2nd set of ram died, any ideas?
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Not strictly true, even with everything up to date some motherboard still dump too much voltage into ram.
I have expo set but I also manually set voltages and cheacked them in bios and programs don’t just trust the number you set in bios
righto, i will double check
Soldato
Ram voltage isnt really a big problem on 7000 series, going upto 1.45v is ok as long as you have active airflow to keep the modules cool, what is the problem is the soc voltage especially on x3d chips, before the bios updates soc was really high which was causing the x3d chips to burn up, later bios updates from all manufactures rectified the problem, soc on x3d chips is limited to 1.3v and if you use a non x3d then soc voltage can go over 1.3v.
Bassically high soc voltage is used if you use ddr5 that is above 6000mhz and has tight timmings, dont think its a problem on intel but amd it matters, chip quality also matters and if you get lucky you can run low soc voltage, most chips x3d and non x3d should be ok around the 1.25-1.27v soc in most cases but sometimes you need 1.3v or more to get ram working right.
If you get super lucky you can run ultra low soc in the 1.0v-1.1v range, but those chips are rare to get in the wild, but again what ram speed you run plays a part too, nothings guaranteed
Setting expo in the bios will set up the ram correctly, but yeah you should go the the voltages page and check the ram voltage just to be sure its set right.
my setup i run dominators at 6200mhz with out of box timmings (cl36), voltage is set to 1.45v and my soc is set to 1.28v, 7950x and everything is great.
What…
I’m talking more about the super high SOC voltage that’s been killing ram, cpu’s and motherboard’s so yer ram voltage is a known problem.
There was a bit of a massive bios problem related to ram voltage as well just randomly killing systems.
The lad as already killed some ram kits(he’s not at fault) but let’s not just rinse and repeat..
He needs to install something like HWinfo and check all voltages under item and load as see if it reporting the same that set on bios.
Was was a problem with soc been at say 1.1 but the bios actually pumping over 1.4 in.
Soldato
Might be the motherboard overvolting the RAM.
RMA the motherboard or update the BIOS at the very least and put the voltages all to safe manual values.
ASUS had a recent issue of applying way too much voltage to the CPU (if I recall correctly).
Soldato
They look OK but you can get more out of them if your prepared to play. You got lucky and dropped on some Hynix A-Die so they will go much tighter and higher. 6000 should work OK with your loose settings. Set VSOC to 1.2 - 1.3, try 1.2 first and run your tests.
Have a look at my post, the first set of setting should run OK, don't try the last. You should run at 6000. Use your BIOS profiles for testing.
It should be noted that above 6000 gains are marginal on X3D chips. Have a look for ZenTimings
Be prepared to clear cmos and reload your bios settings if the settings don't take. Hence save to your profiles.
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Have a look at my post, the first set of setting should run OK, don't try the last. You should run at 6000. Use your BIOS profiles for testing.
It should be noted that above 6000 gains are marginal on X3D chips. Have a look for ZenTimings
Be prepared to clear cmos and reload your bios settings if the settings don't take. Hence save to your profiles.
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cool, thanks will have a look over weekend