GA-Z170x Gaming 3 - Can't enable XMP with ADATA 2x8gb 2800mhz - Crash

[alfieSk8r]

I upgraded my computer in the weekend by getting motherboard, RAM and microprocessor.

My rig is the following:

GA-Z170x Gaming 3
ADATA XPG 2x8gb @2800mhz (PC4-22400)
Intel i5-6600 @3.3
XFX PRO850W semi-modular
Samsung EVO 850 SSD 512gb
Samsung EVO 830 SSD 128gb (OS)
WD Caviar Black 1tb 64mb cache

By default this motherboard allows 2133mhz speeds on the memories, but i went to the BIOS (version f7) and tried activating the xmp profile for this ram. I can see after activating it, the speed goes up to 2800, 1.2v (as advertised) After saving and quitting i get an error (won't boot):
"The system has experienced a boot failure possibly due to incorrect configuration
Previous bios settings may not be compatible with current hardware state"


I restart and disable the xmp and everything goes back to normal (but at 2133mhz)

Is there any way to tell if the ram is deffective or maybe not compatible with this mother?
I have checked the list of compatible rams for this mobo and it is listed but who  knows...

Any help would be much appretiated.

[shadowsports]

Greetings,
If the RAM will not run correctly using the XMP profile, you may have to set timings and voltages manually to gain stability.  That said, anything above 2133Mhz usually requires OC to run.

You can test your RAM using memtest..  which is built into windows 10 install media or can be downloaded for free.  I suspect however, this is due to compatibility and not because you have defective RAM.  Your CPU doesn't appear to be OC friendly.  I'd run at 2133Mhz and call it a day.  You won't see any difference in performance even if you can get it to run above 2133.

Here is a great example...

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1478-page6.html

[alfieSk8r]

Greetings,
If the RAM will not run correctly using the XMP profile, you may have to set timings and voltages manually to gain stability.  That said, anything above 2133Mhz usually requires OC to run.

You can test your RAM using memtest..  which is built into windows 10 install media or can be downloaded for free.  I suspect however, this is due to compatibility and not because you have defective RAM.  Your CPU doesn't appear to be OC friendly.  I'd run at 2133Mhz and call it a day.  You won't see any difference in performance even if you can get it to run above 2133.

Here is a great example...

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1478-page6.html

Thank you very much for your response... I believe i will just leave it at 2133, too bad i over payed for them but well...

[shadowsports]

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