I have this memory (G.Skill F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR) in my brand new build (my sig rig), and I've recently discovered the cause of long boot times and strange power issues.
I noticed that, during a restart, my computer would completely power off briefly and then power back on about eight seconds later to complete the reboot cycle. Sometimes this would not happen, and the computer would not power off during a reboot cycle (as I feel should be normal).
Also, even if the computer didn't power off during the reboot cycle, the time it took to reboot was about twice as long.
I realized that these issues were caused by the XMP profile setting in my bios.
When I disable XMP and let the memory run at the slower 1600MHz speed, my reboot time drops from 42 seconds to 19 seconds! Plus, the reboots are not interrupted by loss of power. The power stays on during the whole reboot cycle and the computer doesn't click off at any point.
When I re-enable XMP, the issues come right back again.
A couple times, enabling XMP sent my computer into an endless reboot loop and I had to clear the CMOS just to get back into the BIOS and disable it.
It seemed almost hit and miss whether or not XMP would "work". Sometimes, enabling XMP from a freshly-cleared CMOS would cause endless reboots, other times it would not and my computer would boot as normal (although it would take longer as mentioned above).
So something is definitely up here. My board is listed on the qualified motherboards list, so compatibility shouldn't be an issue.
I even tried not using XMP and putting the timings and voltage in manually, but that caused an endless reboot as well.
So for now, I'm not using XMP and the ram is running at a slower speed. But at least windows works and my reboot cycle isn't jacked up.
I'm pretty ignorant in all things RAM -- does anyone have any idea what could be going on? I've already emailed G.Skill and am waiting to hear back from them.
I noticed that, during a restart, my computer would completely power off briefly and then power back on about eight seconds later to complete the reboot cycle. Sometimes this would not happen, and the computer would not power off during a reboot cycle (as I feel should be normal).
Also, even if the computer didn't power off during the reboot cycle, the time it took to reboot was about twice as long.
I realized that these issues were caused by the XMP profile setting in my bios.
When I disable XMP and let the memory run at the slower 1600MHz speed, my reboot time drops from 42 seconds to 19 seconds! Plus, the reboots are not interrupted by loss of power. The power stays on during the whole reboot cycle and the computer doesn't click off at any point.
When I re-enable XMP, the issues come right back again.
A couple times, enabling XMP sent my computer into an endless reboot loop and I had to clear the CMOS just to get back into the BIOS and disable it.
It seemed almost hit and miss whether or not XMP would "work". Sometimes, enabling XMP from a freshly-cleared CMOS would cause endless reboots, other times it would not and my computer would boot as normal (although it would take longer as mentioned above).
So something is definitely up here. My board is listed on the qualified motherboards list, so compatibility shouldn't be an issue.
I even tried not using XMP and putting the timings and voltage in manually, but that caused an endless reboot as well.
So for now, I'm not using XMP and the ram is running at a slower speed. But at least windows works and my reboot cycle isn't jacked up.
I'm pretty ignorant in all things RAM -- does anyone have any idea what could be going on? I've already emailed G.Skill and am waiting to hear back from them.