12-20-2024 02:04 PM
I got several RAM Kits to test. All of them are non-RGB, 64GB (2x32GB / Dual Rank), CL30.
On most of them, I'm having weird SPD issues.
Like, when monitoring them (via HWiNFO, HWMonitor, AIDA64, etc.) they will "disappear" from the system after some time. Anything monitoring them will stop reporting temperature updates or will show show 0.0°C.
When trying to view SPD in AIDA64 or CPU-Z, it will only display 1 stick of RAM, or sometimes 0. It's like the sticks have disappeared. I can no longer query them. The computer seems to work fine, though (it's not like a bad connection and they were pulled).
Kingston KF560C30-32 (Hynix A-Die):
Corsair Vengeance CMK64GX5M2B6000Z30 (Hynix A-Die):
Silicon Power SP064GXLWU60AFD (Hynix M-Die):
G.Skill F5-6000J3040G32G (Hynix M-Die):
I've moved sticks around in 4-stick configuration, and the problems follows the RAM, not the motherboard slot they are in. i.e.:
Kingston in A2 and B2: SPD info for the stick in A2 disappears.
Kingston in A1 and B1 and G.Skill in A2 and B2: SPD info for the stick in A1 disappears.
I can clean boot and just load just 1 monitoring app like HWMonitor, and SPD info still blanks out after a few minutes with the Kingston / Corsair / Silicon Power. Then again, I can load HWiNFO, HWMonitor, AIDA64, and CPU-Z all at the same time and query SPD over and over and the G.Skill keeps showing its info, just fine.
Since I've had the most luck with the G.Skill, I'll probably be keeping that (it's kinda important to know if a component is getting too hot, you know). These are all NEW sticks of RAM (manufacture dates range from October 2024 to late November 2024), so I'm not sure if it's some new SPD chip incompatibility issue. Thaiphoon seems to read different SPD info on the G.Skill compared to the others, which may have something to do with why it keeps working when the other SPD chips stop.
The Kingston and Silicon Power kits are on the QVL for my motherboard, so I figured they would definitely be fully supported.
I've searched a bunch and found a few other threads where people mentioned SPD info just "disappearing", but I haven't found any actual causes or fixes.
Does anyone know what the issue could be?
CPU: Ryzen 7 9700X
Motherboard: ASUS X670E-A
BIOS: 2506 (Nov 2024)
12-20-2024 02:53 PM
Hi @BitingChaos
Sounds like a polling error. Do you have multiple tools open at once?
12-20-2024 03:15 PM
Just one app. I also went to MSConfig and disabled all non MS services to ensure nothing else was running.
Once that temp hits 0.0, I won't get a reading from any app until I restart.
12-21-2024 11:36 AM
I just went through a fresh install of Windows 10 (which also lead to some fun EFI repair since I still have Windows 11 installed on another SSD - I sure do wish BIOS would let you disable NVMe/M.2 slots to hide drives during a Windows install), installed AMD chipset drivers, and ran HWMonitor + RAM Test. Temps showed 0.0C again after a few minutes and the RAM disappeared again to CPU-Z, HWiNFO, AIDA, etc. So it's definitely not something with my old Windows 11 install or left-over ASUS software.
If my Ryzen 9700X is bad or ASUS X670E-A is bad, then I wonder why the G.Skill RAM's monitoring works fine. I just finished another 12+ hour RAM Test to verify stability (still trying to make sure my RAM works on BIOS 2506 since my system won't POST with BIOS 2604) and the G.Skill RAM didn't once "disappear" once.
I don't understand how just Kingston/Corsair/Silicon Power kits all have the same issue.
12-21-2024 02:46 PM
I recall having a similar with the SPD Hub Temperature reported in HWInfo. Unfortunately, I can't remember how I ended up resolving it. However, I wouldn't be alarmed by anything if the system is functioning normally.