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Nick V.

Nick V.

Joined on 01/09/24

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Nice board with a memory EXPO bug

ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI AMD X670 AM5 Ryzen Desktop 9000 8000 & 7000 ATX motherboard, 16+2 power stages, PCIe 5.0, DDR5, 4x M.2 slots with heatsink, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, WiFi 6E, AI Cooling II
ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI AMD X670 AM5 Ryzen Desktop 9000 8000 & 7000 ATX motherboard, 16+2 power stages, PCIe 5.0, DDR5, 4x M.2 slots with heatsink, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, WiFi 6E, AI Cooling II

Pros: Easy to set up, upgrade the BIOS, no problems with Win 11.

Cons: I installed 2X16 memory from the Asus QVL that is supposed to assure compatibility. F5-6000J3038F16GX2-TZ5NR With EXPO disabled, it boots up very fast in a few seconds. With EXPO enabled it gets stuck in BIOS for at least a minute and then boots up normally. The Task Manager reports the correct lower speed (4800) with EXPO disabled and the correct higher speed (6000) with EXPO enabled. The memory appears to work well in both settings/speeds, no BSOD or other problems. I tried all the EXPO settings available on the BIOS. Cleared CMOS. It looks like either the memory on their list was never tested, or it needs one more BIOS upgrade

Overall Review: The problem was the BIOS settings. After searching I found out that two settings made the difference. On the top of the BIOS page there is a search function. Search "POWER" select: Power Down>Enabled Search "RESTORE" select: Memory Context Restore>Enabled, select: Restore AC power Loss>Last State, select: Memory Context Restore>Enabled Good Luck.