X670E Ace Bios Problems

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Hardware:
Processor: 7950X
Motherboard: MSI X670E Ace
GPU: EVGA 3080 TI FTW3
MEMORY: G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series AMD EXPO 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000)
PSU: EVGA 1000W P6
Cooler: 360 Phanteks AIO MPH

After updating my BIOS today on my PC. When booting up I was getting BIOS Code A6 and the RAM light was staying Amber. This didn't occur on the previous BIOS 7D69v13. I attempted to clear CMOS but same issue. I ended up downgrading my BIOS back to 7D69v13. I opened a ticket with MSI, but just a heads up in case anyone else runs into this. Before 7D69v142 I had zero issues with RAM and bootup problems.


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you know some manufacturers sell dummy dimms with just the rgb part?
Corsair for sure had something in catalog, but I'm not into rgb things so don't ask more

Or maybe even better, why not an active cooling solution to push a bit of fresh air on top of the dimms? this is definitely the best way to cover the ugly empty space
EDIT: search JONSBO NF-1 RAM for example, or UPSIREN Z-X5
get a 2x24, 2x32 or 2x48, cover with a fan kit and voila, no OCD crysis anymore
with a tiny bit of extra airflow you can easily push 1.65V vdd on almost any hynix kit
 
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Michele P said:
you know some manufacturers sell dummy dimms with just the rgb part?
Corsair for sure had something in catalog, but I'm not into rgb things so don't ask more

Or maybe even better, why not an active cooling solution to push a bit of fresh air on top of the dimms? this is definitely the best way to cover the ugly empty space
EDIT: search JONSBO NF-1 RAM for example, or UPSIREN Z-X5
get a 2x24, 2x32 or 2x48, cover with a fan kit and voila, no OCD crysis anymore
with a tiny bit of extra airflow you can easily push 1.65V vdd on almost any hynix kit
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I hate empty slots as well as RGB and loosing functionality. Plus I defo need high capacity for my AI models. So four dimms 32GB each it is for me... even if slower.
 
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Running ram at VDD 1.65V, and cooler, is better functionality than having all the 4 slots populated (and there are nice 2x48GB kits if you really need that huge amount of ram)
An active cooling kit covers the empty ram slots, and it could also cool the near nvme drive on the ACE board (a bonus function)

Probably it's something I will buy in the future, not for covering the empty slots or the rgbs, I hate rgbs too
I know my ram can run 6400C28 but needs 1.60/1.62V at least, not something I can run daily
I will cut the rgb cables if there's no way to disable the rgb leds XD

but if your OCD is a "severe" condition and just the thought of having a couple empty slots under the fans is unbearable (even if it's impossible to see), I can understand too
 
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Sure sure, my brain suggests no empty slots and visible RGB on the sticks xD
It would be better to have 8 sticks like on the HEDT platforms but I need to live with it.

HEDT are not good all rounders this days unfortunately
 
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this is perfect
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just joking but yes I have all my rgb fans turned off in my system
I only turn them on in case some kid wanna see the show, but I hate the reflections on my oled monitor

There are more sober solutions for covering and cooling the ram for sure, and on the ACE I also think it's a good upgrade especially if you are gonna use a gen 5 ssd

When using an AIO or a custom loop that zone inside a closed case may become a bit warm: it's on top of the gpu and it's missing the air moved by the air-cooled cpu

Buildzoid usually throws a fan on the dimms and stop, there's sure a more aesthetically pleasant way to do things without rgbs
That slight airflow is greatly appreciated for DDR5, and every RAM module with EXPO rated for 1.3-1.4V can undoubtedly operate at 1.65V without any issues.
You don't need anything too extreme or noisy, just a gentle breeze
 
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it's a security update, microcode fix for a recent vulnerability
A mandatory update if/when stable will be released

Hopefully it shouldn't change a lot from the actual 1.2.0.3a that has been very stable
 
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After weeks of code compiling, gaming, stress testing I can say that my 9950X3D with 4x16GB @ 6000 C30 is absolutely stable but the weird issue remains.
I decided to downclock the ram to 3600mt just to see what happens and the problem remains.

If I reboot to BIOS or press F11 continuously during a reboot to show the bios menu the computer sometimes hangs on different error codes.
This must not be a stability problem because the issue never happen on normal reboots, it's just a bug that o think that MSI will never solve. Damn it.

I often reboot on UEFI to boot a different OS from a different SSD and this way it's [***CENSORED***] problematic
 
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is there something that I can try to stabilize "my reboot" considering that once the system boot there is no way to make it fail, no stress test, no load can crash it,
the system is 100% stable once booted.
any suggestions? :)
 
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I got another problem on my X670E ACE, this problem is the same with Samsung 980PRO, Samsung 9100 PRO, 7950X3D and 9950X3D.
My PC runs SSD slow!

It seems that my Samsung 9100 PRO PCIe5 SSD is slow.

it works pretty well in Crystal Disk Mark
but it scores only 2850 points in 3DMark storage bench while it should perform 4000+ points...

What problem could it be?
Temp is in check with a max temp of 60°C

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sblantipodi said:
I got another problem on my X670E ACE, this problem is the same with Samsung 980PRO, Samsung 9100 PRO, 7950X3D and 9950X3D.
My PC runs SSD slow!

It seems that my Samsung 9100 PRO PCIe5 SSD is slow.

it works pretty well in Crystal Disk Mark
but it scores only 2850 points in 3DMark storage bench while it should perform 4000+ points...

What problem could it be?
Temp is in check with a max temp of 60°C

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Which NVMe slot are you using? I’ve had issues with the higher numbered slots before
 
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spud said:
Which NVMe slot are you using? I’ve had issues with the higher numbered slots before
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I have all the slots populated with gen 4 drivers, and the only gen 5 slot is populated with a gen 5 drive.
All the drives performs worse than expected in the 3dmark storage test scoring from 2300 to 2800 points
 
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Michele P said:
most of us are scared by beta bios... :LOL:
last time I tried one it was a stressful week
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Nah... it cannot be as bad as some bioses from a company beginning with A and ending with K that burn the CPUs :p
BTW -- have you noticed that too ? I think they are scared now to release anything after 3.20 ? They are still on 1.2.0.3a Patch A ?
BTW 2 --- There is already AGESA 1.2.0.3d in the wild (with an updated SMU for Raphael as well as Granite Ridge), so maybe you all are right (mea culpa I think?) and we should wait for it... Or my fingers will be too itchy and I will install it anyway :p
 
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ahahah, yes big troubles on A...K at the moment
I saw a video on youtube where someone suspecs that issues are caused by a too much variable soc voltage
 
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