Impossible to activate XMP

GUYS! This problem are resolved in [Beta] 4.63 version of BIOS. I had problem like you, but after update i see all settings.

I don't think so.  Ages 1007 isn't supposed to come out til November and I doubt ASRock would be handing out secret microcode.  On top of that other boards like from Asus and Gigabyte have full functional overclocking on Agesa 1006b so I'm assuming that ASRock just wasn't ready for the APU release and they can't even make a working BIOS to fix it.

Omg is everyone having this problem.  I'm so pissed a the ASRock boards.  I have the AB350 Pro4 with A8-9600 and I had no overclock settings.  Somebody told me that ASRock had a beta BIOS that fixed this so I inquired to support and they gave me P3.20B BIOS.  I know have a CPU multiplier and DRAM settings too!!!  Don't hold your breath though because they don't work at all.  OC to 3.6 GHz and Windows reports base clock as 3.6 GHz but when stress testing it will never actually go over 3.4 GHz (The turbo boost speed) when turbo boost/core performance boost (AMD's name for turbo boost) and if I disable core performance boost it won't work over 3.1 GHz (the out of the box base clock speed).  I'm so mad at these sh*tty ASRock boards.  I should've gone with Gigabyte or Asus because their OC for APUs actually works.  ASRock support is also brain dead, because when I originally told them that OC didn't work they just told me that the A8-9600 is not unlocked to which I responded by linking them AMD's spec page which said it was unlocked.  If you want the BIOS and try it for yourself let me know.  I can link you a download for it if you trust me or you can contact ASRock support yourself and ask for a beta BIOS.  Might take a few days though.


Edited by brendanw36 - 27 Oct 2017 at 9:50pm

hgonzale,

You are not alone. I have two ASRock motherboards, an A320M Pro4 (bios 3.10) and an AB350 Pro4 (bios 3.20)

When running with an A-series APU (an A8-9600) there is no option in the BIOS on either motherboard to run the XMP profile. There are no CPU controls at all, and no AMD CBS controls.

When using a Ryzen CPU in the AB350 Pro, those options do exist. So for me at least, it depends what CPU is plugged in. (Though I haven't tried the Ryzen in the A320M Pro4.)

I'm surprised that the AB350 Pro4 does not support XMP profiles with an A-series APU. I am using RAM whose XMP profile sets it to 2400Mhz. That should be supported by the motherboard (indeed it IS supported by this same board when used with a Ryzen) and also by the APU.

I'm slightly less surprised that the A320M Pro4 does not support XMP profiles -- though I still think it should. XMP is not "overclocking", it just sets the correct timings to run the RAM at the manufacturer's rated speed. And while A320 users didn't pay for overclocking, they still deserve to run RAM at rated speeds, no?

ASRock, is this intended behavior or is it a bug? Please test these boards with Bristol Ridge (A series) parts and XMP if this behavior is not intended.

Next year when the Raven Ridge APU parts come out, would we expect our ASRock boards to support XMP for those?

Thanks.

Do you have this screen in the UEFI/BIOS:

Advanced\AMD CBS\DRAM Timing Configuration