Ryzen 1600X Owners Overclocking (The 2.2Ghz Problem)

[marblesrx7]

Hey everyone, I wanted to make a thread for owners of the 1600x. I have noticed the after bios 1002 overclocking in the traditional fashion no longer works without locking the processors @ a 22 multiplier. I have also seen several post on this forum confirming that the problem only seems to happen to 1600x owners. I figured that we should band together to see if ASUS can resolve the problem with a bios update.

I have tried the following bios:

1002-Functions "normal"
1201-Exhibits 2.2Ghz issue
9943-Exhibits 2.2Ghz issue
9945-Exhibits 2.2Ghz issue
1401-Exhibits 2.2Ghz issue
1403-Exhibits 2.2Ghz issue

This thread is not to say that all the bios revisions after 1002 are without merit. The 1401 bios has done wonders for my ram and temps. But I still can not use manual multiplier control modes or manual voltage modes without getting thrown into the 22 multiplier.

Overclocking with Psates-

I have worked around this issue by using PState overclocking. Using A0 for the 40 multiplier and A2 for the 40.5 multiplier has yielded results. Using this configuration with Core voltage offset modes gives me control over the multiplier and Core voltage. This is how I have been overclocking after bios 1002.

In closing I hope that those of you who own the 1600x can chime in on this thread and help others who are experiencing this problem or just have conversations about our experiences with the 1600x and C6H combo.

[Fezzik77]

I am new to the forum so let me start by saying hello. My system is a Ryzen 5 1600x, mobo is ROG strix b350 gaming f, a samsung ssd, nvidia gtx 970, and a good old reliable 1tb hdd. I had the 2.2ghz problem and found that if I reflased the bios to the latest version, my cpu would be at stock speeds, but when I would try to over clock it, it would go back to the 2.2ghz. Not sure if its a cpu or mobo issue, but if you reflash the bios the problem goes away.

[metalliogre]

Fezzik77 wrote:
I am new to the forum so let me start by saying hello. My system is a Ryzen 5 1600x, mobo is ROG strix b350 gaming f, a samsung ssd, nvidia gtx 970, and a good old reliable 1tb hdd. I had the 2.2ghz problem and found that if I reflased the bios to the latest version, my cpu would be at stock speeds, but when I would try to over clock it, it would go back to the 2.2ghz. Not sure if its a cpu or mobo issue, but if you reflash the bios the problem goes away.

all you have to do is set your bios to optimized defaults bro, no need to reflash.

[Fezzik77]

metalliogre wrote:
all you have to do is set your bios to optimized defaults bro, no need to reflash.

I tried that i was still stuck at the 22 multiplier. I tried everything and nothing seemed to work. It seems like when you try to overclock, at least the traditional way and with Ryzen master, the cpu locks at a 22 multiplier, even it you use the Asus optimized presets. Reflashing at least brought me back to stock speeds.

[DbDBlackJack]

Fezzik77 wrote:
I tried that i was still stuck at the 22 multiplier. I tried everything and nothing seemed to work. It seems like when you try to overclock, at least the traditional way and with Ryzen master, the cpu locks at a 22 multiplier, even it you use the Asus optimized presets. Reflashing at least brought me back to stock speeds.

The only 2 settings I found that affects this now infamous 2.2ghz problem is the Win Power Management and the CPB in the UEFI.

After a couple days and exhaustive Googling/YouTubing/Tom'sHardware these forums and others, the CPB was only referenced in 1 video I found and very briefly at that. Bear in mind that even if/when you change the Win power setting, after reboot it is still possible to default to "Balanced". I even changed the CPB, rebooted, changed the power setting, then rebooted to find the power setting on "performance" like I changed it. Then did another reboot and it defaulted again to "balanced". This happened 2 or 3 times until it finally stuck on that last time. I don't know why it just took it all of the sudden, but it did.

You can also get (as has been said in this thread and many other places) the Ryzen Balanced profile from AMD. The main difference is it sets the low side to 95% whereas Windows sets it to 5%.

TLDR: Make sure CPB is disabled in UEFI and Win power profile is set to performance or get the Ryzen profile from AMD and set that. Good luck!

[deivid21]

I contacted ASUS support about this issue and gave me this solution:
1. Please go back to the BIOS and enable game boost and restart.
2. After the change, please go back to the BIOS and change the voltage and ratio to previous stable settings, save settings.
If frequency back to normal. please go back and OC settings:
3. Extreme Tweaker/ AI Tweaker -> CPU Ratio -> 38
4. Select CPU Core Voltage -> 1.4V
5. Tweaker voltage by adding 0.01V until stable

I have the Asus ROG B350-F and there is no game boost, so I did the "EZ Tunning Wizard (F11)" and tune it for Gaming, restarted and of course I got the 2.2Ghz issue, then went back to Bios Ai Tweaker and set the following:
1. Custom CPU Core Ratio: Auto
2. CPU Core Ratio: 39
3. VDDCR CPU Voltage: Offset Mode
4. VDDCR CPU Offset Mode Sign: +
5. VDDCR CPU Offset Voltage: 0.02500
This way the voltage was set to 1.400V, restarted and my CPU is now being detected as 3.9Ghz!

Hope this helps someone.

[kamakasi]

Also having this issue

[makavelich662]

im having the same issue with 1600x b350 tuf gaming, any attempt to oc and it gets stuck at 2.2ghz, but i can oc from AI suit 3 with no problems

[makavelich662]

Just solved my problem with the 2.2 ghz stuck in windows mode, by offsetting in minus instead plus. I noticed that the standard volt was 1.37 and if i offseted plus in windows it will read 0.9 and 2.2 ghz. By offsetting in minus im at 3850ghz now.

hopes this helpes someone, since everybody is recommending to offset in plus.