Memory Crashing after Upgrading

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I've been running 16GB on my 2nd machine for a while and was getting near the memory limit. It's a B350M Bazooka running a 2700x and 2 sticks of 8GB CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Corsair RAM

I found a decent set of DDR4 ram on OverClockers https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...x8gb-ddr4-pc4-25600c16-3200mhz-bg-01t-tg.html

TLZGD416G3200HC16CDC01, 3200MHz RAM Speed, CAS 16-20-20-38 Timings, 1.25-1.35v VDIMM, Ideal for AMD Ryzen 3000/4000 and Intel Comet Lake, Lifetime Warranty with OcUK.

So I tried to add that in, Windows reported it as 32GB and after using it for 30 minutes it crashed. I tweaked with XMP to try and put them all on same mhz etc, nothing was stable and I put XMP to Auto which is defaulting it now to 2133mhz.

After 2-3 hours it crashed again with all 4 sticks in, so to test the new sticks properly I took out my 2 Corsair sticks that were solid and no crashing and left in the TeamGroup ram, it was better but crashed after about 12 hours with no XMP on.

I guess the sticks are faulty or my motherboard is just being too picky? Not sure what to do from here, ultimately I just want 32GB and not too concerned about speed, would rather have the stability.
 
SOC voltage to 1.1V is a good shout.

To test the RAM:

Run a single DIMM of the Team Group pair.

Get it to fail fast using Memtest86+: https://www.memtest.org/ | You can create a bootable USB using its installer.

Switch the DIMM if it's good and try the other. Then try the pair together. Finally, add in the other pair.

If Memtest86+ fails during the configurations, you know what change causes the instability.

I would highly recommend using Memtest86+ as you can corrupt your OS install with RAM instability. That could turn into another headache on top of this one.
 
If it still crashes with the 2 new sticks, they're likely to be just faulty.

Are you using a later BIOS? I'd expect there to be updates on memory compatibility over the years, since you have a 1st gen board.

I'm not sure what a 2700X is capable of, but I suspect it won't run 4 sticks at XMP speeds much beyond 3000.
 
Rather than running two different kits of memory with different speeds and timings you should have bought a pair of 16Gb sticks to replace what you already had. Wasn't the Ryzen 2000 series picky with memory speed and amount of sticks?
 
pastymuncher said:
Rather than running two different kits of memory with different speeds and timings you should have bought a pair of 16Gb sticks to replace what you already had. Wasn't the Ryzen 2000 series picky with memory speed and amount of sticks?
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Agreed, best to have same memory set to avoid conflicts
 
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