ddr4 memory help on z170 pro 4

rjd666 wrote: Okay I went into the bios and changed the XMP and saved and restarted my system. My system is still getting the same errors and I had to start my system about 20 times to get it to turn on the monitor.  I am going to try some of the other things in the last post to see if I can get it to work.  Same person btw I had to make a new account because I messed up my original login details lol

You should not need to restart that many times at all, the PC should restart by itself. Also, the Boot Failure Guard feature should put you back into the UEFI automatically after the number of restarts it is set to try, The default value is three. Unless you have it disabled.

While the actual difference between memory speeds of 2133 and 2400 are very little regarding performance, I can understand why you want to use your memory at 2400. I've used several models of similar DDR4 Crucial memory, it should work easily for you at 2400. That is not an extreme memory speed.

You said you were using the new 7.00 UEFI version. That is really for use with the new, upcoming Kaby Lake processors, which you of course don't have.

So my suggestion to you is to change to an earlier UEFI version, the 3.70 version. You aren't losing anything not using the 7.00 UEFI. These new versions may not be optimal for memory function yet on some boards. Please use the Instant Flash method to change to 3.70, that is the safest method to use. But this is optional, and up to you.

parsec wrote: rjd666 wrote: Okay I went into the bios and changed the XMP and saved and restarted my system. My system is still getting the same errors and I had to start my system about 20 times to get it to turn on the monitor.  I am going to try some of the other things in the last post to see if I can get it to work.  Same person btw I had to make a new account because I messed up my original login details lol You should not need to restart that many times at all, the PC should restart by itself. Also, the Boot Failure Guard feature should put you back into the UEFI automatically after the number of restarts it is set to try, The default value is three. Unless you have it disabled. While the actual difference between memory speeds of 2133 and 2400 are very little regarding performance, I can understand why you want to use your memory at 2400. I've used several models of similar DDR4 Crucial memory, it should work easily for you at 2400. That is not an extreme memory speed. You said you were using the new 7.00 UEFI version. That is really for use with the new, upcoming Kaby Lake processors, which you of course don't have. So my suggestion to you is to change to an earlier UEFI version, the 3.70 version. You aren't losing anything not using the 7.00 UEFI. These new versions may not be optimal for memory function yet on some boards. Please use the Instant Flash method to change to 3.70, that is the safest method to use. But this is optional, and up to you.

Okay I seem to have fixed the problem and just wanted to post here in case someone else is having the same problem as me and want to know what I used to fix it. 

Edited by rjd666 - 15 Nov 2016 at 4:53am