Over the past couple of months, I've been having difficulty getting my G.skill memory to run properly.
My set-up:
AMD Ryzen 3800X
ASRock X570 Steel Legend
G.skill F4-3600C16Q-64GTZNC
Zotac GTX 1080 Ti
I bought this set-up so I can run the memory at 3600MHz with the IMC in 1:1 mode, for the lowest latency without having to risk the silicon lottery for 3733MHz. I want to be able to run several VM's while playing a demanding video game, hence the large amount of memory.
Since my motherboard is on the memory's QVL list, I'd expect to be able to run the RAM at its advertised XMP speed. However, every time I try to push beyond 3133MHz, Memtest86 (I'm using version 8.3) starts finding errors, and I indeed experience instability.
I've tried many things trying to stabilize my build, learning a lot about DDR4 and how Ryzen's work along the way. Here's the latest procedure I've gone through:
- Clear CMOS. (RAM defaults to DRR4-2133.)
- Set FLCK to 1800MHz. Reboot, test, works fine.
- Set CR to 1T (with GearDown disabled). Reboot, test, works fine.
- Turn on XMP, and turn the memory up to 2800MHz. Reboot, test, works fine.
- Crank it up to 3000MHz. Reboot, test, works fine.
- Crank it up to 3166MHz. Reboot, test, works fine.
- Crank it up to 3200MHz. Reboot, test, errors.
- 3200MHz, but with tCL set to 24. Reboot, test, errors.
- Cranking it up to 3600MHz results in boot failures and heavy memory corruption.
If I just try all-Auto settings, it goes through a bunch of training failures, ending up with the FCLK at around 1600MHz. However, it's not actually stable: stressing the set-up results in memory corruption (crashing games, crashing Windows, and Memtest86 can sometimes find it as well).
I've already gotten a new RAM kit once, and a new CPU once. I started out on BIOS version 2.20, but upgraded to 2.30 a couple of days after its release. None improved the situation.
So I need some help. What should I do to get my G.skill memory working as intended?
My set-up:
AMD Ryzen 3800X
ASRock X570 Steel Legend
G.skill F4-3600C16Q-64GTZNC
Zotac GTX 1080 Ti
I bought this set-up so I can run the memory at 3600MHz with the IMC in 1:1 mode, for the lowest latency without having to risk the silicon lottery for 3733MHz. I want to be able to run several VM's while playing a demanding video game, hence the large amount of memory.
Since my motherboard is on the memory's QVL list, I'd expect to be able to run the RAM at its advertised XMP speed. However, every time I try to push beyond 3133MHz, Memtest86 (I'm using version 8.3) starts finding errors, and I indeed experience instability.
I've tried many things trying to stabilize my build, learning a lot about DDR4 and how Ryzen's work along the way. Here's the latest procedure I've gone through:
- Clear CMOS. (RAM defaults to DRR4-2133.)
- Set FLCK to 1800MHz. Reboot, test, works fine.
- Set CR to 1T (with GearDown disabled). Reboot, test, works fine.
- Turn on XMP, and turn the memory up to 2800MHz. Reboot, test, works fine.
- Crank it up to 3000MHz. Reboot, test, works fine.
- Crank it up to 3166MHz. Reboot, test, works fine.
- Crank it up to 3200MHz. Reboot, test, errors.
- 3200MHz, but with tCL set to 24. Reboot, test, errors.
- Cranking it up to 3600MHz results in boot failures and heavy memory corruption.
If I just try all-Auto settings, it goes through a bunch of training failures, ending up with the FCLK at around 1600MHz. However, it's not actually stable: stressing the set-up results in memory corruption (crashing games, crashing Windows, and Memtest86 can sometimes find it as well).
I've already gotten a new RAM kit once, and a new CPU once. I started out on BIOS version 2.20, but upgraded to 2.30 a couple of days after its release. None improved the situation.
So I need some help. What should I do to get my G.skill memory working as intended?
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