Hello everyone,
As the title says I have been unable to get this DDR4 set to run at 4000. According to G.Skill's QVL https://www.gskill.com/qvl/165/166/1...19D-32GTZR-Qvl my board, the MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC shows up. I have had the setup since the Summer of 2019 and have never been able to get it to run at 4000MHz. The best I can get is 3800MHz which isnt bad, just not what I am expecting.
Ive tried everything I can think of and will list a few i can think of.
-Started simple by defaulting the bios and just enabling XMP. It reads the XMP profile correctly according to the specs, but when I save and reboot I get the screen saying it couldnt boot with the current settings.
-I have tried manually setting up the profile and the timings vs leaving it to Auto. Same issue, cannot boot.
-I have tried bumping up the voltage slightly thinking maybe it just needed a little more juice, but no dice.
-I have tried 3 bios revisions. The one that came with the board, the new one listed on MSI's website, and finally the latest one that was released in November.
-Instead of setting it all up in the bios, I have tried setting it through their Dragon Center software.
-I tried the option Memory Try It ! to set it at the appropriate profile.
So I am open to any more ideas to try. Currently I am running it at 3800 and was able to lower the timings to 17-18-18-38 vs the normal 19-19-19-39 which might actually be slightly better anyways.
It should be noted I am using 64gigs of memory. At the time there was no 64gig kit for these, only 32 gig kits so I ordered 2 of them.
As far as my system goes should that help, it is as follows:
-Intel i9-9900k Processor
-MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC Motherboard
-64 Gigs Memory G.Skill F4-4000C19D-32GTZR (each stick is 16 gigs and came as a kit of 32gigs....so 2 kits)
-MSI Ventus RTX2080 8GB Video Card
-Creative Soundblaster Zx Sound card (i cant stand the onboard audio and love that the creative software lets me output everything as DD or DTS, but that's another discussion!)
-Various Samsung SSD drives (2 NVME drives, 3 Sata SSD) and 1 Intel SSD. Most of these carried over from previous builds, but the 1TB Samsung 970 Pro is my main one.
-Corsair Custom Water loop taking care of the CPU and GPU (no effect on memory, just listing things as the problem has been before I ever water cooled anything).
-Cooling is great with the water loop and various fans.. This is all housed in a Corsair Crystal 680x which has plenty of space)
-Corsair HX1200i PSU
One thing I noted, but have received mixed answers on is next to the CPU is an 8pin power connector and a 4pin. I've read that you dont need both plugged in....it is just giving both options.
So I am at a loss of what to do. The memory was quite expensive back in the Summer when I got it and had I known I would never get it up to speed even though it shows as tested by G.Skill I would have gone a different route or spent less money on the memory.
Im open to try anything, can answer any questions about my build or if I have tried something in particular, etc I would greatly appreciate it. I havent had any luck googling around for answers (maybe because its specific items or im not asking the right questions).
As the title says I have been unable to get this DDR4 set to run at 4000. According to G.Skill's QVL https://www.gskill.com/qvl/165/166/1...19D-32GTZR-Qvl my board, the MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC shows up. I have had the setup since the Summer of 2019 and have never been able to get it to run at 4000MHz. The best I can get is 3800MHz which isnt bad, just not what I am expecting.
Ive tried everything I can think of and will list a few i can think of.
-Started simple by defaulting the bios and just enabling XMP. It reads the XMP profile correctly according to the specs, but when I save and reboot I get the screen saying it couldnt boot with the current settings.
-I have tried manually setting up the profile and the timings vs leaving it to Auto. Same issue, cannot boot.
-I have tried bumping up the voltage slightly thinking maybe it just needed a little more juice, but no dice.
-I have tried 3 bios revisions. The one that came with the board, the new one listed on MSI's website, and finally the latest one that was released in November.
-Instead of setting it all up in the bios, I have tried setting it through their Dragon Center software.
-I tried the option Memory Try It ! to set it at the appropriate profile.
So I am open to any more ideas to try. Currently I am running it at 3800 and was able to lower the timings to 17-18-18-38 vs the normal 19-19-19-39 which might actually be slightly better anyways.
It should be noted I am using 64gigs of memory. At the time there was no 64gig kit for these, only 32 gig kits so I ordered 2 of them.
As far as my system goes should that help, it is as follows:
-Intel i9-9900k Processor
-MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC Motherboard
-64 Gigs Memory G.Skill F4-4000C19D-32GTZR (each stick is 16 gigs and came as a kit of 32gigs....so 2 kits)
-MSI Ventus RTX2080 8GB Video Card
-Creative Soundblaster Zx Sound card (i cant stand the onboard audio and love that the creative software lets me output everything as DD or DTS, but that's another discussion!)
-Various Samsung SSD drives (2 NVME drives, 3 Sata SSD) and 1 Intel SSD. Most of these carried over from previous builds, but the 1TB Samsung 970 Pro is my main one.
-Corsair Custom Water loop taking care of the CPU and GPU (no effect on memory, just listing things as the problem has been before I ever water cooled anything).
-Cooling is great with the water loop and various fans.. This is all housed in a Corsair Crystal 680x which has plenty of space)
-Corsair HX1200i PSU
One thing I noted, but have received mixed answers on is next to the CPU is an 8pin power connector and a 4pin. I've read that you dont need both plugged in....it is just giving both options.
So I am at a loss of what to do. The memory was quite expensive back in the Summer when I got it and had I known I would never get it up to speed even though it shows as tested by G.Skill I would have gone a different route or spent less money on the memory.
Im open to try anything, can answer any questions about my build or if I have tried something in particular, etc I would greatly appreciate it. I havent had any luck googling around for answers (maybe because its specific items or im not asking the right questions).
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