Windows 10: Unable to enable XMP II and get what my ram is rated at

I have an Asus Z590-A motherboard and a i9-11900K processor along with 2 G.Skill TridentZ Ram sticks. Each ram stick is capable of XMP 2.0 and measured at 8x2gb 3200 speed PER STICK so 32 gb of ram total. However, I am only getting speeds of 2133 and only receiving 8gb per stick instead of the 8x2 on each so only 16gb total. I can boot my computer normal and run it fine with XMP disabled at these lower speeds and storage, however if I try to enable XMP or turn on XMP 2.0, I will get one of the following BSOD errors that will randomly choose which error each time I press enter to retry:The

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Corsair RAM XMP or not?

The 2 changes we suggested are incredibly simple, and Mike`s picture explained it very clearly, and as far as the ram goes, all you have to do is enable XMP and choose the fastest speed that shows up when you enable XMP.

It`s a piece of Cheese Cake

 

BSOD when XMP Is Enabled

Though enabling XMP may be considered an "overclock", bear in mind the memory you bought was designed to run at 3200MHz, not 2133, therefor by that definition, the memory is running "below" its stock speeds.

That said, you could "manually" push the ram up to it's rated speed of 3200MHz, timings and voltage without using XMP.

I'm not trying to dismiss the help and suggestions here, if you have BSOD's this is the place to be. However, your issues are RAM centric, and that's where you need to look. In choosing to go to a different BIOS you seemed to have solved the issue. I'm thus saying let that issue play out before confounding things with other stuff that may not be necessary.

Also realize XMP is actually designed to get the RAM to run at its rated speed as opposed to the industry JEDEC specification set at 2133. Yes, you could run at 2133, but this is not going to tell you if the memory is problematic running in it's designed XMP mode. And again, you can manually set without using XMP, though XMP would be doing the same thing wile taking the guesswork out.

Anyway as I said, that site is the best place to look since they specialize in your board so they should have an answer to your RAM questions. For BSOD's this is the place to be.

My two cents.

What is XMP - What are XMP profiles and how do I use them?

 

BSOD when XMP Is Enabled

Then you have a different interpretation...

Thank you.

Cute.

At any rate, I'm not here to compete. I'm just adding what I know. Anyway It does the OP no good for us to argue over semantics.

Peace