.

There are tools out there for controlling fan speeds, but they might not work with Lenovo. Couldn't really say.

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[AngelicPsycho]

how full is the ssd?

https://imgur.com/a/nKQTKfr

About halfway

 

[kerberos_20]

https://imgur.com/a/nKQTKfr

About halfway

no overprovisioning, that hurts a bit drive performance

 

[AngelicPsycho]

no overprovisioning, that hurts a bit drive performance

I am so sorry, I'm a literal noob when it comes to this stuff, can I do something about it to make the performance better?

 

[kerberos_20]

I am so sorry, I'm a literal noob when it comes to this stuff, can I do something about it to make the performance better?

what drive is it? most manufacturers have tools for setting up overprovisioning safely

 

[AngelicPsycho]

what drive is it? most manufacturers have tools for setting up overprovisioning safely

https://imgur.com/a/y41NOmb

This is the drive that's in the PC

 

[AngelicPsycho]

You can get sound drivers direct from the company that made the sound chip. Likely a Realtek product maybe C-Media.

There are tools out there for controlling fan speeds, but they might not work with Lenovo. Couldn't really say.

Best Fan Control Software for Windows

Explore the top fan control software options for Windows to optimize your system's cooling and maintain ideal performance levels.

techguided.com

I've talked to my brother in-law about this issue and he just told me, especially with Pre-built pc's and laptops to run a clean install of windows, so I might just wipe the disk and reinstall everything

 

[kerberos_20]

https://imgur.com/a/y41NOmb

This is the drive that's in the PC

samsung pm981, this thing can throttle a bit without heatsink, google pictures shows your lenovo ssd without heatsink, you might want to add m2 heatsink on it

for provisioning use this tool
https://download.semiconductor.sams...ung_Magician_installer_Official_7.2.1.980.zip
once you open it, on left side click on over provisioning and then set OP

 

[AngelicPsycho]

samsung pm981, this thing can throttle a bit without heatsink, google pictures shows your lenovo ssd without heatsink, you might want to add m2 heatsink on it

for provisioning use this tool
https://download.semiconductor.sams...ung_Magician_installer_Official_7.2.1.980.zip
once you open it, on left side click on over provisioning and then set OP

https://imgur.com/a/1Cte4Xg

I'll monitor drive temps and throttling, this is what magician shows me on the OP menu though.

 

[kerberos_20]

https://imgur.com/a/1Cte4Xg

I'll monitor drive temps and throttling, this is what magician shows me on the OP menu though.

do you have enabled raid in bios?

nvm seems like magician doesnt support oem drives

over provisioning is basicly unallocated free space at end of drive

 

[AngelicPsycho]

do you have enabled raid in bios?

Lenovo sadly doesn't let me change any advanced features like raid or XMP in the bios, I think BIOS has been locked and most feature are not able to be changed

 

[logainofhades]

I have a lenono legion 5 laptop, and their software never gave me issues. We really need to see what your temps are. This can get you the information. https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html