ASROCK X570 TAICHI - THE RYZEN 3000 MOTHERBOARD GIBBO & 8 PACK RECOMMENDS

Blackjack Davy · 17 Apr 2020 at 22:21

8 Pack said:
It's pretty obvious your cpu does not like 3600mhz.... Run 3533mhz no issues..... Done... Most of the time these issues are absolutely nothing to do with the board just the cpu....

Who says 1.4v is the max safe?? Dear me 1.5v is totally fine.... No issue...

8d is RAM issue can't pass training.... This can be timings, frequency or Cpu limitation with the settings your trying to train....

Well my assumption was because thats what it says on the box "1.2V ~ 1.4V ultra low working voltage"

I'm not trying to train anything its literally just the plain ol' XMP settings in the RAM. Everything is at default/stock/out of the box never even run the Dram calculator can't be bothered messing about with all with that stuff! I've never had any issue like this with any ram sticks in the past. I dunno about anyone else but if I paid for 3600mhz I'd expect it to at least run at, y'know, 3600mhz!

I'm not trying to win any world records for overclocking or infact anything other than buying a board cpu and ram and somehow expecting them to "just work" out of the box because honestly I have better things to do, or is that an unreasonable assumption? Because otherwise clearly I'm missing something here.

OldCoals said:
i have had the same problems with all BIOSes

Same here.

Shac · 18 Apr 2020 at 00:24

1.4v Dram AND 1.15 soc volts can help.
And it can be any one of motherboard, ram or cpu IMC causing a percieved lack of Mhz.
8 pack is telling you that when you are booting up the motherboard is telling you (8D) it cannot train to the memory with your current settings.
If it cant train the memory it will boot up at slower default values.

I had some cold boot issues just after boards released and all i had to do to stop them dead was up the Dram volts. At least to 1.3v dont try to run at 1.2 from experience.

martos123 · 19 Apr 2020 at 08:22

I went back to 2.73 as was getting the cold boot issue. I tried various options with 2.80 and just couldnt get it stable. Back on 2.73 and no issues.

fizzy · 19 Apr 2020 at 22:19

Had cold boot issue on 2.80 again. Fans ramped up, sat for a while then auto rebooted. I checked and during this time the diagnostic display and the onboard power/reset buttons weren't even on. It went through the usual ramping fans up and down etc then when I got into bios it had reset everything again, time was off too. Put USB stick in with bios files and used flash option. Selected 2.73 and it said "invalid file"??

Rebooted, into bios and tried again and this time it flashed fine so no issues with the actual file? Flashed to 2.73, loaded uefi defaults then enabled XMP profile. All booted up fine. This board is starting to annoy me now. Will try on 2.73 for a bit, and if I continue to have issues go back to 2.10.

I have noticed something odd on 2.8 and 2.73 - if you change the bus speed overclock from "auto" to "manual", the speed still says "auto" in manual options. Trying to put 100 in there results in it saying "auto", whereas anything other than 100 stays. In 2.10 it stated 100 when you enter 100. Why would it even say "auto" when you enable manual settings anyway?

What with the boot issues and the SB fan placement (especially when using the oblong block that is the radeon Vii) I'm regretting my choice of board now.

Minstadave · 19 Apr 2020 at 22:27

Not really impressed with the progress on this board. For a "flagship" ish board ASRock seem to have lost interest. Coldboot continuing on 2.8 is mad, it's been months since the 2.73 beta and still not fixed.

Panos · 19 Apr 2020 at 22:44

Minstadave said:
Not really impressed with the progress on this board. For a "flagship" ish board ASRock seem to have lost interest. Coldboot continuing on 2.8 is mad, it's been months since the 2.73 beta and still not fixed.

Sanity check. You you do not load settings from previous version of the bios yes? Every time you flash new bios, you have to manually set everything even if previous bios exists.

As for the board overall, my annoyance is the crap placement of the fan placing a shroud on the top not thinking that there are big GPUs; which either blow hot air to the SB or press the shroud and make the fan growling when it starts the PC.

Minstadave · 19 Apr 2020 at 22:48

Panos said:
Sanity check. You you do not load settings from previous version of the bios yes? Every time you flash new bios, you have to manually set everything even if previous bios exists.

As for the board overall, my annoyance is the crap placement of the fan placing a shroud on the top not thinking that there are big GPUs; which either blow hot air to the SB or press the shroud and make the fan growling when it starts the PC.

Yeah re-entered everything fresh each time. It seems to have randomly stopped the last month without any changes. Going to stay on 2.73 for now.

SB noise is ok but I have a Morpheus with 2x120mm fans on it so airflow is pretty high in that area. When I had my stock 1080 cooler it was annoying.

KentMan · 21 Apr 2020 at 06:12

Ok guys havent touched my system for a while, should i be using the latest bios? Im on 2.73 i think it is?

Also which version of 1usmus should i be using? Is a link anywhere to the motherboard settings for 1usmus, and lastly i saw AMD released new chipset drivers, should i install these?

@Panos any suggestions?

shiver · 21 Apr 2020 at 17:01

I have been on 2.50 for quite a while now, and get the odd random cold boot issue. Judging from some previous comments 2.73 seems like a stable one?

fizzy · 21 Apr 2020 at 17:21

Cold boot issue today on 2.73. Same as previous - no diagnostic display on, fans full tilt.... sits for a good while then restarts. Goes through loads of codes, hard to follow, fans ramping up and down a few times then finally allows me into bios. All settings reset, including time being off.

Back to 2.10. Load defaults then enable xmp. Booted up fine. If problem reoccurs on 2.10 (been stable for me before) I'm calling it quits and getting a different board as this one is driving me nuts now.

esoteric · 21 Apr 2020 at 17:55

Does anyone use the Bluetooth on this mobo? I have my DS4 paired but don't use it because I have an XBOne controller so I don't know how good it works. I wondering because 2 weeks ago I tried to pair my Bluetooth earpieces but I can only get them to pair if I put them near the back of the case and as soon as I put them in they lose signal.

When I put this PC together I didn't put in the WiFi antenna on, does that antenna help with Bluetooth signals?

fizzy · 21 Apr 2020 at 18:00

esoteric said:
Does anyone use the Bluetooth on this mobo? I have my DS4 paired but don't use it because I have an XBOne controller so I don't know how good it works. I wondering because 2 weeks ago I tried to pair my Bluetooth earpieces but I can only get them to pair if I put them near the back of the case and as soon as I put them in they lose signal.

When I put this PC together I didn't put in the WiFi antenna on, does that antenna help with Bluetooth signals?

Simple answer - yes.

Panos · 22 Apr 2020 at 01:22

KentMan said:
Ok guys havent touched my system for a while, should i be using the latest bios? Im on 2.73 i think it is?

Also which version of 1usmus should i be using? Is a link anywhere to the motherboard settings for 1usmus, and lastly i saw AMD released new chipset drivers, should i install these?

@Panos any suggestions?

I use 2.73beta with 1usmus v1.1 and latest chipset drivers.

Doobedoo · 22 Apr 2020 at 09:11

I think I’m still on 2.50 and can’t remember having any issues. The only issue I have is I can’t put the pc to sleep, the minute it turns off it turns back on by itself. Still don’t know why it does it but I can live with it.

Panos · 27 Apr 2020 at 11:13

Bios 3.0 is in the wild atm with AGESA 1005. We should be expecting it from Asrock within days.

Minstadave · 27 Apr 2020 at 11:17

Panos said:
Bios 3.0 is in the wild atm with AGESA 1005. We should be expecting it from Asrock within days.

That's more interesting!

Awahwah · 27 Apr 2020 at 11:44

3.0, I'll wait for that, still on 2.70.

BongoHunter · 27 Apr 2020 at 11:51

There's a few bits on reddit that suggest X570 motherboards with AGESA > 1.0.0.4b work with Ryzen 1st gen. Anyone here in a position to test this on the Taichi?

Blackjack Davy · 27 Apr 2020 at 13:26

Shac said:
1.4v Dram AND 1.15 soc volts can help.
And it can be any one of motherboard, ram or cpu IMC causing a percieved lack of Mhz.
8 pack is telling you that when you are booting up the motherboard is telling you (8D) it cannot train to the memory with your current settings.
If it cant train the memory it will boot up at slower default values.

I had some cold boot issues just after boards released and all i had to do to stop them dead was up the Dram volts. At least to 1.3v dont try to run at 1.2 from experience.

Thanks. XMP is 1.35 by default havn't run it any lower than that, its currently at 3666mhz and seems stable for now, touch wood.

fizzy said:
Cold boot issue today on 2.73. Same as previous - no diagnostic display on, fans full tilt.... sits for a good while then restarts. Goes through loads of codes, hard to follow, fans ramping up and down a few times then finally allows me into bios. All settings reset, including time being off.

Back to 2.10. Load defaults then enable xmp. Booted up fine. If problem reoccurs on 2.10 (been stable for me before) I'm calling it quits and getting a different board as this one is driving me nuts now.

If the reset button or off button on the case won't get it out of the reboot cycle switch it off on the PSU or at the wall than it behaves as if nothing was wrong, been there done that more times than I care to mention but seems to behaving itself of late. Well aside from the chipset fan making a grinding noise this morning, thats a new one.

fizzy · 1 May 2020 at 21:04

This week I've replaced my LG34UC87 ultrawide with an LG34GK950F - first time I've had freesync and a >60hz monitor. Previously tended to play games with vsync on, so my radeon vii wasn't always pushed to the limit. Things were reasonably cool and quiet.

Now that I've got vsync off and using freesync, and going for higher frame rates - all that's changed.

Boy this board gets hot! I know the radeon Vii isn't doing me any favours thanks to essentially blocking the chipset cooler fan grill, and venting into the case but chipset is hitting very high 70's and fan ramping up above 5000rpm. The motherboard cover plate get's pretty hot to the touch as well. I'm using a corsair air 540 case with twin 140mm fans on the front, one of the rear and one up top. Plenty of air flow. I've tried running with side panel off and laying on it's side which helps a little, but not as much as expected.

Already undervolting the R VII, and also tried having a fan blowing onto the board from the side to help cool the cover plate but still warm. Given that there is only a smallish thermal pad between the chipset cooler and the cover plate, has anybody tried running it without and does it make much of a difference either way? Since some other boards have only the chipset cooler and seperate M2 cooling heatsinks, curious how effective a full plate is - does it actually protect the board? Would think the slits above the chipset fan aren't helping airflow either, with the metal sections restricting it a fair bit?

Edit: Nevermind, I think the heat is being caused by the R VII, especially going by how toasty the backplate on the card gets. Probably heating up everything around it.