Changed coolers and increased RAM.
Changed coolers and increased RAM.
Well I didn't really have a chance to test, though I'm sure they didn't light up at all. Nothing on the board illuminated. Yet I pressed the power button and out of the blue, it booted up. I'm not sure what's happening. It seems like it takes about 20 minutes for the juice to flow before it starts working. I unplugged, turned off the switch, moved the RAM, plugged it back in, flipped the power on, but nothing happened. I double-checked the connections on the board—everything was secure, just not getting a response. No power at all. I left for around 20 minutes, came back and pressed the power button, and it finally booted. What the heck?!??
After going through that, I made sure the RAM was correctly installed and still couldn't play the game with XMP enabled. So I'm still stuck at the beginning. I don't think I needed XMP enabled; I just wanted to experiment with overclocking and follow a YouTube suggestion, and it started by turning on XMP.
You've been into BIOS, right? You're wondering what memory speed the motherboard chooses without XMP enabled—it should be about 2100 or 2600.
Memory training usually requires a few minutes before posting a display; that’s likely why it was tricky the first time. Now, did you fully shut down before changing the RAM? Doing this while power is still active risks damaging the board, not just the PSU. It seems one or both of the RAM modules might not be seated correctly. Turn off the system, unplug the power cord, and keep the case power button pressed for about 20 seconds to let any remaining power drain from the PSU/motherboard capacitors.
Executing XMP to 2900/3000 isn’t really beneficial. The 2700x would benefit from quicker memory, but at most you’re running at 300MHz. You probably won’t notice any improvement. As long as the system runs smoothly, I’d prefer not to change it and stick with the default settings.
Thanks, Stuff; I'm planning to try overclocking now. I was curious about it, but as I explore further, it doesn't seem essential.
I watched some Buildzoid videos on YouTube. In fact, hardware overclocking seems to be his channel.
He explains memory OC in great detail, covering so many settings that it's easy to mess up a good system. I keep the memory settings alone. If XMP/expo works, fine! Otherwise, no issues. As for going deep into memory OC, I don't think I can do it (at least not on my PC).