- Joined
- Sep 16, 2012
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- Motherboard
- Asus Prime Z490-A
- CPU
- Intel i9-10850k along with Noctua NH-D15 SSO2 D-Type Premium CPU Cooler
- Graphics
- Primary: Sapphire Pulse RX 570, Secondary: UHD 630
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
I spent approx $365 for this RAM. I would like to get XMP working since I work with Pro Tools. Something just came to mind sitting here reading through articles on the Internet. I think I know what is going on. Whenever I place the RAM in slots A2 & B2, the machine appears it will not post. Then, whenever I place them in slots A1 & B1, it POST and boots fine. But, whenever I enable XMP again, it will not post nor boot using XMP.Hey.
I had my system working fine and upgraded the CPU fan, and now I can’t enable XMP. I don’t mind as much as I found that not running XMP mode in my system is much more stable. I was able to set my RAM to 3200 although 3600 is what it’s rated as via XMP.
I don’t mind, everything is working flawless.
So I have a hunch, I am going to try to enable XMP, then save setting and reboot. Then, as it begins to reboot, I will shut down, and switch the RAM stick to A2 & B2. I believe XMP only works on A2 and B2 slots for two sticks in this board.
My memory is rated for 3200MHz but it just defaults to 2133MHz, a huge 1167MHz difference. That is way too low. I get much faster speeds from my DDR3 system, 2400MHz kit.