Memory Overclocking Problems.

[ForeverZero]

Alrighty I updated my BIOs, and I'm still no better off for OCing, and I still can't get my ram to anything over 2133.  no matter what my voltage is set to.

[nick name]

Let's go back and look at what you tried to troubleshoot this the first time.  Give me a sec.  

[nick name]

8 hours ago, ForeverZero said:

Alrighty I updated my BIOs, and I'm still no better off for OCing, and I still can't get my ram to anything over 2133.  no matter what my voltage is set to.

Did that fix your hardware reserved problem?

[ForeverZero]

@nick name No all of my problems still persist. For some reason my GPU has reserved VRAM? but I have a dedicated GPU. there shouldn't be a way to set VRAM like that should there?

[nick name]

13 minutes ago, ForeverZero said:

@nick name No all of my problems still persist. For some reason my GPU has reserved VRAM? but I have a dedicated GPU. there shouldn't be a way to set VRAM like that should there?

Yeah, I don't think integrated graphics would reserve that much RAM anyway.  So I'm not sure what is causing it and I've seen several posts on it lately but none that were resolved.  The only things I can think of is perhaps a bad RAM slot/CPU or if you run msconfig it might be limited in Boot > Advanced Options > Maximum Memory.  When I mention CPU I mean perhaps a damaged pin.  

[ForeverZero]

@nick name Any links to the posts?  Becuase even my bios isn't showing all of the ram now. It only says 8 gigs available.

[nick name]

Oof.  That makes me think it is hardware related.  Can you pull the stick in B2 and leave a stick in A2 and see what that does?  If it does nothing then pull the stick from A2 with a stick in B2 alone.  We are trying to rule out a bad slot with these steps.

 

And I can't remember the posts, but they were recent so you can probably find them by looking through older posts.  I recall that one solved their problem with a BIOS update, but that didn't help you.  

[ForeverZero]

@nick name I'll try that when I get time

[ForeverZero]

@nick name Hey Nick I might have found the problem and it might help you if you can find those other posts to help them out, get them to check out their RAM compatibility. I just looked and my part number for my RAM isn't supported by my motherboard. 

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BH1CQVQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 << RAM Kit I bought. 

F4-3200C16D-16GSX << Part number for said RAM

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/X470-GAMING-PLUS#support-mem-12 << Motherboard support page

[nick name]

1 hour ago, ForeverZero said:

@nick name Hey Nick I might have found the problem and it might help you if you can find those other posts to help them out, get them to check out their RAM compatibility. I just looked and my part number for my RAM isn't supported by my motherboard. 

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BH1CQVQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 << RAM Kit I bought. 

F4-3200C16D-16GSX << Part number for said RAM

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/X470-GAMING-PLUS#support-mem-12 << Motherboard support page

Honestly, 3200CL16 RAM is usually a safe bet.  It not being on the QVL is usually just a sign they didn't test it, but perhaps in this case it is that they couldn't get it to run.

 

Did you ever tests the slots individually?

[ForeverZero]

@nick name Unfortunately I don't have much time to take my pc out and take it apart, as it's in a bad spot. Lol I'm typically super busy and don't get much time for troubleshooting.