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    Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 4:32pm
I happen to try something new for my system as I didn't like my temps. Using the latest BIOS with the option to do vcore and SOC offset, I offsetted both down by -100 (millivolts I assume) which is the max allowed, and turned boost back on, since I had to turn it off or else megatemps ensued. Turns out everything runs nice and cool now, so basically I would say for this Mobo and latest BIOs the default voltage are WAY too high. In fact I pulled down all of the voltages that I could find to match what 'Ryzen DRAM Calculator' suggests.
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Hmm, that's awkward. It appears that the settings are good only for stress testing. 2 to 5 minutes into a game, the PC just stops being responsive. From my previous dialog with the ASRock tech support indicated that the SOC/GFX Voltage shouldn't go higher than 1.22V, so I tried to toy around the CPU side of things a bit more, but to no avail. Lowering the CPU Clock further down resulted in the same thing - stable stress tests and zero responsiveness after few minutes of gaming. Bumping up the CPU Voltage was exactly the same story.

Then I tried lowering the iGPU Clock, just a tiny bit (1475 MHz), but that froze up on Windows boot. It's like my iGPU refuses anything but "Auto". I did try pretty much every value with increment of 50 that is between 1100 and 1500 MHz with 1.225 V on the GFX Voltage, but it only worked on 1500 MHz and only during stress tests.

It looks to be the "short stick of the silicon lottery" from where I'm standing. I guess I should start planning on whatever Ryzen 3000G are going to come out by the end of the year.
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Finally had some free time to test your theory out and you are on the right tracks to some extend.

Set the CPU clock to 3500 MHz with the VCORE voltage set to 1.3 V initially. Ran some stability tests - all passed with flying colors. Went back to BIOS and tried to see if I can just set the GFX Clock to 1240 MHz, so it doesn't downthrottle any more, which is what I believe to be the cause of screen flickering and artifacting. Left the GFX Voltage to Auto. Ran some tests - PC froze up. Went back into the BIOS and bumped up the GFX Clock to 1500 MHz and set the GFX Voltage to 1.225 V. Ran some tests again - they all passed. Increase of around 3 FPS in CB R15. However, in the AIDA64 stress test on both CPU and GPU, proved to be getting a bit too warm for my comfort. After 2:30 minutes, the CPU temp hit 85 degrees Celsius, so I stopped it. PC is working fine thou, so now what I think I'll do, is to try downclock and undervolt the CPU even more, since I'm pretty sure my GFX doesn't understand anything between Auto and 1500 MHz speeds. But at least it's stable at somewhat reasonable SOC Voltages.

You've been most helpful ! :)
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Temps on mine are fine. Default settings usually doesn't go over 65 degrees C even when under stress. Might try lowering the CPU clock and voltage and then toying with the GFX settings. Hopefully that either unlocks the "Black Hole" of my iGPU or lower its voltage hunger to normal levels.

Stick rocking the stock cooler. Thinking of swapping it out for an Arctic Freezer 33 eSports ONE in a month or two.
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Stock base clockspeed is 3600, but with boost on mine goes to 3900, the vcore goes to 1.5v and it promptly hits the temp ceiling of 95C (PROCHOT). I wonder if this is complicating your matters? You could try setting CPU to 3500 with 1.25v (in bios, Ryzen Master doesn't work at least not for me), and then trying to mess with GFX.
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What my dealings with the ASRock tech support unveiled, was that when overclocking just the iGPU, the max SOC voltage that is considered safe is 1.22 -1.225 V.

On stock settings, I'm comfortable sitting at 1.096 V on the SOC, but I guess I did drew the short stick in the silicon lottery, because I can not overclock my GFX to anything under 1500 MHz and have it stable, due to some sort of "black hole" issue. And in order to keep it stable at 1500 MHz, I need to bump up the SOC voltage all the way to 1.32-1.35 V. Real bummer, but I guess I can just wait for a Ryzen 3000 APUs to come out and hope for a better luck in the silicon lottery.

The problems I have right now, are just random screen flickering and artifacting, while running stock speeds and settings. Sometimes my iGPU gets underutilized while playing and it downclocks itself all the way down to 400 MHz and that seems to be what is causing the flickering. Problem is, with that "black hole" I've described, I can't even set the iGPU to fixed 1240 MHz @ 1.1 V. Weird AF ! It's either "stock and default" or 1500 MHz @ 1.35 V. Anything in between is BSOD.
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Safe voltage is 1.2v, which is the default target of 1.1v on this board with 1.8 bios. I have my 2400G at 3500@1.25V with boost off, VEGA left at default which sits at 1000 with voltage peaks of just under 1.2 which is max recommended, but RAM is 3200/14@1.35v to give excellent and efficient performance while running very cool.
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Thanks ! I've wrote to the tech support and now awaiting reply. I didn't knew you could contact them directly.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Xaltar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Dec 2018 at 5:29am
Your post appears to have fallen through the cracks it seems. This happens sometimes when posts are made during a particularly active period on the forums.

I am afraid I don't have any info on max safe voltages for the Raven Ridge APU lineup. If you are concerned you can try open a support ticket with ASRock Tech Support: https://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp

This is a community forum and while ASRock_TSD posts here fairly often these days they don't catch everything. This means that you only get replies when a forum user has an answer for you. In specific cases like yours, often no one knows. Your best bet with specific technical questions is to contact tech support, either ASRock's or AMD's, either should have the answers you are looking for.

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NO response after 20 days ? -.-
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