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*** The Official Alder Lake owners thread ***
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Yeah I found some funky stuff restoring the bios settings from USB this time round, but fan profiles are fine. I think from now on I will just restore fan profiles and do an optimised defaults after any BIOS update then manually put settings back. The funky stuff was settings being set to options I'd never have chosen like OS mode under boot being set to Other when it's always been "Windows 10", Onboard LAN was disabled too...
NVMe still here on mine.
Main m.2 slot (top most one)?
Definitely set the RAM timings manually. Most board vendors have had/may still have XMP issues and even though my mobo maker has confirmed a BIOS update with XMP fixes, I still run the manual timings. I also turned off dynamic memory timing mode and set it to "Fixed" as I suspected a RAM config issue since games kept crashing to desktop randomly and has been fine since turning that setting to fixed from dynamic.
That AVX512 BIOS update will be because Intel don't want current ADL taking the limelight away from the new chips with VX512 out the box. Whilst disabling E cores to get AVX512 is possible, you only gain in apps that utilise those instructions. So mostly only productivity far as I can see. You lose more by disabling the ecores anyway as they are more important in day to day and keeping games running better as the ecores take over background app usage etc.
I don't see it as an issue not having AVX512 for the vast majority of people.
I don't see it as an issue not having AVX512 for the vast majority of people.
Sounds like it is a module compatibility or something in that instance I guess? I have the latest BIOS now but not enabled XMP yet as the manual settings are working fine!
Bit of an ADL ownership update, I've just been checking the updated Gigabyte RAM compatibility page and noticed that my current Corsair LPX 64GB 3600MHz kit @ CL18-22-22-42 (CMK64GX4M2D3600C18) is not listed and I'm sure it used to be. Also note that they do list a similar module with the exact same timings etc but on Hynix chips whereas mine is on Samsung (not b-die) according to CPU-Z.
It then dawned on me that the random crash to desktop issues I've been seeing in Horizon and Cyberpunk may well be related to this as I've tried everything else short of a new PSU which I don't think is the issue.
The page does list various Kingston modules however so a quick search for similar memory resulted in Kingston Fury kit also 64GB 3600MHz @ 18-22-22-39 (KF436C18BBK2/64) is on the list and conveniently available for delivery same day today.
The only bummer is that the Kingston kit is considerably more expensive at £360 vs the £290 I paid for the Corsair LPX but hey ho. I am still in the full refund window for the Corsair however so I will get that back from Amazon thankfully and just take the difference on the chin.
The Kingston kit is non-RGB too which I prefer and should have temperature sensors on each stick which the Corsair LPX does not so that will be a little bonus I guess.
I've also had the odd BSOD here and there, not often but every once in a while which I chalked up to maybe an application crash or something but again those make more sense now knowing that Gigabyte have not listed any Corsair 3600MHz modules as compatible for this board.
Computering is fun isn't it?!
It then dawned on me that the random crash to desktop issues I've been seeing in Horizon and Cyberpunk may well be related to this as I've tried everything else short of a new PSU which I don't think is the issue.
The page does list various Kingston modules however so a quick search for similar memory resulted in Kingston Fury kit also 64GB 3600MHz @ 18-22-22-39 (KF436C18BBK2/64) is on the list and conveniently available for delivery same day today.
The only bummer is that the Kingston kit is considerably more expensive at £360 vs the £290 I paid for the Corsair LPX but hey ho. I am still in the full refund window for the Corsair however so I will get that back from Amazon thankfully and just take the difference on the chin.
The Kingston kit is non-RGB too which I prefer and should have temperature sensors on each stick which the Corsair LPX does not so that will be a little bonus I guess.
I've also had the odd BSOD here and there, not often but every once in a while which I chalked up to maybe an application crash or something but again those make more sense now knowing that Gigabyte have not listed any Corsair 3600MHz modules as compatible for this board.
Computering is fun isn't it?!
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Oh it can be fine in windows for weeks etc, then out of nowhere a random bsod with an access violation error or a 0x800 code that doesn't really bring about any search results! The Cyberpunk 2077 crashes can be replicated though whilst the Windows bsod is so infrequent that I didn't even think about it really and windows logs don't point to anything specific either. The Cyberpunk crashes have no specific error, again access violation type stuff that doesn't point in any right direction either but at least those game crashes to desktop are directly to desktop and not a bsod so that kinda points to some sort of memory or power related issue with the GPU (hence initial thoughts being PSU related).
I have a couple of paths to trace though as have a new PSU on standby to test with as well tonight so will see what's what!
Yeah the RAM lists are not conclusive but these modules were on the list when I bought them but are no missing, which leads me to believe they were removed for a reason!
I have a couple of paths to trace though as have a new PSU on standby to test with as well tonight so will see what's what!
Yeah the RAM lists are not conclusive but these modules were on the list when I bought them but are no missing, which leads me to believe they were removed for a reason!
I have not run any RAM testing really, just been playing games and using apps. Worth noting that I've utilised over 37GB of RAM before when editing photos and videos so stability as far as that goes has been fine although that's hardly stressing the memory bandwidth I guess.
I was able to get Cyberpunk stable for a whole week recently but cannot remember what I did exactly other than adjust the dynamic RAM timing BIOS settings from auto to fixed but after installing a new PSU cable recently from GPU to PSU the Cyberpunk instability returned and I'm certain I did not adjust anything else although I did update to the F6 latest BIOS in between that timeframe too and had not played Cyberpunk for a few days afterwards so cannot rule the BIOS update out either.
Is this the software btw? https://www.karhusoftware.com/ramtest/
I was able to get Cyberpunk stable for a whole week recently but cannot remember what I did exactly other than adjust the dynamic RAM timing BIOS settings from auto to fixed but after installing a new PSU cable recently from GPU to PSU the Cyberpunk instability returned and I'm certain I did not adjust anything else although I did update to the F6 latest BIOS in between that timeframe too and had not played Cyberpunk for a few days afterwards so cannot rule the BIOS update out either.
Is this the software btw? https://www.karhusoftware.com/ramtest/
Hmm seems it didn't take long, 1 error at 76% - Running again but turning off stop on error to see how many are found at 100%+
This is with the RAM at 3600MHz and its specced timings 18-22-22-42-64. Gear 1 of course too. This is just with Firefox open btw no other apps.
This is with the RAM at 3600MHz and its specced timings 18-22-22-42-64. Gear 1 of course too. This is just with Firefox open btw no other apps.
Will try that shortly cheers, in the meantime here are the current settings being used, I have reverted the memory dynamic timing back to auto for now but the rest remain fixed at auto or manual (timings):
Can you spot anything out of the norm here that I should be looking to change? Also what is the system agent as don't seem to have that in my BIOS
Can you spot anything out of the norm here that I should be looking to change? Also what is the system agent as don't seem to have that in my BIOS
Peak GB! there's are reason we don't touch that brand for oc'ing
Heh, I'll admit once I got my old GB Z170X Gaming 5 mobo tweaked in the BIOS it was super stable and performed at the top of its then class for several years but that did need BIOS updates up until 2018 so a good few years in.
Running karhu now and so far no errors reported and at 160% coverage at time of writing:
Cheers btw, whilst the karhu tool cost £9, you may well have saved me £360 (+£130 on a new PSU) since if this continues for the next hour+ with no errors and I rerun Cyberpunk and it does not CTD then I can return the replacement parts unopened!
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