After first turning it up, I went into safe mode because of an overclock issue.
After first turning it up, I went into safe mode because of an overclock issue.
I am trying to make my computer run faster by overclocking it, but every time I start up, it goes into a safe mode instead of normal. After checking online posts, I think the RAM might not be doing its job properly because of frequency and voltage settings. My 4 sticks of Corsair RAM are set to 4000 MHz in XMP II, but the only way they will start is when I lower them down to 3600 MHz instead. That's frustrating since I bought this RAM for 4000 MHz. I am slowly raising the voltage level a little bit at a time, but now I'm wondering if it really matters at all if my RAM runs at 4000 MHz or even lower. I know that I don't understand how everything fits together perfectly yet, but can I get away with going slower on my 64 gigabytes of RAM? Since I want to speed up the GPU and CPU for gaming, is it okay to use less power from the memory? Thanks a lot! Here is what my computer setup looks like: an i9-9900k processor, some RAM that was mentioned earlier, a rog strix 2080ti mobo with two cards (roga maximus and hero xi), and another card.
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I'm having the exact same issue. Brand new build, first build I've ever done actually. Ryzen 7 5800x (No OC) Asus Prime X570-Pro 32GB Corsair Dominator RGB White 4000mhz (4x8) 256GB Inland Premium M.2 Boot Drive Only 512GB Seagate Firecuda M.2 PCIe4 EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 Ultra (No extra OC) Corsair CX750F RGB PSU Corsair Crystal 680x Case Corsair iCueH100i AIO CPU Cooler (5) Corsair QL120s (3) Corsair QL140s Windows 10 64-bit Clean install, no short cuts. Updated all drivers and new bios for MB. Chipset and GPU drivers downloaded from OEM site. All PSU connections tight. Temps all below 55. Have been trying to bump up my RAM, but enabling XMP puts PC into boot loop followed by safe mode boot. Adjusted down 2 to 1 speed RAM-to-fclk from 4000mhz/2000mhz in increments. System stabilizes at 3600mhz RAM / 1800mhz fclk. Have not touched voltages or timings yet. RAM is not on QVL but seeing as it works up to 3600mhz, and Asus claiming 4000mhz will be the sweetspot RAM speed for this board/cpu combo, I feel like there's something to be done to achieve the 4000mhz with stability. Any help, procedures, steps, ideas would be greatly appreciated!