Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2024-08-24 at 14:52 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > Reminds me of the comments you get from people "but I had anti-virus > installed" when their systems turns its toes up after they've > deliberately ran pirated, or pirating, software.  It ain't magic, but > it tries to engender too much blin

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-23 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2024-08-23 at 11:26 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > I ran across this article that has some good info: > https://www.xda-developers.com/6-bios-settings-every-new-pc-builder-needs-to-know-about I have a bit of an issue with overly simplistic statements like this: "Secure Boot, one of the most

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-23 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2024-08-23 at 11:26 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > > I ran across this article that has some good info: > https://www.xda-developers.com/6-bios-settings-every-new-pc-builder-needs-to-know-about Yes, I had actually read that before asking. Anyway, it's working now. poc -- ___

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-23 Thread Neal Becker
On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 6:14 AM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2024-08-20 at 15:36 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > > On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 22:02 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > The overclocking options start at 5400, so I don't think that's it. > > > The > > > DRAM spec is 5200 and I

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2024-08-20 at 15:36 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 22:02 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > The overclocking options start at 5400, so I don't think that's it. > > The > > DRAM spec is 5200 and I now have it working at that frequency. > > Makes me wonder if the auto

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 22:02 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > The overclocking options start at 5400, so I don't think that's it. The > DRAM spec is 5200 and I now have it working at that frequency. Makes me wonder if the automatic selection is based on some unmentioned criteria (*lowest* common

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 14:17 -0400, doug.lindqu...@atlanticbb.net wrote: > I recently upgraded to an AM5 system with 128gb ddr5 memory.  The > lower 4800 > is the base frequency.  The 5200 might be if you overclocked it. The overclocking options start at 5400, so I don't think that's it. The DRAM

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread doug . lindquist
I recently upgraded to an AM5 system with 128gb ddr5 memory. The lower 4800 is the base frequency.  The 5200 might be if you overclocked it. On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 07:54:46 -0500 Richard Shaw wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 7:08 AM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 06:57 -05

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Barry
> On 19 Aug 2024, at 13:06, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > Pretty much where I am too, which is why I said it was no big deal. I > bought the mobo, cpu and RAM from scan.co.uk as a bundle, so I presume > it's all good, but I just wanted to scratch that itch. Raise a tech support ticket with sc

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM (SOLVED)

2024-08-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 14:56 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I've just had a fiddle in my AM5 BIOS and while it's not > > *immediately* > > obvious, you can enable EXPO by clicking the A-XMP profile 'button' > > until > > it's shaded. > > > > cf: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GxyCkoJQeX7DJMLx9 >

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 14:10 +0100, Will McDonald wrote: > Your BIOS is probably set in EZ mode and as Richad said, you probably > need > to tweak some XMP or EXPO modes in the BIOS to get the most out of > the > modules. > > The motherboard manual is here: > https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_ex

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 22:55 +1000, fed...@eyal.emu.id.au wrote: > On 19/8/24 9:17 pm, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > Apologies in advance if this is too OT. > > > > I recently installed a new system based on an MSI B650-P > > motherboard > > with an AMD Ryzen 7600 and Corsair DDR5 RAM. The RAM spe

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 07:54 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 7:08 AM Patrick O'Callaghan > > wrote: > > > On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 06:57 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > > > With the caveat that I haven't built an AM5 system yet, can you > > > find > > > any > > > settings for AMP? 

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Will McDonald
Your BIOS is probably set in EZ mode and as Richad said, you probably need to tweak some XMP or EXPO modes in the BIOS to get the most out of the modules. The motherboard manual is here: https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/PROB650-PWIFI.pdf But doesn't go into a ton of detail about specifi

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread fedora
On 19/8/24 9:17 pm, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Apologies in advance if this is too OT. I recently installed a new system based on an MSI B650-P motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 7600 and Corsair DDR5 RAM. The RAM specs show a recommended frequency of 5200 MHz, but the UEFI screen shows it running at

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 7:08 AM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 06:57 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > > With the caveat that I haven't built an AM5 system yet, can you find > > any > > settings for AMP? I think this is the AMD equivalent of XMP. > > > > It appears to be using an

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 06:57 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > With the caveat that I haven't built an AM5 system yet, can you find > any > settings for AMP?  I think this is the AMD equivalent of XMP. > It appears to be using an A-XMP profile (according to the screenshot I posted). I just wonder why i

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 07:49 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > The server also used DDR5 RAM, I only know it because I used  > pcpartpicker.com to prepare the list of components I needed to buy, > and the  > line item for the RAM modules said "DDR5". I have no idea what > actual  > frequency they r

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 6:18 AM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Apologies in advance if this is too OT. > > I recently installed a new system based on an MSI B650-P motherboard > with an AMD Ryzen 7600 and Corsair DDR5 RAM. The RAM specs show a > recommended frequency of 5200 MHz, but the UEFI scree

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Patrick O'Callaghan writes: Apologies in advance if this is too OT. I recently installed a new system based on an MSI B650-P motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 7600 and Corsair DDR5 RAM. The RAM specs show a recommended frequency of 5200 MHz, but the UEFI screen shows it running at 4800MHz (even tho

OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
Apologies in advance if this is too OT. I recently installed a new system based on an MSI B650-P motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 7600 and Corsair DDR5 RAM. The RAM specs show a recommended frequency of 5200 MHz, but the UEFI screen shows it running at 4800MHz (even though it also notes the correct s