MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 - Clock Watchdog Errors

Bimdan

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This is an odd one. But then I'm a noob so might not be understanding things correctly

First boot of the day I get to the Windows splash screen but locks up (Watchdog errors) before I can log in, an instant reboot and it loads into the login screen.

Memory is in Slots 2 and 4. If I try to get 3200 out of it by putting a 1.35v multiplier on it I end up in a boot to BIOS loop and have to restore system settings to get past it. Probably a simply setting but I lack the experience, patience and time to play around (god bless 2-year-olds). Should also mention I have performed RAM diagnostics and they passed.

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You have to disable the ASMedia ASM1061 SATA controller chip in the BIOS. That chip is used on your board and a bunch of other board models and is known to cause a lot of bugs and BSODs, including CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT.

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This will disable SATA ports A and B. The other four SATA ports can still be used, because they're coming from the chipset. Any drives on SATA A or B, move to the chipset ports.

Of course, this won't allow you to use more than four SATA drives. But the ASMedia chip is what's causing the problems. You should open a ticket with MSI to tell them about it.

About the XMP profile. again, i would mention this in a ticket with MSI, telling them your exact RAM model.
 
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You guys are awesome thank you! Why do I feel you're doing MSI's job for them lol

To address points:

1) Thank you will try new bios
2) Not tried different slots as wanted to use slots as per the manual
3) When I initially searched this issue I did find and try disabling External Sata but ended up in a "to bios boot loop" but I think the penny has dropped. The loop is due to ports A&B being disabled so no SSD was detected?

Is this typical of bleeding edge or especially awful (not used to getting the latest mobo standards only GFX cards lol)? I've never experienced hard ware feeling like early access and it sucks balls coming from a rock-solid platform.
 
For the boot drive, always use the chipset's SATA ports first (5-8). When you disable the ASMedia SATA controller for ports A and B, of course it will not boot anymore if your boot drive is on one of those two ports. So just plug it into SATA port 5, for example. Then it should boot again.

Yes, 12th gen and 600-series platform with DDR4+5 support is bringing some major changes, and the platform seems still quite immature, which is surprising for Intel. There are still a bunch of issues with the BIOS and this ASMedia controller is far from problem-free. Just keep the BIOS up to date (watch for new releases) and also look here on the forum from time to time, people will talk about different issues and i always try to help whenever i can.
 
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