[SOLVED] X.M.P Boot failure

[xpsykogfx]

Hello,I've recently got a G.Skill 16GB RAM, I tried turning on X.M.P but I get boot failure.
I want to understand why it is happening.
I'll give more details.

Motherboard - Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3.
CPU - Intel i5-7500
RAM - 2 Sticks, 3000Mhz G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB

My BIOS is currently in version F2, the most recent one is F9.
Should I update it? Would that be the cause of the boot failure or would that be the CPU?
I am asking instead of testing because I have never tried updating BIOS before and I don't want to mess it up, so if I don't need to do it great.

 

[Supahos]

I'll put this firmly in the maybe category as ive not personally built a zseries non k cpu board in a few generations. But typically the non k processors can only run memory up to the max speed of the bseries chipset which would be 2666 I believe with kaby lake

 

[Supahos]

Scratch that the h270 boards only go up to 2400.. 2666 might work but it might not. I know your mother board will say otherwise but it'll also say cpu support may vary

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

With a non k chip , you will be lucky to get 2666. Some have. 3000 won't happen.