I might have damaged my board during RAM overclocking.
I might have damaged my board during RAM overclocking.
I attempted to boost my Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200Mhz RAM speeds using the Ryzen calculator. Each adjustment failed, so I resorted to using preset settings and aimed for 3600Mhz. After several attempts, the system remained stuck in a non-functional state—oscillating between on/off, black screens, and error messages. Eventually, I powered down the PC, reset the CMOS, and tried again, but it still wouldn’t boot properly. The situation raised concerns about whether I pushed too hard without achieving the desired performance gain.
Uhh yeah, thanks for reminding me... I was a bit too frustrated about it to actually look up the manual and find the pins on there. But now my PC is back to normal, thanks. Though I still wonder if my motherboard can actually be used for any overlooking... hah
Which motherboard are you using? Generally, tweaking RAM is more complex than adjusting CPU or GPU. You might need hours or even days to achieve a reliable RAM upgrade, depending on your skill level.
Mate, it's literally the first thing I say on this tread... but yeah. I saw how much stuff there were to change and I tried copying everything off of the Ryzen calculator that I could and when it didn't work, I tried rolling back bit by bit, but that also didn't work at all. So yeah, literally any setting I used aside from the XMP profile ended in a failed Memory overclock screen
I must assume I’m blind since I’ve seen it but missed something. Still, I keep the screen open for the FFXIV simulator so my eyes aren’t too tired. Sorry about that. You can definitely customize your motherboard. MSI offers great RAM upgrade tools in their BIOS. The issue here is knowing the exact RAM you have. Corsair Vengeance doesn’t provide details. They frequently replace their DRAM modules, so some are faulty while others work fine. I suggest using Taiphoon Burner to identify your exact DRAM, then input that info into DRAM Calc for better accuracy. Even then, certain BIOS settings might need adjustments that aren’t accounted for.
OK mate, again, it's in the tread... secondly I did say I used the calculator and there is no way I could use it if I didn't know all that kinda stuff about RAM. I literally used a guide that said to export a nanosecond report into the calculator... so I think I had my stuff covered. Anyways here's a pic of what I used and got.
It wasn't mentioned in the conversation. This image is very useful. Have you tried advanced options as well? These adjustments might assist (ASUS BIOS, possibly named differently in MSI BIOS). Advanced/AMD CBS/CPU Common Settings -> ECC Disabled MemAddrCmdSetup = 0 MemCsOdtSetup = 0 MemCkeSetup = 0 Extreme Tweaker's Paradise ___________________________________ DRAM Voltage for daily (up to 1.5V with active cooling Micron E-Die/Samsung B-Die // up to 1.4V with no active cooling) VTTDDR Voltage = 1/2 DRAM Voltage VPP_MEM Voltage = consistently 2.5V or 2.52V because of V droop (depends on LLC settings) DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA/CHB = Vref (CHA/CHB) in DRAM Calc DRAM R1/R2/R3/R4 Tune = 0 Sense MI Skew = Disabled (Super I/O Clock Skew in DRAM Calc) Advanced ________ AMD CBS/CPU Common Settings/Prefetcher Options -> L1/L2 Stream HW Prefetcher = Enabled AMD CBS/DF Common Options - Memory Clear = Disabled AMD CBS/DF Common Options/Memory Addressing -> Memory Interleaving Size = 512 Bytes AMD CBS/UMC Common Settings/DDR4 Common Options/Phy Configuration/PMU Training -> PMU Pattern Bits = A -> PMU Pattern Bits Control = Manual -> FFE Write Training = Enabled -> DFE Read Training = Enabled AMD CBS/UMC Common Settings/DRAM Memory Mapping -> BankGroupSwap (BGS) = Disabled -> BankGroupSwapAlt (BGS alt) = Enabled -> Adress Hash CS = Enabled (Memory interleaving = Channel) procODT (does not impact performance but can greatly improve stability, it's worth experimenting with if the system fails to boot but other settings are fine) VDDP and VDDG should be between 900mV and 1000mV to maintain stability at 1800MHz. VDDG and VDDP must be lower than the SOC voltage**
It seems this process is quite involved and the BIOS settings were hard to locate. Although the MSi interface is straightforward, it doesn’t feel very intuitive. Before this, I used an Asrock board with my FX CPU, which felt much smoother. The interface on my board offers a basic dark theme with many subfolders for all functions.