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    Posted: 24 Apr 2021 at 9:27pm
ASRock TRX40 Creator + AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Processor
BIOS 1.73 64GB (4x Kingston Server Premier KSM32ES8/16ME Memory 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 ECC CL22 DIMM 1Rx8 Micron - Part Number: Kingston 9965684-032.A00G (Micron)

PC always boots up fine from a cold start.
After a software initiated reboot (windows restart for example), the system will stay on a black screen and the red debug LED cycles through and stops on Code 54 which seems to indicate a memory issue. After a manual reboot using the hardware reset button, the PC boots up everytime.

I know this RAM is not on the official Memory QVL yet new but a very similar Kingston ECC is listed as supported (KSM26ED8/16ME). This issue might be a related to something else like a BIOS setting and I've tried various things.

PC has been stress tested (CPU, RAM, GFX) and no issues over the past 2 months. Just raising awareness of this to see if anyone else has the issue?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ket Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Apr 2021 at 7:54pm
You can try;

1. Running HCI memtest to see if any errors are detected, let it run to at least 300%.
2. Increase memory voltage to 1.4v
3. Take 2 sticks out and see if you get the same problem
4. Did you get this issue with firmware 1.7? (non-beta release)
5. Look at the serial numbers on your memory, the final digits will be in sequence. Eg; 0314, 0315, 0316, 0317. Install the memory modules so they are all in order.
6. Try increasing tCWL and tRDWR to 16 or 18.
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Thanks for these ideas to try.

1. Already ran various memtest86 tests which took a long time and passed, unless there is something special about HCI memtest.
2. Tried voltage at 1.4v on all banks, no change.
3. Tried with 2 sticks, no change.
4. Yes, happened in 1.7 non-beta.
5. Moved them to be in order by serial number (assuming bank A2 is the first slot, B2 second, C2 third and D2 last for quad channel) - no change.
6. tCWL was already set to 18 by default, so tested at 22 and no change. Also increased tRDWR to 18 and no change.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ket Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 May 2021 at 5:15am
Have you tried disabling Gear Down mode and manually setting Command Rate to 2T? TRFC should already be set loose enough but you could try adding 50 or 100 to that and see if that helps as well.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Moose Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 May 2021 at 9:21pm
Originally posted by ket ket wrote:

Have you tried disabling Gear Down mode and manually setting Command Rate to 2T? TRFC should already be set loose enough but you could try adding 50 or 100 to that and see if that helps as well.


Tried all that but didn't fix the issue.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ket Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 May 2021 at 9:12am
What are your full system specs? POST failure on restart is probably a RAM training issue but depending on things like what CPU you have a voltage bump to vsoc might be effective, as might increasing ProcODT. Try downloading ZenTimings and posting a screenshot of it something might stand out.

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CPU: AMD 3970X
MB: TRX40 Creator
RAM: 4x Kingston 16GB 3200 ECC (Matching)
PSU: Seasonic 1300W Platinum
GPU: RTX 3090
HDD: 2x WD SN850 Black 1TB, 1x Samsung 970 EVO 500GB

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ket Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Jun 2021 at 7:24pm
Do you know what ICs your memory is using? (You can get that infor with Thaiphoon Burner) Quite a lot stands out there;

1. Disable GDM (Gear Down Mode)
2. ProcODT should be ok at 60 Ohms but you can try 68 Ohms as you're running 4x sticks.
3. Try reducing VDDG voltage I've found on the 3000 series at least if that voltage is set too high it can actually negatively impact stability, on my 3700X with 32GB 3600MHz Klevv BoltX I have it set to 0.85v, it could probably go even lower than this. Try 0.9v and slowly work your way down to see if that makes a difference.
4. You have a lot of oddly aggressively set timings considering you are running 4 sticks across all DIMM banks. Try changing TRRDS to 6 or 7, TRRDL to 9 or 10, TFAW try 45, TWTRS try 6 or 8, TWRWRSD & TWRWRDD try 7 or 8, try a TCKE of 9. Lastly TRDRDSD & TRDRDDD might be a little tight as well try a value of 5 or 6.
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Tried all that and still the same.
The BIOS wouldn't allow a lower value than 0.9v for VDDG.

This is the datasheet for the memory, it is the Micron variant:
https://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/KSM32ES8_16ME.pdf

This is what ZenTimings looks like after all these changes:

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ket Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Jun 2021 at 1:25am
Micron is a real pain on Ryzen, the only CPUs I have that (kind of) run Micron memory happily are based on Zen+. Hynix based memory works very well on Zen, Zen+, Zen2, etc though. As does the now old and ever growing in expense B-Die. You could try switching CMD2T to 2T to see if that works, disabling PowerDown might help too. Outside of that though I think you're out of luck unless you're happy to reduce the memory frequency a bit.
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