DDR4 Memory Speed Help

[Xiee]

Hi Guys,

 

So I recently upgraded my ram from a Corsair DDR4 2400 LPX 8gb kit (2x 4gb) to a G.Skill 3200 DD4 16gb kit (2x 8gb). I've been trying to set my memory speed to 3200 or at least 3000 but my games keep crashing. The most stable that I've been able to use is at 2866 and I'm stuck here. I've been reading through some other forums and checking other youtube videos to see how this can be done with no luck.

 

Here are the specs of my PC:

Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ base clock (3.2ghz)
Memory: G.Skill 3200 16gb (2x 8GB Dual Channel)

Motherboard: Asus Prime B350 Plus (upgraded to the latest bios)

 

On the AI Tweaker, I've set the AI Overclock Tuner to D.O.C.P (D.O.C.P DDR4 3200 16-18-18-38) and the voltage to 1.35 v.

 

So far I'm stuck, anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

[Skiiwee29]

likely need to up your SA voltage. Dont ever exceed 1.2v on that though. Likely set to auto. Try setting it to like 1.1 and testing. 

[Constantin]

doesn't the new Ram have XMP?

[Xiee]

2 minutes ago, Constantin said:

doesn't the new Ram have XMP?

It does. I'm not sure how to set XMP on my board though. Forgive me, I'm a bit new to all this.

[Skiiwee29]

2 minutes ago, Xiee said:

It does. I'm not sure how to set XMP on my board though. Forgive me, I'm a bit new to all this.

 

4 minutes ago, Constantin said:

doesn't the new Ram have XMP?

D.O.C.P. is AMD's equivalent to XMP. 

[Xiee]

Ah okay. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

However, I have already tried DOCP and selecting the D.O.C.P DDR4 3200 16-18-18-38 setting. When it's set to 3200, Windows crashes at startup. I can get it to 3000 but it will crash in most of my games (Overwatch, Witcher 3 Monster Hunter World). The most stable I got it to work was on 2866.

[Skiiwee29]

2 minutes ago, Xiee said:

Ah okay. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

However, I have already tried DOCP and selecting the D.O.C.P DDR4 3200 16-18-18-38 setting. When it's set to 3200, Windows crashes at startup. I can get it to 3000 but it will crash in most of my games (Overwatch, Witcher 3 Monster Hunter World). The most stable I got it to work was on 2866.

Do what I suggested and try upping your SA voltages to 1.1v and see what it does? Just make sure you do NOT go above 1.2v on there. 

[Xiee]

13 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

Do what I suggested and try upping your SA voltages to 1.1v and see what it does? Just make sure you do NOT go above 1.2v on there. 

Not really sure how to do that, I don't see any SA settings on my board. Uploading some images just to be sure.

 

[Skiiwee29]

Sorry, the VDDCR SOC voltage. 

[Xiee]

16 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

Sorry, the VDDCR SOC voltage. 

No go. I got a BSOD at startup. I tried changing the voltages by increments and still got BSOD. Ah well... thanks for the help anyway. I'll see if I can get some local technicians at the computer shop to help me with this.

[Jurrunio]

Try update the BIOS?

[nick name]

Yeah, my first thoughts would be to update BIOS, set SOC to 1.1V and try bumping up DRAM voltage to 1.37V.  The other thing would be to make certain you installed the RAM into the slots the manual instructs to use.  The ASUS boards I've used use the 2nd and 4th slots counting from the CPU socket.  

[Xiee]

8 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

Try update the BIOS?

 

That's the first thing I did after installing the new RAM.

 

3 hours ago, nick name said:

Yeah, my first thoughts would be to update BIOS, set SOC to 1.1V and try bumping up DRAM voltage to 1.37V.  The other thing would be to make certain you installed the RAM into the slots the manual instructs to use.  The ASUS boards I've used use the 2nd and 4th slots counting from the CPU socket.  

 

I'll try fiddling with the SOC and the DRAM voltage. And yes, I'm certain I've installed the RAM on the slots the Manual has required.

Thanks for the help so far everyone.

[airdeano]

my asrock pro4 and pro4m would handle and RAMs above 2666 til update. now can OC 3800 on 3600 16-16-18-32.

asus has a lot better RAM profiling than asrock on UEFI, does your system boot loop a couple of times and fail? or just fail?

[Jurrunio]

1 minute ago, Xiee said:

 

That's the first thing I did after installing the new RAM.

 

 

I'll try fiddling with the SOC and the DRAM voltage. And yes, I'm certain I've installed the RAM on the slots the Manual has required.

Thanks for the help so far everyone.

then maybe just the CPU having problems with its memory controller. 1st gen Ryzen don't do well in this department.