[SOLVED] XMP Not Working

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Hi there.

I recently built a new PC as, welp I needed something with better performance. I built the pc yadayday (you guys know the drill), setup windows and then realized that I only have 2133 Mhz of RAM when I bought 3200 Mhz of RAM. I realized that you need to enable XMP, but when I did enable, I was greeted with the below:

https://prnt.sc/qjhaex

I updated the BIOS to the latest version, and still the same result, I even tried the beta version of the BIOS, still the same result. I've placed the RAM as recommended by the Motherboard itself | (RAM | (RAM) , and still no luck. I've tried manually setting the voltage, timings, and clock from corsair's site, once again, no luck.

Specifications:

Intel CORE I5-9600K 3.7 GHZ SKT1151 9MB CACHE BOXED - BX80684I59600K (Components > Processors CPU)
MSI Z390-A PRO Motherboard ATX, LGA1151, DDR4, LAN, USB 3.1 Gen2, Type-C, M.2, RGB Mystic Light, VGA, DVI-D, Display Port, Intel 8th and 9th Gen
Corsair 163301 Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz C16 XMP 2.0 High Performance Desktop Memory Kit, Black
NVIDIA 1060 3GB
Corsair RM650, RM Series, 80 Plus Gold Certified, 650 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply - Black
Samsung 860 QVO 1 TB SATA 2.5" Internal SSD
 
Solution
Probably not the worst idea ever. That particular board you had isn't one of MSI's better offerings and it might just be that you got a bad sample as well. Hopefully, things work a bit better with the new board but you may run into an incompatibility issue with the memory on this board as well since the memory I recommended has not, SFAIK, been vetted for compatibility on the Aorus board.

Edit: Looking at the Corsair memory finder filters, that memory IS compatible with that motherboard. So, fingers crossed.

First thing you want to do though is going to be to check and see what BIOS version that board comes with and update as necessary.
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