Need help My 3200mhz Hyper x ram only running at 2666hz even after changing xmp profile

[Grim919]

Hi, I was hoping someone on here could help me fix my ram. I recently built my pc with 3200mhz hyper x ram. But it’s only running at 2666mhz. I have tried changing to the xmp profile but that didn’t work. Help me!

[Bombastinator]

TL;DNR Random guessing.  Only possibly useful for ideas.
 

Might happen on some older motherboards.  I’ve seen people suggest giving the memory a touch more juice in similar situations.  I don’t know how that works though.  There are those that do.  There’s also making sure your bios and drivers are up to date.  Checking the QVL list to make sure your memory is on it might not hurt.  The QVL is kinda dumb but sometimes memory from a particular manufacturer gets autoset to the model from that manufacturer that was tested so if they’ve got hyperX 2666 but no 3200 it could possibly be that.

 

[Grim919]

3 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

TL;DNR Random guessing.  Only possibly useful for ideas.
 

Might happen on some older motherboards.  I’ve seen people suggest giving the memory a touch more juice in similar situations.  I don’t know how that works though.  There are those that do.  There’s also making sure your bios and drivers are up to date.  Checking the QVL list to make sure your memory is on it might not hurt.  The QVL is kinda dumb but sometimes memory from a particular manufacturer gets autoset to the model from that manufacturer that was tested so if they’ve got hyperX 2666 but no 3200 it could possibly be that.

 

I have a asrock b365 pro4, and have updated the drivers, still nothing changed. What is the QVL.

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, Grim919 said:

I have a asrock b365 pro4, and have updated the drivers, still nothing changed. What is the QVL.

what CPU do you have? Unless its a K sku, its likely locked and the maximum the CPU can do is 2666. 

[Bombastinator]

Just now, Grim919 said:

I have a asrock b365 pro4, and have updated the drivers, still nothing changed. What is the QVL.

Qualified Vendor List. Should be in your manual. It’s a list of different brands and types of memory the company tested with the board. Sometimes they have custom cas timings that autoset

[Bombastinator]

2 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

what CPU do you have? Unless its a K sku, its likely locked and the maximum the CPU can do is 2666. 

That would totally do it.  If this is the case you might be able to still get extra performance out of it by hand tightening the cas timing on the memory.  Kind of a PITA 

[Grim919]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

what CPU do you have? Unless its a K sku, its likely locked and the maximum the CPU can do is 2666. 

I have a intel core i5 9th gen 9600K unlocked.

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

That would totally do it.

its my suspicion since hes using a B365 board that he has a non K CPU. 

[Skiiwee29]

2 minutes ago, Grim919 said:

I have a intel core i5 9th gen 9600K unlocked.

the B365 Pro 4 board is locked to a maximum of 2666 according to documentation from Asrock and will not go beyond that. 

[Bombastinator]

3 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

its my suspicion since hes using a B365 board that he has a non K CPU. 

Says no but b365 might still limit memory speed.  Lock out overclock too maybe.  
 

ha! Ninjapost.  You’re ahead of me.  Only shot to get the 3200 cooking is to do the hand clock thing on memory or just live with it

[Grim919]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

the B365 Pro 4 board is locked to a maximum of 2666 according to documentation from Asrock and will not go beyond that. 

So theres nothing i can do?

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, Grim919 said:

So theres nothing i can do?

You can tighten the cas.  Helps some.

[Grim919]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

You can tighten the cas.  Helps some.

How do i do that. sorry i am kinda new

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, Grim919 said:

How do i do that. sorry i am kinda new

I am not a memory guru sadly.  They’re around though.  It’s going to be in bios under some sort of advanced memory stuff.  As I have been given to understand Messing with memory timings is famous for being slow, annoying, and requires testing to see if what you did actually worked.

[Grim919]

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

I am not a memory guru sadly.  They’re around though.  It’s going to be in bios under some sort of advanced memory stuff.  As I have been given to understand Messing with memory timings is famous for being slow, annoying, and requires testing to see if what you did actually worked.

I see. i might just stick with 2666mhz then as thats not to bad. 

[Jurrunio]

Enable XMP should give you tighter timings (i.e. lower numbers for timings) even if you're stuck to a lower frequency

[Grim919]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Enable XMP should give you tighter timings (i.e. lower numbers for timings) even if you're stuck to a lower frequency

I tried enabling xmp. After re booting nothing changes. It stays as it was pre xmp.

[Bombastinator]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Enable XMP should give you tighter timings (i.e. lower numbers for timings) even if you're stuck to a lower frequency

*Points at @Jurrunio, makes “that there is a memory guru” hand signals and runs away*

[Grim919]

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

*Points at @Jurrunio, makes “that there is a memory guru” hand signals and runs away*

His post levels are over 9,000!!

[Jurrunio]

13 minutes ago, Grim919 said:

I tried enabling xmp. After re booting nothing changes. It stays as it was pre xmp.

hmm then I guess it relies on manual tuning then

 

10 minutes ago, Grim919 said:

His post levels are over 9,000!!

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[Bombastinator]

45 minutes ago, Grim919 said:

His post levels are over 9,000!!

*makes “a talkative idiot is still an idiot” hand signals and keeps running*

[Enderman]

1 hour ago, Grim919 said:

So theres nothing i can do?

In your UEFI change the frequency, timings, and voltage manually.

Copy what the ram is specd at, just like XMP, it might work.

That's how I got mine to run at the correct speeds.

[Grim919]

45 minutes ago, Enderman said:

In your UEFI change the frequency, timings, and voltage manually.

Copy what the ram is specd at, just like XMP, it might work.

That's how I got mine to run at the correct speeds.

Will try that

[Grim919]

45 minutes ago, Enderman said:

In your UEFI change the frequency, timings, and voltage manually.

Copy what the ram is specd at, just like XMP, it might work.

That's how I got mine to run at the correct speeds.

May not work tho due to the ram cap