RAM defaulting to 1333MHz Asrock mobo not recognizing 1600MHz

Dinner_Theif_313 · Sep 24, 2014

Hello, I am having trouble setting my RAM to 1600MHz. Fairly new to BIOS/UEFI and when I tried to find the 1600MHz preset there was not one included, also some very weird speeds were shown (yes I understand x2 concept) so i decided to run an XMP profile and set timings myself, which I do not know all settings and only the popular 9-9-9-24.. well after i did this my computer will not boot the first time.. i will have to turn on and hear fans etc run then hard power off and power back on then windows will actually boot up. after searching and searching and finding nothing i set BIOS back to default settings and RAM speed back to 1333MHz and now boots up fine. So what am I doing wrong? please excuse as i am a noob when it comes to overclocking/BIOS/UEFI and only starting to get into computers. see below for components and i greatly appreciate any and all answers! thanks!

AMD FX 6300 (stock clock)
Asrock 970 extreme3 mobo
Corsair vengeance 1600MHz 2x4GB

i7Baby · Sep 24, 2014

enable XMP in bios. It'll do the work for you.

Tradesman1 · Sep 25, 2014

Think your mobo uses DOCP for the DRAM profiles, look for that and enable then select the DRAM's spec freq

Dinner_Theif_313 · Sep 25, 2014

awesome ill check out both of these and come back with the results thanks!

Dinner_Theif_313 · Sep 25, 2014

EUREKA! thank you very much 1600MHz made a huge difference in boot time! thanks

Tradesman1 · Sep 25, 2014

No worries, AMD rigs can be a bit of a pain, some of the newer ones run XMP for for memory profiles, on older mobos it's often DOCP or EOCP and then again some of the newer use what they call AMP for memory profiles, so you have to search around.

Dinner_Theif_313 · Sep 25, 2014

yea im just waiting to get that i5/i7, just spent all my monies on that new GTX 970 that im not really impressed by lol probably early drivers but still 3187 on valley when others are getting 4000 range? and ive got my clock at 1620MHz? what gives? noob when it comes to OC'ing but still.. seems like she should be putting up better scores. anywho im rambling lol thanks again!

i7Baby · Sep 25, 2014

The fx6300 will be holding it back. You can get a custom cooler and OC the 6300 or just buy an 8320.

Dinner_Theif_313 · Sep 25, 2014

i7Baby :

so the 6300 is holding the 970 back? i have a old h50 water cooler for it but the last time i tried to OC to 4.3GHz i messed it up... noob when it comes to OC CPU's. also that mobo probably isnt the best for OCing

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