Gskill F4-3200C14D-16GTZ Won't even Post @ 3200

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   UPDATE: 

Well ... as a technician ... I know pretty well that when something
does not go the way it should ... you should better make a step 
back relax and start verifying the fundamentals of what you do ... 
This time I chose to ignore that and I lost 4 days of my life trying
to do what is not meant to be done ... 

Problem is solved ... ... and what was bugging my set up was the 
stupidest thing of all! 

Coming from Gigabyte and Asus motherboards ... I was used until today 
to the pattern of using the sockets 1-3 or 1-3-6 (for DDR3) as the primary 
channel ..... 

See? ... the enemy within is always at what you are used to do to the
point you might skip something so small but so important when you go
through a manual ........! 

At least now we know that if someone will want to go down the path 
I did .... and choose as his Primary channel 1-3 slots instead of 2-4 
(lets say for clearance reasons because of a huge CPU cooler 
or anything similar) he or she is meant to come against a wall @3000
No matter what! 

Damn ... on one hand I want to laugh for everything being ok in the end
and on the other hand I want to punch my face and scream "WAKE UP!" 

... now lets see where we can take these Rams up to eventually :D 

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PROBLEM SOLVED & STUPIDITY RESOLVED! 

have a nice day everyone! 

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Edropian Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 Dec 2017 Location: Greece Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote Edropian Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Gskill F4-3200C14D-16GTZ Won't even Post @ 3200 Posted: 29 Dec 2017 at 2:29am
	UPDATE: Well ... as a technician ... I know pretty well that when something does not go the way it should ... you should better make a step back relax and start verifying the fundamentals of what you do ... This time I chose to ignore that and I lost 4 days of my life trying to do what is not meant to be done ... Problem is solved ... ... and what was bugging my set up was the stupidest thing of all! Coming from Gigabyte and Asus motherboards ... I was used until today to the pattern of using the sockets 1-3 or 1-3-6 (for DDR3) as the primary channel ..... See? ... the enemy within is always at what you are used to do to the point you might skip something so small but so important when you go through a manual ........! At least now we know that if someone will want to go down the path I did .... and choose as his Primary channel 1-3 slots instead of 2-4 (lets say for clearance reasons because of a huge CPU cooler or anything similar) he or she is meant to come against a wall @3000 No matter what! Damn ... on one hand I want to laugh for everything being ok in the end and on the other hand I want to punch my face and scream "WAKE UP!" ... now lets see where we can take these Rams up to eventually :D ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ================================================ PROBLEM SOLVED & STUPIDITY RESOLVED! have a nice day everyone!
	Fatal1ty Z370 Professional Gaming i7 / i7 8700K / HX1000i / H100i / F4-3200C14D-16GTZ

Edropian Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 Dec 2017 Location: Greece Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote Edropian Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Dec 2017 at 8:33pm
	Hello Everybody! Recently I decided to join the ASRock family for the first time in my life And I bought the Fatality z370 Professional Gaming i7 to obviously host my i7 8700k in it. So far so good ...! I must say that I like this MoBo and I went virtually through every single video and article out there before that purchase and I came up with a number of bottom lines like the fact that this MoBo is supposed to make your life easier on pushing the limits on Both CPU Clockings and RAM OC. Now to the meat and potatoes of my Issue! On this mobo I have installed a Gskill F4-3200C14D-16GTZ kit. which QVL Included but it won't post at 3200 as it should no matter what! The XMP profile is recognized but when I set it I will get in return that the bios failed to boot a number of times and I have my settings reset. So What I did in my attempt to even get a Bios post with this kit @3200 is to go through every single option and combination I could with no luck. 1) Rasing DRAM Voltage up to 1.4V (Failed) 2) Loossening timings to the beyond (Failed) 3) Increase VCCIO and VCCSA up to 1.35 (Failed) 4) Even Reach the Safe Maximums for Ring PLL System Agent PLL Memory Controller PLL BOOT CPU PLL Eventual CPU PLL (Failed) I also tested the behavior of this Kit with alternative Voltage states For my Vcore in a series of overclocked profiles but also in stock settings and failed. I also tested altering operating frequency of the KIT from 100 to 133 and go through all the previous steps again and again until I had every given combination examined and EVERY SINGLE ONE FAILED to even deliver a a bios post!!!!!! This is insane! So I find myself in a position with my hands up scratching my head thinking again and again about the 245 Euro I paid for this kit without knowing who to blame and what to expect or what to do next ... Considering the fact that my CPU comes stable at 4800 on all cores at 1,248 Vcore indicates that I am probably on the lucky spectrum cpu aside and that I have a good piece on my hands (I can't go any further without delidding even if I use an AIO ... Thermals are going of the roof and this is why I speculate for now). That being said and taking into account that I have stretched the voltages on every single aspect of the chip with no luck ... makes me feel that it is not a CPU Issue that no matter what I do I won't post @3200 in any given combination of voltages. That leaves me with 2 things one of which is week bios setup or my KIT is from LiDL an no Gskill... The only stable states I was able to get this KIT to run up to was 2700 @1.2V with strict timings and 3000 to post at 1.27V and I am currently searching for stability on this as this is the bare maximum I can get this KIT to Post!!!!! Keep in mind that in my attempt to make this kit to post at 3200 the past 4 days I went through virtually every given combination of voltages etc and I am currently 4 days later to my maximum point of frustration not knowing what to do next! I am pretty close to believe that this is a MoBo issue and not a KIT issue of some sort but I would like to hear opinion from you guys ... and if Possible to get a response from an ASRock Mod on that. The only thing that I have managed to achieve while I was stretching the Voltages on step (3) and (4) was to get the bios to first give me the post screen and immediately swap this to the Failed boot attempts screen which resets everything and That indicated poor bios in a way .... and this is the only thing that keeps my Hopes alive for now ....! Thanks for every reply that might come in advance and please try not to spam the thread!
	Fatal1ty Z370 Professional Gaming i7 / i7 8700K / HX1000i / H100i / F4-3200C14D-16GTZ