GPU stuck at max clock?

[Ghostpants1380]

Hey everyone,

 

 

I just did a complete reset, re-formatted all drives, re-installed windows on my PC -

 

ASUS Prime X570-P (current w/ BIOS)

Ryzen 7 3700x (PBO enabled, undervolted)

Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 (the non-recalled)

32gb DDR4 3600 G.Skill Trident Z (running a 1:1, D.0.C.P., 2 stick, dual channel/ A2-B2 slots)

ASUS Turbo RTX 2070 Super EVO

 

After installing and opening Afterburner, I noticed the clock speed was running at max. Before installing Afterburner, I installed HWmonitor and everything was showing normal there and in Task Manager. I went back to HW monitor after I noticed the max clocks in Afterburner and it showed the same thing. Funny thing though, task manager only shows 1% or 2% usage. My first thought is there's crypto-mining malware, but after deep scans with Bit-Defender and checking all running processes, registry, and installed programs, I couldn't find any malware. I also reset afterburner uninstalled in safe mode, uninstalled GPU driver in safe mode. Reinstalled GPU drivers without installing Afterburner and everything seems normal. 

 

Does anyone have any ideas on a fix?

 

 

 

[Mick Naughty]

Use and clock speed arent the same thing. Could be the card, could be the number of monitors, could be a lack of a specific driver.
When I had the issue, I used nvidia inspector to force the card to idle. 

[Ghostpants1380]

7 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

Use and clock speed arent the same thing. Could be the card, could be the number of monitors, could be a lack of a specific driver.
When I had the issue, I used nvidia inspector to force the card to idle. 

I appreciate the response. Last night, I pulled out the GPU, put it in one of my other machines, cleared drivers, updated to current. Cleared CMOs reinstalled current BIOS on my machine and I'm back to normal.