Ryzen 3000 series support

If a system is loading and functioning with XMP settings loaded then the board is
working as intended. It isn't a problem with the BIOS unless it won't do something
it is advertised to do. Technically speaking, even XMP is an overclock from the platform's
default RAM frequency and motherboard manufacturers are not actually required to
support XMP, they do this in order to compete with each other and offer value to the
end user. XMP support is advertised on most if not all boards today (especially AM4)
however so at the very least one would expect the board to handle the XMP profile
of any RAM kit/module listed on the board's QVL. If the board is doing that then
the manufacturer has done it's job.

As enthusiasts it's up to us to try different BIOS versions and determine which
BIOS version yields the best possible performance with out particular hardware
configuration. So while ViCe may have weaker RAM overclocking on the latest BIOS
with his particular RAM and board, someone else with a different RAM kit may
have better overclocking with it. RAM is a pain in the rear on all platforms anyway
particularly DDR4 given how many new architectures have been launched in it's life span.

Also don't forget, a motherboard manufacturer isn't responsible for RAM compatibility
That is inherited from a combination of the AGESA (AM4/Zen) and specs from RAM
manufacturers. Most board manufacturers will "improve" support by adding workarounds
and fixes to new BIOS releases like slightly higher voltages when XMP is loaded
on a particular RAM model, in essence doing what the end user could do themselves
with custom timings and voltages. That is all they can really do however.

Edited by Xaltar - 15 Feb 2020 at 4:20pm

your arguement is invalid

you'll not find the word XMP in a product page
and success on overclocks is a risk and asrock is in no position to tell you if it works

and even at that im using a x470 taichi ultimate gskill 8X2 and a ryzen 3000 and doing 3733 cl 16 so whatever reason you cant do those speeds are your ability to overclock

xmp belongs to the ram it got nothing to do with the board. like my ram xmp is 4000 and it surely doesn't work

@nebidaan you could always roll back to 3.60 if you find 1004B not good for you

You've got a point there, I might give it a try later on. For now, nut sure what I could gain by updating, but the fact that several things have been fine-tuned under the hood is kind of temptating, even if I don't really care about memory overcolcking.