None of my RAM will run at advertised speeds?

[Nena Trinity]

Just now, Fasauceome said:

OP just has to increase the voltage. You have failed to prove that it is not safe to do that.

 

or they're just not on the QVL

You have not proven that Intel have said 1.4v is OK but sure go ahead if its just for a short test I doubt it will cause long term damage.

 

Funny because sometimes companies can write a stick of RAM works with their board but when testing it, still doesnt work had it happening once kinda sucked but oh well.

[Jurrunio]

2 hours ago, Telebubbies said:

I did increase voltage to 1.4V and ran a windows memory diagnostics test. It detected an error and said I have a hardware issue only 6% into the standard scan. Not sure what to do now.. These blue screens are so annoying and could lead to data loss eventually

Try 1.25V VCCSA and 1.2V VCCIO, along with 1.4V on memory voltage at 3200MHz with XMP enabled

 

9 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

 

Its quite clear here that

A. OP lost the silicone lottery on the IMC and got a chip that can ONLY GIVE WHAT INTEL PROMISED (2666MHz) or...

B. the DDR4 sticks are defective and should be RMAd best choice here is a memtest 86 on both of them to verify they arent defective or...

C. Motherboard compatibility issue? That sucks but can happen...

No it's not clear, OP did not.change voltages going.into the memory controller yet.

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

You have not proven that Intel have said 1.4v is OK

Intel says that literally any OC is "dangerous" and voids your warranty for your CPU. What Intel says could not be less relevant here. End of story. You still, again, have not shown any expert overclocking advice that says 1.4 volts will degrade the IMC.

 

2 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

Funny because sometimes companies can write a stick of RAM works with their board but when testing it, still doesnt work had it happening once kinda sucked but oh well.

yeah QVLs can be quite awful.

[Nena Trinity]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

Try 1.25V VCCSA and 1.2V VCCIO, along with 1.4V on memory voltage at 3200MHz with XMP enabled

 

No it's not clear, OP did not.change voltages going.into the memory controller yet.

Well if it works at 1.4v rather than 1.35v then the stick is technically defective, other than that I still vote for memtest86 prior to increasing voltage...

[Nena Trinity]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

Intel says that literally any OC is "dangerous" and voids your warranty for your CPU. What Intel says could not be less relevant here. End of story. You still, again, have not shown any expert overclocking advice that says 1.4 volts will degrade the IMC.

I would rather tested both sticks with the free software memtest86 before trying these things, its quite possible the sticks are defective...

[Jurrunio]

7 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

Well if it works at 1.4v rather than 1.35v then the stick is technically defective, other than that I still vote for memtest86 prior to increasing voltage...

Technically yes, but since memory kits.come with lifetime warranties anyway it may not.be worthy to.RMA them when OP's aim is.to.hit.their.rated speeds and.nothing.more.

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Nena360 said:

I would rather tested both sticks with the free software memtest86 before trying these things, its quite possible the sticks are defective...

That is the worst case scenario. Increasing memory voltage is always easier and more reliable to improve memory performance.

 

Ram is really hard to kill, and defective ram is rare.

[Nena Trinity]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

Technically yes, but since memory kits.come with lifetime warranties anyway it may not.be worthy to.RMA them when OP's aim is.to.hit.their.rated speeds and.nothing.more.

Sure but I still advice against the 1.4v solution long term...

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

That is the worst case scenario. Increasing memory voltage is always easier and more reliable to improve memory performance.

 

Ram is really hard to kill, and defective ram is rare.

There is also the option C that this board not at all works with these sticks, rare and strange it was to be with 2 kits so far now? We could be in a even worse scenario where soemthing is wrong with the board? Optionally clear CMOS and remove the battery maybe? For about 3min...

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z390-A-PRO

This board is supporting a maximum of 4400MHz(OC) when MSI write this they do not guarantee it will work trust me... But that is way higher than the issue RAM currently so that would be odd.

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Nena360 said:

Sure but I still advice against the 1.4v solution long term...

again, you are the only person who advises this. Reconsider.

[Nena Trinity]

4 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

 

again, you are the only person who advises this. Reconsider.

Still have OP reset CMOS before trying the 1.4v thingy...

[StopLoctiteOnM.2Screws]

Not all motherboards support all memory / speeds.

 

You actually need to check the QVL and pick a motherboard that is compatible with your ram if not vice versa.

[Telebubbies]

Alright guys. So I am able to get my system 100% stable at 2666mhz with timings of 13-15-15-30 and voltage at 1.35. This is for the 2x 8GB corsair vengence 3200mhz cl16 RAM.

Are those timings good? Do you think I can get away with cutting it down even more and still get a solid system?