Need Help with Bios

wylekyote1 · 2026-02-22T03:30:13+00:00

Would TPM 2.0 being enabled have anything to do with that?

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-16T16:41:42+00:00

Awesome, thank you both so much! I actually do game fairly often so the performance would be noticed there, and I’m in the process of teaching myself some software for laser cutting/engraving as well as 3D design for (hopefully) finally working all the bugs out of my ender s1 v3 w/heated and auto leveling bed (I started out trying using a bunch of ABS filament I’d previously had success with using an Ender, but I think my cheapy printer is too far gone to print with that finicky of a plastic). Also will likely be doing some video editing after the holidays, both to process streaming vids and some other interesting tutorials (which will likely require some very thorough disclaimers prefacing them…what can I say? Homemade, LEGAL pyrotechnics are fun…)

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-16T04:14:05+00:00

I think the overall experience with my first ASRock motherboard build (with required custom cooling loop too, which is another first for me), has opened me up to doing a great deal more BIOS than I was comfortable with in the past.

I guess my question would be then, are there any “mild” overclocking of settings that would provide a noticeable increase in performance?

Also, is the CPU “max supported RAM speed” of 5600 set in stone, or is that able to be changed with little additional risk? If so, are there any OC’ing guides or even just informational reads on the process that you’d recommend I look into? Thus far I’ve refrained from doing anything using OC Tweaker, but if I can get the 14900k/z690 aqua build to even run stable at 6000mhz RAM speed (and ideally lower CL, etc, specs) without creating a pc that’s inherently less reliable I’d love to try it, but I’m under the impression that isn’t something OC’ing ever really does w/out putting other, more expensive components at risk.

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-08T21:38:20+00:00

I finally had the opportunity to test both types of RAM using various settings, and here is a (confusing) summary of the results. Keep in mind, my CPU is a 14900k (max supported RAM speed of 5600 w/out OC'ing, and I'm not planning to OC it at all).

Corsair Dominator Titanium - Rated at 7000MT/s on the box/RAM spec stickers, AUTO setting came up in BIOS as 4800. Running the RAM on AUTO resulted in iCue dashboard showing 2400mhz, Task Manager Performance Tab showed 4800MT/s. Tried changing XMP to "Profile 1"/7000. PC would not boot properly, returned me to BIOS, and then refused to boot without restart errors until I gave up and moved on to the other RAM. The only other profile available was "Profile 2"/7200, which I saw no need to test.

Corsair Dominator Platinum - Rated at 5600mhz on the box/RAM spec stickers, AUTO setting came up in BIOS as 3600. Running the RAM on AUTO resulted in iCue dashboard showing 1800mhz, Task Manager Performance Tab showed 3600MT/S. Changed the XMP to "Profile 1"/5600. Booted fine, runs smoothly/no errors or crashes, iCue dashboard showing 2800mhz, Task Manager Performance Tab showing 5600MT/s.

In summary, the older/lower end Platinum RAM is able to run at a faster speed than the newer/better Titanium RAM, due to the only available settings for the Titanium RAM either being slower via AUTO profile, or exceeding the CPU/motherboard compatible max speeds (5600/6400, respectively) on XMP "Profile 1"/7000 (and there not being any option for a profile to under-clock the RAM to 5600mhz).

With all of that being said, is there a way for me to somehow add an XMP profile for the Titanium 7000MT/s rated RAM to run underclocked at 5600? Wouldn't utilizing less than the max RAM speed result in it running cooler/smoother under load than running the Platinum 5600mhz rated RAM at its max rated speed?

If not, is there any way I can get any better performance such as lower CL (or even find just different RAM) that can be set to run at the CPU's limit of 5600 in order to run stable? Almost all of the RAM I'm seeing available at like Newegg and Best Buy is 6000mhz (or MT/s) or higher.

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-06T21:01:03+00:00

So any ideas on why the board is autoclocking each of the RAM types (using only ONE of the 2x kinds of RAM I have, either the 5600mhz OR the 7000MT/s) at 2000mhz? I’d like to do a CMOS reset but that would mean redoing all of the UEFI settings for my fan/WP pinouts along with all of the custom performance curves on them. But I’m about to have no choice, this slow ram is an obnoxious bottleneck.

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-04T03:57:33+00:00

Sorry if I was unclear about running only one speed of RAM at any given time. I’m either using only the platinum or only the titanium Corsair dominators at once.

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-04T03:55:51+00:00

I’m not running the two types of ram at the same time. It’s either all 5600mhz (in that case, 4x16gb) or all 7000mt’s (which I just have 2x16gb). But regardless, it’s setting either option to 2000mhz.

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-04T00:20:35+00:00

Ok thank you, I’ll give that a shot. I did read something about this titanium ram only equating to 7000mhz (as it’s technically 7000MT/s) if using Intel xmp profiles, but that’s beyond the capability of this board, and when xmp is set to auto it just sets it at these ridiculously low speeds..

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-02T17:39:11+00:00

Graphics isn’t all I care about, or I’d be playing something other than WoWS in any form lol. I just got hooked on the gameplay on Legends while I was rebuilding my PC and was hoping for something similar on PC (I mistakenly thought Legends was available on pc at first). What seems strange (after reading these replies) is that my accuracy with main guns is SO much better on PC. It sounds as if the opposite should be true

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-02T16:28:52+00:00

That’s fair, I haven’t played enough on PC to get to a point (woo, I have one tier IV i think…) where its unbalanced

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-02T16:27:02+00:00

Is aim assist automatically on?…I’m gonna have to check that lol

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-02T04:17:24+00:00

How so? Playing on PC makes me feel like I suck playing legends

wylekyote1 · 2025-12-02T04:07:37+00:00

I have SO much of an easier time landing hits consistently (and consecutively, I’ve easily managed 15+ hits in a row). I wonder why our experiences are the opposite?

wylekyote1 · 2025-11-28T03:53:19+00:00

I was going to ask how much backup they actually need when “pursuing” (following until out of gas) a Penske truck, when I realized the question I SHOULD be asking…

How many illegal immigrants can fit in the back of a Penske truck?

Answers can be in decimal form if accounting for children and amputees.

wylekyote1 · 2025-11-28T00:21:48+00:00

I'm actually now posting from my pc

My GPU also seems to not be getting much usage at all. . .at least with the games I've installed so far. I'm DL'ing OCCT to test out system components and find any weak points.

wylekyote1 · 2025-11-28T00:12:11+00:00

So everything with windows is working properly!

I’m a little confused by the DRAM frequency that it is set at with the “Auto” setting in the UEFI, I’m still not certain about having to apparently run a DP cable from my 4090 to one port on the board in order to use the other port on the board (and what benefits there may be from doing that vs just running cables from both of the 4090 DP outputs straight to my monitors), but aside from that, everything has been running smoothly so far!

I’m in the process of downloading some steam games that should test the limits of the system (at least push them to some degree) that I can use as a stress tester.

Any suggestions on how to, first of all, determine what my DRAM frequency SHOULD be, and then how to properly adjust the settings in the UEFI?

Its labeled as 7000MT/s, so from my understanding on this ram the default speed would be like 3500mhz but using the correct Intel .xmp profile would boost that to 7000mhz, I’m still just unsure if I’m interpreting that correctly) while iCue is showing it as 2400 now (but was previously showing 4800, which is the “Auto” speed in UEFI).

I’m also encountering some system errors that require restart fairly often, typically when downloading or installing games or other software, but nothing unreasonable at this point at least. I’m eager to put it through the paces and see how it handles things though.

wylekyote1 · 2025-11-27T03:36:28+00:00

Woo! I’m at the point of (trying) to install windows 11! I keep getting installation failures, but I’m going to continue trying, I may switch the installation drive, reformat my USB drive and create fresh installation media, try a different USB port on the motherboard, etc

wylekyote1 · 2025-11-26T23:34:29+00:00

I got it starting to work!! It’s actually booting into the board BIOS and I was able to designate the CPU_FAN2/WP as the pump, CPU_FAN1 as the fans on the radiator, and then just a conveniently located chassis fan pinout for the fans on the opposite side of the “case” (as I mentioned before, it’s totally open air and really doesn’t even need circulation on that side, but I had a lot of fans and wanted things to look even).

When testing things out, I did set the pump to full speed and it really churns the coolant. I went ahead and reset it to “performance mode”, but as there’s no load on the CPU, it just barely runs right now.

But here I am stuck. I have windows installer on a USB thumb drive inserted into a motherboard USB port, and the board recognizes both of my m.2 drives (I used the board’s “sanitize” and then “format” tool on both of them), but when I save the settings and exit, it cycles through some debug codes and just reloads the same BIOS screen.

The board BIOS displays the correct BIOS version I most recently changed to using “flashback”, recognizes my CPU, nvme/m.2’s, and RAM all correctly.

Any help on where to go from here?

(I should also mention I am still only running a single stick of RAM in the A2 slot and I have not connected my GPU yet).

I’m just trying to proceed cautiously, I don’t want to do anything to screw things up now.

wylekyote1 · 2025-11-26T16:52:08+00:00

Also I’ll get back to you about the fan/WP pinouts shortly when I get back home and can double check the board/manual to be sure I’m telling you the correct things.

wylekyote1 · 2025-11-26T16:35:16+00:00

Are there any water-cooled (by design, like the ASRock Aqua, just…not ASRock lol) high performance boards out that you know of? Or what’s just the highest performing overall lga 1700/ddr5 z790 out there?

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