AN515-42-R3VU stuck at 1600MHz on battery && RAM now dynamic and not fixed (since 1.13)

Benman2785

Hi and Happy New Year,

i own a Acer Nitro 5 AN515-42-R3VU (and upgraded it)
Ryzen 5 2500U (usually @30W TDP) + RX 560X 4G (@1400MHz & 1500MHz VRAM & 70W TDP) + 16GB DDR4-2400CL16 + N156HHE-GA1 (120Hz 1.5ms FreeSync) + 128GB M.2 SSD + 480GB 2.5" SSD
Win10 20H2; Bios 1.18; AMD 20.12.1; NitroSense installed; MSI Afterburner installed; RyzenAdj used;

my main problem is that when running on battery my APU clocks to 1600MHz and i guess 15W tdp (as CPU-Z benchmark is 600 points lower "stock" and on battery than with "RyzenAdj" (@30W TDP) and battery)

my second problem is that since the SMU update with 1.13 (maybe even 1.10) my 16GB DDR4-2400CL16 wont stay fixed at 1200MHz with a fixed FSB:DRAM of 1:12 but will run async and jump from 400MHz to 1200MHz. In games like "Dying Light" it boosts to 1200MHz; but in CSGO only 933MHz or 1067MHz - so i am losing some performance here. yet i can fix that with RyzenAdj when i force a fixed min & max fclock // would still be nice to be able to set that in BIOS (and even nicer to do some OC like 1333MHz with enabled XMP etc)

can anybody help me?

Benman2785

1. bump
2. i "fixed" the problem with the dynamic ram (kind of) - with RyzenAdj i was able to force 1200MHz ram-speed via fclk

batmalin

As you saw BIOS is locked and the goodies are hidden from you and Acer will not do something about it. Sorry mate!

amoleb1982

Benman2785 said:

1. bump
2. i "fixed" the problem with the dynamic ram (kind of) - with RyzenAdj i was able to force 1200MHz ram-speed via fclk

Hi, for the point no2 regarding ram, can you send a screenshot of what changes you made please? I am also trying to figure out but not successful in doing so.

Benman2785

@amoleb1982
go to https://github.com/FlyGoat/RyzenAdj and download latest release

create a batchfile containing this:

@echo off  
%~dp0\ryzenadj.exe --max-fclk-frequency=1200 --min-fclk-frequency=1200
echo MSGBOX "RAM runs now with 1200MHz" > %temp%\RAMmsgbox.vbs
call %temp%\RAMmsgbox.vbs
del %temp%\RAMmsgbox.vbs /f /q
exit

and if you also want your 2500U to run @30W TDP you create this batchfile // HAVE IN MIND a TDP of 30W needs a strong cooling solution!

@echo off

%~dp0\ryzenadj.exe --stapm-limit=30000 --fast-limit=30000 --slow-limit=30000 --vrmmax-current=65000 --max-fclk-frequency=1200 --min-fclk-frequency=1200

echo MSGBOX "APU runs now with 30W TDP" > %temp%\30Wmsgbox.vbs

call %temp%\30Wmsgbox.vbs

del %temp%\30Wmsgbox.vbs /f /q

exit

then you place the 30W.bat or RAM.bat into the folder of RyzenAdj and create a shortcut to the bat at your desktop - if you want to boost your ram to 1200MHz just run the batch

Benman2785

1. ah okay - "Helles RyzenTest" still works to ramp the APU higher on battery (just needs the right settings) - tested with MSI Afterburner and Dying Light - APU clocks between 2400-3600MHz // yet a better solution would be appreciated

@amoleb1982
download FlyGoat RyzenAdj
and set the --min-fclk-frequency=1200 and --max-fclk-frequency=1200 if you have DDR4-2400 RAM
simply write a batch for that if you want

Benman2785

about 1.)
here you can see that it boosts "normal" like stock 15W TDP when using "Helle53" RyzenTest

amoleb1982

Benman2785 said:

1. ah okay - "Helles RyzenTest" still works to ramp the APU higher on battery (just needs the right settings) - tested with MSI Afterburner and Dying Light - APU clocks between 2400-3600MHz // yet a better solution would be appreciated

@amoleb1982
download FlyGoat RyzenAdj
and set the --min-fclk-frequency=1200 and --max-fclk-frequency=1200 if you have DDR4-2400 RAM
simply write a batch for that if you want

Thanks a lot bro, much appreciated!