Pending OP Response Random reboots

As was previously explained the four pin 12V ATX is for extreme overclockers so you only need to have the eight pin connected, the four pin connector should be secured so that it cannot come into contact with any part of the MB or chassis etc.

Windows should be downloaded directly from Microsoft and myself personally always install in Legacy as it is less problematic.

Safe Mode will do nothing to change the fact that the RAM is in the wrong slots or the RAM being the wrong spec meaning that XMP cannot be enabled.

Ram should normally be in A2 and B2.

Penfold7 said:

I feel I just need to pull everything to bits reinstall the lot as per the manual and fresh install windows ......

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Why not, you will only be doing what should have been done in any event.

No worries

Penfold7 said:

Any ideas why CPU z is reporting xmp 2.0 enabled, but in bios

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All users BIOS settings/profiles should be deleted when the MBs default factory settings are restored

Has the below been done yet.

phillpower2 said:

Restore the MBs default factory settings in the BIOS, they are sometimes listed as one of the following " factory defaults" "most stable" or on newer boards "optimized" please note that if you have both the "most stable" and the "optimized" options in the BIOS you should choose the most stable" option as in this instance the "optimized" settings are a form of overclocking that can cause instability.

Save the new settings, exit the BIOS, restart the computer and XMP will be d

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Explains why the XMP 2.0 profile is still present.