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RYZEN DDR4 MEMORY, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!

I'm pulling my hair out over this now. Anything other than 2133MHz seems to result in random failures.

It's just the unpredictability that's bothering me. I've tried adjusting ram and CPU voltages/clocks with the same result. Sometimes it will post, other times the system gets stuck in a boot loop and will reset everything. Every time I think I've cracked it I get another crash.

Hopefully bios updates can fix this. If they can't, I will never buy an AMD CPU again.

I'm starting to think this launch was too rushed and it's the early adopters and AMD's reputation that will pay the price.
 
What ram you using?

Also, is it stable at 2133?

All in all, yes, this release probably was a little premature. I think mostly in relation to board manufacturing.

The lack of motherboard availability, still now, is a bit poor.

I won't swear off AMD myself - we need them to keep the big players honest. Well, slightly honest at least.

I'm happy to have supported them with a system that has immense potential.

Hopefully it will not be long before things are looking up
 
Howie87 said:
I'm pulling my hair out over this now. Anything other than 2133MHz seems to result in random failures.

It's just the unpredictability that's bothering me. I've tried adjusting ram and CPU voltages/clocks with the same result. Sometimes it will post, other times the system gets stuck in a boot loop and will reset everything. Every time I think I've cracked it I get another crash.

Hopefully bios updates can fix this. If they can't, I will never buy an AMD CPU again.

I'm starting to think this launch was too rushed and it's the early adopters and AMD's reputation that will pay the price.
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What board you got bud?
 
I'm running 2x8 Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz single rank. Seems to boot every time at 2133 but anything else is a roll of the dice. I really wanted to like this system and bought it to support AMD along with a brand new RX480 (which crashes and I've had to down-clock to get stable). I'm running a Corsair HX650 PSU that I've had no problems with in my previous i5 2500K/GTX 770 build so don't think that's the problem either.

Asus Prime-X370-Pro motherboard.
 
Howie87 said:
I'm running 2x8 Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz single rank. Seems to boot every time at 2133 but anything else is a roll of the dice. I really wanted to like this system and bought it to support AMD along with a brand new RX480 (which crashes and I've had to down-clock to get stable). I'm running a Corsair HX650 PSU that I've had no problems with in my previous i5 2500K/GTX 770 build so don't think that's the problem either.

Asus Prime-X370-Pro motherboard.
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What is your SOC voltage? If stock try increasing it slightly. I think 1.2 is max so don't go that high!
Also are you sticks in A2 and B2 slots?
 
SOC voltage is stock at 0.95 I think. Yes, A2 and B2 slots and I've tried individually and swapped the sticks over. Made no difference as far as I could tell.
 
Howie87 said:
CPU is running at 3.5GHz on all cores at 1.25 Vcore.

What does the SOC voltage actually do?
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Never try and troubleshoot two overclocked components at the same time...

As above, leave cpu stock while trying to determine how ram is working.

If it's stable when you run on 'optimised defaults', then try the docp profile at 2666.

If that a no go. Manually up the dram and soc voltage a bit manually - not too much.

If not, try 2400. If not either leave memory at stock for now, and wait for updates, or go Intel.

I'd suggest waiting, personally.
 
Ok, I've switched the CPU and Vcore back to stock and I'm now running at 2933MHz using the XMP profile, which I'm happy with.

Not going to bother trying to OC the CPU again until Corsair send the AM4 bracket for my hydro cooler as it's looking like I'm gonna need 1.35+ Vcore for a decent boost. Can't even run a stable 3.5GHz @ 1.25
 
Glad you can at least run your ram at a decent rate now. Unfortunately this is how it goes with unlocked CPUs some are brilliant others not so and some are just plain rubbish.
I would like to know if there is some correlation between a good overclocker and a good IMC though......
 
gavinh87 said:
Glad you can at least run your ram at a decent rate now. Unfortunately this is how it goes with unlocked CPUs some are brilliant others not so and some are just plain rubbish.
I would like to know if there is some correlation between a good overclocker and a good IMC though......
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Overclocker as in the CPU or the user? Until AMD open up more of the sub sets, there's no magic here with memory. With the current rules it's a balancing act as to what works for some and not others. It's more of an alignment issue than it is a matter of IMC strength
 
Silent_Scone said:
Overclocker as in the CPU or the user? Until AMD open up more of the sub sets, there's no magic here with memory. With the current rules it's a balancing act as to what works for some and not others. It's more of an alignment issue than it is a matter of IMC strength
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As in the CPU. I hope that is the case, as RAM is the secret to performance it would suck if only the best chips could hit decent speeds
 
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