05-19-2021 06:45 PM
05-20-2021 11:47 AM
05-20-2021 06:16 PM
05-20-2021 07:56 PM
Braegnok wrote:
Hello Morph,
Most likely your memory is not the issue, as it's stable and working fine at 3733.
Which microcode does BIOS 2201 have, are you running 0x34, 0x3c, 0x39,..
I'm thinking perhaps BIOS/Microcode update could be the answer for stability when overclocking memory, running RL chip in your M12F.
05-20-2021 10:34 PM
05-20-2021 10:51 PM
Silent Scone@ROG wrote:
What Qcode?
SA Voltage at 1.45 is far too high. Is there any reason you’re pumping this rail so far?
These are signal rails and are sensitive to too much voltage, it will hurt stability. I would not recommend using that much voltage long term. How much is needed will depend on the CPU. You’ll need to test this methodically.
Look at relaxing tertiary timings. I would also recommend leaving both the CPU and uncore at stock for the time being. Pushing the uncore will have an adverse effect on maximum obtainable frequency to a point
05-20-2021 11:12 PM
morph. wrote:
My VCCSA 1.30-1.35v for me but in my angst to try to get tighter timings and or a higher frequency I cranked it up. I'll start to optimise (dropping voltages down) soon thanks for the reminder is 1.35v too high? (its no longer 1.45v sa).
Must say I haven't thought about dropping cache/uncore as it doesn't feel too high, if anything I was trying to make it higher but ran into stability issues. Previously on my 10850k/8700k i ran cache ratio at 48x. But next time I'll try take a look at dropping that back to default but this would drop my memory latency/bandwidth a little thanks! 🙂
Furthermore, when I did try to post at 4400 & 4533 in gear 2 I did leave all my timings to auto.
05-23-2021 08:08 PM
Silent Scone@ROG wrote:
For those frequencies you may want to look at dropping them further. Auto rules can be quite tight depending on the scenario.
1.35 is on the high side but should be fine, I would not recommend going far outside this and would consider it to be poor tuning for a daily rig.
Here is an example of excessive VCCSA causing instability. The only change is the increased VCCSA. Memory training is a harder pass than operating system style tests because the requirement falls down to a pass/fail. When exploring highest obtainable frequencies these changes are more important as the margin for error on an electrical level is much smaller.
Admittedly I haven't used this platform much, but these rules are universal depending on the architecture. Moreover, VCCIO shouldn't be far too out of spec from VCCSA, this is also comes down to an alignment issue when overclocking.
I would look to dialling back on these rails and try and dial back on terts and seconds where possible. Some of those rules can still be quite tight for a given ratio even in auto. This is by no means guaranteed to work, but may keep you on the right path. The strength of the memory controller still needs to be considered.
You may wish to aim for your maximum obtainable frequency at CR1, too.
05-23-2021 11:06 PM
morph. wrote:
Thanks Scone 🙂 are you aware if there are any voltages that increase the likelihood of CR1 being better obrtainable? I
know Memory Trace Centering was a setting that should help.
05-20-2021 07:54 PM
thomas_yiu@ROG wrote:
Hello Morph,
I am sorry to hear you having issue with it. The memory is not in the Asus Memory QVL list. but in the Gskill memory compatible list.
Please troubleshoot by turning off the system (unplug power) and than reseating the memory, cleaning the memory, make sure the timing is
16-19-19-39 as spec, I suggest also to run Memtest86 to see if memory is working properly or not. TY