MSI PRO Z690 A DDR4 + i7-12700K + AMD RX 580

[kowitx]

That is not an exclamation-mark signifying anything is wrong at all. That's an "i" for "Information".

However maybe I'm misunderstanding and @NorthAmTransAm can help you.

You are correct, that is "i" not "!"

FYI
I already used RestrictEvents.

 

[Raredisarray]

I just bought a new 4tb NVME drive to add some storage and tested all my slots. It's looking like I only get GEN4 NVME speeds on slot 1. All my other slots are capped at 1500mb/s. Wanted to see if anyone else had this problem?

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

I just bought a new 4tb NVME drive to add some storage and tested all my slots. It's looking like I only get GEN4 NVME speeds on slot 1. All my other slots are capped at 1500mb/s. Wanted to see if anyone else had this problem?

I believe the available PCI Lanes are probably prioritized in a certain manner. For example, if we didn't have the x16 GPU perhaps the other m.2 slots would work at Gen4. I'd need to do some more research on this.

 

[Leesureone]

I believe the available PCI Lanes are probably prioritized in a certain manner. For example, if we didn't have the x16 GPU perhaps the other m.2 slots would work at Gen4. I'd need to do some more research on this.

That’s possible for sure, has anyone tried adjusting the speed manually in the bios? Default is usually “Auto” so maybe setting them to 4.0 would yield better results

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

That’s possible for sure, has anyone tried adjusting the speed manually in the bios? Default is usually “Auto” so maybe setting them to 4.0 would yield better results

I did awhile back while trying to get a 980 Pro to play nice with macOS. Long story short, it freaking wont. Even as a storage drive it still sandbagged macOS that was booted from another drive. Weird stuff. I eventually stuck it on a pcie card and it behaves fine but only as storage.

It would be cool to see if we could intentionally slow down our drives by switching to a slower gen.

 

[Raredisarray]

I believe the available PCI Lanes are probably prioritized in a certain manner. For example, if we didn't have the x16 GPU perhaps the other m.2 slots would work at Gen4. I'd need to do some more research on this.

Thanks for the reply and explanation. I went ahead and bought a PCIE4 card expansion after spending a few hours last night tweaking the BIOS settings with no avail. Its pulling gen4 speeds and two GEN4 nvmes are perfect for my purposes.

BTW, I noticed that you specify to set CPU Lite Load to Mode 9. That setting actually made my computer stutter and scored around 1000 Geek bench 5 single core score versus having it on auto gives me 1979 GB5 single core score and gets rid of the stutter.

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

Thanks for the reply and explanation. I went ahead and bought a PCIE4 card expansion after spending a few hours last night tweaking the BIOS settings with no avail. Its pulling gen4 speeds and two GEN4 nvmes are perfect for my purposes.

BTW, I noticed that you specify to set CPU Lite Load to Mode 9. That setting actually made my computer stutter and scored around 1000 Geek bench 5 single core score versus having it on auto gives me 1979 GB5 single core score and gets rid of the stutter.

What do you mean CPU Lite mode? Its been a minute.

 

[Raredisarray]

What do you mean CPU Lite mode? Its been a minute.

See below:

It looks like that setting adjusts the voltage, so I think maybe it's some differences in our CPU manufacturing / power supply and, or other hardware.

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

See below:
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It looks like that setting adjusts the voltage, so I think maybe it's some differences in our CPU manufacturing / power supply and, or other hardware.

Very interesting! I never touched that setting. I'll go back and check. Thanks for showing me/us that.

 

[nottooshabby]

Very interesting! I never touched that setting. I'll go back and check. Thanks for showing me/us that.

I was able to get down to Mode 7 at stock frequencies w/ my i13900K. I had to bump it back up when I added a +1 overclock. The lower the mode, the cooler your cpu will run. It's basically an undervolt setting.