Ryzen 5, Asus B350, and DDR4 3000 Problem

[NotDaveMustaine]

I recently put together a new build featuring a Ryzen 5 2600X, Asus TUF B350, and team group vulcan DDR4 3000. I verified that the ram was on the QVL for my mobo. As expected, it defaults to 2133 without messing with the bios. However, when I went into the bios and changed the speed to 3000, it failed to post and I had to reset the CMOS, which was a giant pain in the ass. How do I safely get my ram to its rated speed, given that that ram kit at that speed is on the QVL? Or at least, how do I get it closer to 3000? I'd rather avoid having to take the gpu out and reset the CMOS again. 

 

Thanks!

[AskTJ]

Try it at 2666 and crawl your way up. Increasing voltage can help, but I'm not sure how you do that.

[NelizMastr]

Did you raise the speed using a XMP/DOCP profile? Because the RAM won't ever run 3000MHz at the stock 1.2v DDR4 comes at. You'd be looking at about 1.3-1.35v typically.

[NotDaveMustaine]

10 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Did you raise the speed using a XMP/DOCP profile? Because the RAM won't ever run 3000MHz at the stock 1.2v DDR4 comes at. You'd be looking at about 1.3-1.35v typically.

I didn't. To be safe, should I just bump it to 1.4v and run it?

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, NotDaveMustaine said:

I didn't. To be safe, should I just bump it to 1.4v and run it?

1.4 is kinda edgy, try 2933 at 1.35 first and see what happens. 

[NotDaveMustaine]

1 minute ago, NelizMastr said:

1.4 is kinda edgy, try 2933 at 1.35 first and see what happens. 

Thanks for your help.

[Jurrunio]

26 minutes ago, NotDaveMustaine said:

Thanks for your help.

Even crappy Hynix die can take 1.6V no problem (more than that isnt unsafe, it just overclocks worse instead), so 1.4V is more than safe.

 

Your problem is most likely from the crappy motherboard (TUF = Flashy paint job on a budget board), but it's not really cost effective to replace it. Just use 2933 for the meantime.