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I Know that it is supposed to do that at idle, but it is happening in games too.

Do a clean reinstall of drivers and MAKE SURE overclocking software, and temp monitors are NOT running during the installation, it can fuck with the drivers. Especially MSI Afterburner, it loves to.

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Hi.  My GTX 980 is locking itself to 405 MHz and I dont know why.  Any ideas?

 

-Pkron17

CPU: i7 5820k      GPU: MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4g      MOBO: Asus X99-Deluxe      RAM: 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 2400      CPU Cooler: Corsiar H100i      PSU: Corsair HX850      Storage: 1 TB WD Blue & 512 GB Crucial MX100      

OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit

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Even in games? Usually it'll downclock itself to save power when idling

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Is this at idle only?

 

 

Even in games? Usually it'll downclock itself to save power when idling

 

 

Because when you're not using it it doesn't have to work at full speed

 

In other words, it idles

I Know that it is supposed to do that at idle, but it is happening in games too.

-Pkron17

CPU: i7 5820k      GPU: MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4g      MOBO: Asus X99-Deluxe      RAM: 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 2400      CPU Cooler: Corsiar H100i      PSU: Corsair HX850      Storage: 1 TB WD Blue & 512 GB Crucial MX100      

OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit

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Weird, reinstall drivers to see

 

If that doesn't work, try removing the CMOS Battery

 

 

Weird, reinstall drivers to see

It was happening yesterday too, then, when I updated the drivers, it was fixed, now it is happening again.  How do I reinstall the driver?

-Pkron17

CPU: i7 5820k      GPU: MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4g      MOBO: Asus X99-Deluxe      RAM: 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 2400      CPU Cooler: Corsiar H100i      PSU: Corsair HX850      Storage: 1 TB WD Blue & 512 GB Crucial MX100      

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I Know that it is supposed to do that at idle, but it is happening in games too.

Do a clean reinstall of drivers and MAKE SURE overclocking software, and temp monitors are NOT running during the installation, it can fuck with the drivers. Especially MSI Afterburner, it loves to.

 

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Do a clean reinstall of drivers and MAKE SURE overclocking software, and temp monitors are NOT running during the installation, it can fuck with the drivers. Especially MSI Afterburner, it loves to.

 

 

Download display driver uninstaller, wipe old drivers in safe mode, reinstall drivers

Where do I go to get the drivers, I just wiped the old ones.

-Pkron17

CPU: i7 5820k      GPU: MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4g      MOBO: Asus X99-Deluxe      RAM: 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 2400      CPU Cooler: Corsiar H100i      PSU: Corsair HX850      Storage: 1 TB WD Blue & 512 GB Crucial MX100      

OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit

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Nvidia's website ?

Wow.  I am an idiot...

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Where do I go to get the drivers, I just wiped the old ones.

Right here at Nvidia's website

I'm sure you know everything to your computer regarding the Windows you have. :P

 

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No, you must be tired  :D

:D  :D

-Pkron17

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OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit

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Right here at Nvidia's website

I'm sure you know everything to your computer regarding the Windows you have. :P

I know a fair bit about computers, but I'm always learning!!

-Pkron17

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No, you must be tired  :D

 

 

:D  :D

Its working again! Thank you guys sooo much!!

-Pkron17

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