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Double boot after enabling XMP but overclocking still works, should I be worried or is it fine?

Dimatkach26
By Dimatkach26
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Hello guys first of all this is the RAM and Motherboard I am using:

 

RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Intel Z170 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GTZKW

Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4

 

So the problem is the RAM runs at 2133mhz without XMP and with XMP it runs at 3200, whenever XMP is on when I boot my computer it does a double boot (fans ramp up to 100% twice and on second time screen turns on), I have no option to manually overclock the RAM in the bios just XMP.

 

When I do "save and restart" from the bios I only have one boot but when I restart my computer from windows or do a cold boot it still does a double boot.

 

The overclocking does seem to work though, I have looked both at CPU-Z and task manager and in the bios themself and it all shows the RAM running at 3200mhz.

 

Bios is updated to latest version 4.2V

 

I just wonder is this double boot any dangerous or unstable? is it fine if I just keep it like this or is there a way to solve it?

 

Hope for some advise guys I just built the computer 2 weeks ago and hoping this is not anything serious and maybe will just be solved in the following bios updates.

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it could be the way how the motherboard handles XMP memory, by starting up with it disabled first, then reboot with that enabled

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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I've had computers that double boot before, never seemed to be a big deal to me. I also remember this happening a lot in the early 2000s when Windows XP was big, a lot of dell desktops I used would have the CPU fan ramp up twice.

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