Memory trouble on my B450M Steel Legend

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   So... Having trouble getting my memory OCed on my Steel Legend.

I got a G.Skill Trident kit of 16gb - 3600 MHz.

Board auto detects it as 2133MHz - thats fair, that is base.

It has a XMP profile for gskill at 3600 MHz. If I change the board to that and the save and reset, PC doesnt move from there. Fans are spinning, lights are on, but it will stay in that state forever. I left it overnight thinking that it might need time to reset something, but got nothing.

Then, when I force reboots it through the power button, it will reboot. Get fans spinning, take a couple of minutes there without giving my any kind of output. And then it will reboot itself. This next time it will give me video and actually start on windows, but it will have reset its memory profile to 2133MHz

I tried other memory speeds, thinking that maybe it is my MB that is not letting me get to 3600, but to no avail. I will get the same kind of behavior even if I set my memory to 2400 MHz. Any kind of memory speed set that is not auto at 2133MHz will give me the exact same issue. Have tried 3533, 3200, 3000, 2933, 2666, 2400.... all with the exact same result - nothing when getting out of save and continue from the bios, and PC self-resetting one time once I am forced to power it off and getting off with the auto 2133MHz profile.

What am I missing? Any ideas?

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Wyrmnax Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 Oct 2019 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wyrmnax Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Memory trouble on my B450M Steel Legend Posted: 22 Oct 2019 at 8:05pm
	So... Having trouble getting my memory OCed on my Steel Legend. I got a G.Skill Trident kit of 16gb - 3600 MHz. Board auto detects it as 2133MHz - thats fair, that is base. It has a XMP profile for gskill at 3600 MHz. If I change the board to that and the save and reset, PC doesnt move from there. Fans are spinning, lights are on, but it will stay in that state forever. I left it overnight thinking that it might need time to reset something, but got nothing. Then, when I force reboots it through the power button, it will reboot. Get fans spinning, take a couple of minutes there without giving my any kind of output. And then it will reboot itself. This next time it will give me video and actually start on windows, but it will have reset its memory profile to 2133MHz I tried other memory speeds, thinking that maybe it is my MB that is not letting me get to 3600, but to no avail. I will get the same kind of behavior even if I set my memory to 2400 MHz. Any kind of memory speed set that is not auto at 2133MHz will give me the exact same issue. Have tried 3533, 3200, 3000, 2933, 2666, 2400.... all with the exact same result - nothing when getting out of save and continue from the bios, and PC self-resetting one time once I am forced to power it off and getting off with the auto 2133MHz profile. What am I missing? Any ideas?

Ray62 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 01 Jul 2018 Location: Germany, Berlin Status: Offline Points: 706	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ray62 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 2019 at 5:15am
	What CPU and what RAM exactly are you using?
	Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming Offline Under test: MSI X570_MEG_ACE \| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X \| Scythe Mugen5 \| 2x16GB F4-3200C14D-32GTZ@3466 \| ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE

Wyrmnax Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 Oct 2019 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wyrmnax Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 2019 at 7:38am
	Trident Z RGB DDR4-3600MHz CL17-18-18-38 1.35V 16GB (2x8GB) Ryzen 5 3600

Ray62 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 01 Jul 2018 Location: Germany, Berlin Status: Offline Points: 706	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ray62 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 2019 at 3:24pm
	Ok, now we know how many sticks, size and primary timing, but with "RAM exactly" i meant the concrete product name like my RAM in my signature "F4-3200C14D-32GTZ". So your RAM can be one of a handful i found so far... On the G-Skill website you can query a CPU/Mainboard QVL for your RAM with this product name. Try it with one stick in A2 to check if the RAM can run with XMP and the selected frequency. But anyway, after selecting the XMP profile you maybe have to adjust the CL value from 17 to 18 and to increase the RAM voltage from 1.35V up to 1.40V max) You should use the Ryzen DRAM calculator with it's howtos and docu, and the related other tools.
	Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming Offline Under test: MSI X570_MEG_ACE \| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X \| Scythe Mugen5 \| 2x16GB F4-3200C14D-32GTZ@3466 \| ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE

gizmic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 Jun 2018 Location: Hong Kong Status: Offline Points: 677	Post Options Post Reply Quote gizmic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 2019 at 4:15pm
	these are b-die's tuned for intel you have to use ryzen dram calculator to manually set them @ray62 his kits are F4-3600C17D-16GTZR


Ray62 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 01 Jul 2018 Location: Germany, Berlin Status: Offline Points: 706	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ray62 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 2019 at 4:32pm
	@gizmic: Probably, yes. Or F4-3600C17D-16GTZ, F4-3600C17D-16GTZSW, F4-3600C17D-16GTZKW, ... But should not make much difference.
	Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming Offline Under test: MSI X570_MEG_ACE \| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X \| Scythe Mugen5 \| 2x16GB F4-3200C14D-32GTZ@3466 \| ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE

kschendel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Aug 2018 Status: Offline Points: 86	Post Options Post Reply Quote kschendel Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 12:51am
	Have you tried a complete BIOS reset?