Cpu drops to 0

Pc so dumb · August 2, 2020

Hi, I recently tried to give maintenance to my pc because my cpu was getting really high temperatures and I thought it was the reason I was gradually getting lower FPS while gaming, the point is that I realized the thermal paste was dry but when I was going to put the cpu back (i didn’t change the thermal paste because i don’t have and also I scratched a bit the cpu leaving a little blank space free of thermal paste on the cpu) I accidentally dropped it over the motherboard cpu socket, after that I turned on my pc and it detected it as a new cpu and since then I keep getting FPS drops while gaming, and when that happens, the cpu drops to 0.

You guys think this is due to the thermal paste or maybe there’s a bent pin

Pc so dumb · August 2, 2020

9 minutes ago, Benji said:

We know literally nothing about your system. CPU, motherboard, graphics card, powr supply... On AMD though it might be easier to straighten out pins as you get to see more of them than on an Intel socket. But if you dropped it, both the motherboard and the CPU might be defective. I mean, Linus also accidentally dropped a Xeon Platinum 8180 and now one memory channel is dead. The chip might still work but you don't know if still everything is alright. And judging by the fact that it has drops where the CPU does seemingly nothing or it reads out the CPU load state wrong, either the board or the CPU are actually likely to be defective.

Are you discarding that the issue is caused by the thermal paste?

Specs:
i3 8100

gtx 1060 3gb

asus prime z370-p

x1 8GB ram DDR4

HDD 1TB

Coolermaster Masterwatt 550 80+

Pc so dumb · August 2, 2020

1 minute ago, Benji said:

Yes, I am very much discarding that because these issues are completely unrelated. That's a 65W CPU with 4 cores at 3.6GHz without any form of Turbo Boost, so that thing doesn't produce that much heat at all. What exactly were the "high" temperatures you've had before? 70°C? 80°C?

Also, yeah, it's an LGA socket with the pins in the socket and not on the CPU, so since you dropped the CPU onto the socket there will most likely be bent pins, go take a look.

Yeah, it's worth to say I was already getting 90-100 celsius before I touched the CPU for the first time ever (yes,i bought it assembled) so, how can you explain that?

Pc so dumb · August 2, 2020

27 minutes ago, Benji said:

Improperly seated, there are barely any coolers that perform THAT badly. How do the thermals look now?

Also, what exactly do you mean by "CPU drops to 0"?

But quite frankly, with that GPU and RAM configuration, then the absolutely useless Z370-motherboard and a standard HDD instead of even a small SSD (which is, in terms of price, almost in the same ballpark as an HDD), it's not really the best build, totally imbalanced.

Yeah, when I picked the components I didn’t know so much about computers, my bad.

The thermal paste is totally dry. About the cpu drops, I have the msi afterburner screen monitoring on and when I get this FPS drops my cpu drops to 0% usage

I forgot to clarify that I’m using the default cpu cooling fan

The following screenshot was taken before I touched the cpu

Pc so dumb · August 2, 2020

20 minutes ago, Benji said:

At first, check your cooler mount because the CPU shouldn't get up to 100°C in any circumstance. Re-seat it. What cooler are you using?

Also, the 0% usage is one part of the GPU, maybe the video decoder part that isn't being used. The CPU is totally normally loaded and the FPS and frametimes are good and exactly as they should be. 60FPS is the typical Vsync limit and is exactly as it should. But what I can tell you right away, microstuttering can also be caused by single-channel RAM which is the case in your system. GTA V is known to consume a ton of memory on desktops in higher graphical settings.

By the looks of it, besides your excessive CPU temperature, it is running perfectly, just as it should. What values have you activated in MSI Afterburner in the overlay? Because it makes sense to show the GPU clock, the GPU load and the GPU temperature. I think that you enabled a value like the video en/decoder and that is obviously not being used, thus showing 0%.

It’s the default cooler, check the following video and notice how all the percentage values drop to 0 suddenly

Pc so dumb · August 3, 2020

17 hours ago, Benji said:

Well, if it is a hardware issue I wonder why the video recording is still running in these moments. May be the CPU, motherboard or both, yes. After all you dropped it onto the motherboard. What you should definitely do is get an SSD for your OS, a second 8GB RAM stick of the same speed and get some thermal interface material like the IC Diamong, Arctic MX-4 or Noctua NT-H1, these are general recommendations. And by "stock cooler" you mean the Intel stock cooler? You can make a photo.

Where was the PC ordered and built? Because based on the manufacturer you can have different coolers.

Still, even if it is the Intel stock cooler, it shouldn't be that hot, by far.

The issue was on the cooler, I reseated it and I haven't got no fps drops anymore, I haven't played heavy games yet so I don't know if the temperatures will still get up to 90 degrees