Allowing XMP Profile Generates Audio Trouble Noise
Allowing XMP Profile Generates Audio Trouble Noise
Hey everyone, I’m updating my new rig with a Ryzen 3000 series processor. Here’s what I have installed:
- Ryzen 3600
- Asrock b450m Steel Legend (BIOS updated to latest)
- Patriot Viper 4 Series DDR4 16GB kit (2 x 8GB) at 3400MHz CL 16-18-18-36 PV416G340C6K
- Super Flower Silver Green 600W - 80+ SILVER
I’m experiencing issues with the XMP profile, which seems to cause my audio to play crackling noise. I’ve received a Samsung B Die chip for my RAM and believe it should handle XMP profiles well. The motherboard’s OC capabilities appear stronger than before. Is this due to a RAM defect or limitations in the motherboard’s support for XMP?
I noticed no audio problems when lowering the speed to 3066, and I also tried using XMP profile 1 (default 3400), which worked fine.
I haven’t run any synthetic benchmarks, but I played Battlefield 1 multiplayer for about two full matches without BSOD or noticeable noise.
Looking at forums, others mentioned that adjusting VCCIO and VCCSA voltages can help with audio issues, though I’m unsure if these settings are available on AMD systems. I don’t see an option in the BIOS to change them, so I’m not sure.
Having the most recent BIOS might actually point to a version with the removed Agesa code that AMD has taken out but some board makers still show. This causes issues in the PCI circuit and might be important. It seems a newer release could solve it soon, as they are aware of the problem.
Having the most recent BIOS might actually point to a version with the removed Agesa code that AMD has taken out but some board makers still show. This causes issues in the PCI circuit and might be important. It seems a newer release could solve it soon, as they are aware of the problem.
I've encountered this issue on my Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac. The same problem appeared with a Ripjaws 5 3200 cl 16 kit. Although the machine would start and boot into Windows, it still displayed the same garbled audio when XMP was enabled. Memtest86 detected numerous errors. I managed to stabilize memory by enabling XMP and reducing the speed by one. Results varied.
AsRock's BIOS is currently unreliable. My CPU changed from a 3600x to a 3600 and it corrupted the BIOS. It's not posting consistently, and accessing the BIOS menu is now impossible. I'm considering replacing the CPU with a 1600 and re-flashing the BIOS. AHrrrrrrrrgggggg
My system was crashing while trying to run superposition. My cinebench score was also destroyed with XMP loaded. I managed to pass realbench tests though. The AMD equivalent is the SOC voltage. I experimented with it but had no success. I believe this could be related to the IF clock in the BIOS version. Since I wasn't significantly losing performance by reducing mem speed by one level, I didn't explore it further after passing the memtest. I'll just run at a slower speed now and wait for a new BIOS update.
Yeah, you won't really lose all that much by running at a slower speed temporarily, IF it cures the problem. It would be worth the tradeoff until a more reliable revision gets released.
I thought it would be useful to share this since I faced a comparable issue.
On my x570, I encountered audio crackle and popping across all sound devices—whether onboard or through external DACs.
I adjusted the CPU's NB/SOC voltage to 1.1 (it was already close), and reduced VDDG to 0.940. This resolved the problem after numerous trials.