Hi all! I recently purchased some second-hand RAM and installed it in my Asus B450-Plus motherboard. Initially, everything seemed fine. Since the board typically limits RAM speed to 2666MHz, I decided to enable the XMP profile in the BIOS to take advantage of my new Lexar THOR 32GB DDR4-3200 CL16 RAM. Unfortunately, after saving those settings, my display went black, the CPU cooler ramped up, and nothing has worked since. I've tried restarting several times, but I'm stuck. Now I'm really worried that I might have broken something!
I found some advice online about hard resetting the BIOS, which I plan to try next. But I'm also curious if there's a way to safely run my RAM at 3200MHz after resetting the BIOS—especially when I upgrade to a Ryzen 5700X soon. I haven't updated my BIOS yet, so I'm hoping that might help, but I'm scared I'll run into the same issue again. I'm not very tech-savvy and this has been a rough start for me!
Here's my current build if it helps: [link](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/pzZG74)
UPDATE: I managed to hard reset the BIOS by removing the battery. The PC booted up initially and I was able to enter the BIOS. But after a reboot, I got hit with a blue screen and now I can't access the BIOS anymore—it just shows a black screen. Any ideas on what to do next? I even tried switching back to my old RAM, but the problem persists. I'm really lost here!
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It sounds like you're on the right track by clearing the CMOS settings. After that, you definitely want to update your BIOS to the latest version. Manufacturers often release BIOS updates to improve RAM compatibility. I had a similar situation where my system wouldn’t boot past DDR4-2800, but after updating the BIOS, it handled DDR4-3200 like a champ! As for your Ryzen 2600, it should still work perfectly fine with the latest BIOS, no need to worry about it not functioning after the update!
That's good to hear! I need to update my BIOS too for my new CPU; but I was nervous it would mess things up for my current setup. Thanks for the reassurance!