F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop Startup duration varies: 130 seconds with EXPO 6000mt/s, 10 seconds at the standard 4800mt/s.

Startup duration varies: 130 seconds with EXPO 6000mt/s, 10 seconds at the standard 4800mt/s.

Startup duration varies: 130 seconds with EXPO 6000mt/s, 10 seconds at the standard 4800mt/s.

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tdowlingiii
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05-05-2021, 08:29 AM
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Hello, thank you for reaching out. Your PC is experiencing some unusual behavior with the EXPO profiles. When you activate any profile—whether 5200 or 6000 mt/s—the startup takes around 130 seconds. The BIOS appears to take about 120 seconds to display, and the DRAM light stays on during this time. The CPU indicator also flickers briefly but only after a period of inactivity following a restart. You’ve already replaced the button battery, updated the drivers, and confirmed you have no extra AM5 CPUs, motherboards, or DDR5 RAM. Everything seems to be in place yet the issues persist.
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tdowlingiii
05-05-2021, 08:29 AM #1

Hello, thank you for reaching out. Your PC is experiencing some unusual behavior with the EXPO profiles. When you activate any profile—whether 5200 or 6000 mt/s—the startup takes around 130 seconds. The BIOS appears to take about 120 seconds to display, and the DRAM light stays on during this time. The CPU indicator also flickers briefly but only after a period of inactivity following a restart. You’ve already replaced the button battery, updated the drivers, and confirmed you have no extra AM5 CPUs, motherboards, or DDR5 RAM. Everything seems to be in place yet the issues persist.

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UnaNuevaTierra
Junior Member
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05-19-2021, 03:09 PM
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It's not unusual for Ryzen to have memory controller compatibility problems. You might try verifying the RAM placement in the motherboard slots, updating BIOS or chipset drivers, using RAM rated for lower speeds, or sticking with the default settings.
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UnaNuevaTierra
05-19-2021, 03:09 PM #2

It's not unusual for Ryzen to have memory controller compatibility problems. You might try verifying the RAM placement in the motherboard slots, updating BIOS or chipset drivers, using RAM rated for lower speeds, or sticking with the default settings.

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Pochisa
Junior Member
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05-27-2021, 06:16 AM
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Activate memory context restoration in the BIOS settings.
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Pochisa
05-27-2021, 06:16 AM #3

Activate memory context restoration in the BIOS settings.

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Echo_Runner
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05-27-2021, 02:08 PM
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In my observations, MSI boards typically have Memory Context Restore (MCR) turned off by default when you activate EXPO/XMP, but it remains active at JEDEC. Disabling MCR can speed up memory training, which might explain the extended boot periods if the system is performing a complete memory refresh. Check the BIOS, turn on that option while XMP is active, and after the second boot it should start loading more quickly.
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Echo_Runner
05-27-2021, 02:08 PM #4

In my observations, MSI boards typically have Memory Context Restore (MCR) turned off by default when you activate EXPO/XMP, but it remains active at JEDEC. Disabling MCR can speed up memory training, which might explain the extended boot periods if the system is performing a complete memory refresh. Check the BIOS, turn on that option while XMP is active, and after the second boot it should start loading more quickly.