XMP won’t POST

Jack1991 · 7 Jun 2018 at 12:30

hi guys,

I have had my pc for well over a year now and feel that the time is now to start actually getting the most from my components.

I was going to do a small Oc on the cpu and activate XMP for the memory.

I have run into problems though : as soon as I activate XMP - save and reboot my pc it just won’t post.

Z170xp-sli mobo
I5 6600k
CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 16GB (2X8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHZ

Disco79 · 7 Jun 2018 at 12:36

You will need to do an overclock on the CPU including upping the CPU volts to support the faster memory speed I believe.

Your board only supports 3000mhz RAM in OC mode as per the manufacturer specs

Happy to be corrected by others if this isn't the case though

drs101 · 7 Jun 2018 at 13:14

I had this issue and had to manually overclock the cpu and add a little more voltage, then worked

Jack1991 · 7 Jun 2018 at 14:08

I’m not so familiar with overclocking etc to be honest. Anyone point me in the right direction ? Seems a waste to have HW capable of taking further and not doing it

Disco79 · 7 Jun 2018 at 14:25

Jack1991 said:
I’m not so familiar with overclocking etc to be honest. Anyone point me in the right direction ? Seems a waste to have HW capable of taking further and not doing it

Have a read of this thread which should give you some assistance on what to do
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...overview-and-4-6ghz-overclock-guide.18690668/

drs101 · 7 Jun 2018 at 15:54

Jack1991 said:
I’m not so familiar with overclocking etc to be honest. Anyone point me in the right direction ? Seems a waste to have HW capable of taking further and not doing it

have a go yourself, if your bios settings are at stock you can always reset them to stock, or save the current profile if your bios lets you, do a youtube search for your mb and find a guide, its not as complex as it used to be, just be careful with voltage and heat and how far you can go depending on your cooler,

I managed to get my coffee lake to 5ghz without much effort after not overclocking for years and feeling very unsure about it all.

Jack1991 · 7 Jun 2018 at 19:10

Thanks for the replies. I will give it a try