Ryzen 7 1700 will not overclock

[James Sumnall]

Hello all,

I've used up all my Googlefoo and can't find an answer to why my Ryzen 7 1700 will not overclock. Any advice would be gratefully received.

So here's the issue:

Mobo: Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro (BIOS version F5)
RAM: 32 GB DDR4 Elite 2400 MHz (this was given to me and I can't tell if it's on the MQVL, possibly an issue?)
CPU: Ryzen 7 1700

System boots no problem at all with stock BIOS/UEFI

If I change the clock multiplier from auto to say 31 to get a very mild overclock of 3100 MHz no dice, system reboots into BIOS recovery same if I try from 3700 MHz. Any multiplier I set causes the system not to boot. Even if I set a multiplier of 30 to match the stock speed of 3000 MHz; no boot.

I can adjust RAM frequency and VCore voltage offset whilst leaving the CPU clock multiplier on auto and the system will boot.

Am I looking at a dodgy board?

Thanks

 

[pieman109]

Does the cpu overclock (boost ) when in windows?. Try prime 95 or some other software that'll load the cpu to max. As soon as its starts, the cpu should increase in speed from 3.4ghz to about 3.8ghz. that'll prove the mobo/cpu are operating as they should at default settings.

 

[James Sumnall]

Thanks for the reply.

Any CPU centric tasks saw no change in the frequency so it wasn't boosting. I read a bit more and found the RAM I have wasn't on the QVL so I picked up a 16GB Hyper X 3200MHz kit which was. Soon as I put this in BIOS showed available XMP profiles (this wasn't present with the original RAM).

After installing the new RAM the CPU now boosts past the 3.0 GHz base. I've now clocked the chip at 3.5 GHz and will tweak from there.