970 underpreforming

[manikyath]

Look at the max CPU speed, something is wrong with his bios or something.

but.. even if its running slow, that doesnt explain why its running almost at freezing temperatures does it?

 

my bet would be on either the chip being a dud after upgrading (stuff happens, no one to blame here), the mobo bios being derpy, or the power supply being an idiot and making the cpu go weird.

 

EDIT: @aslan501 happen to have a voltmeter?

[Benji_w]

What the shit? Any idea what's causing it?

 

Nope he's resetting the bios like he said then we'll have a poke around his power options in control panel see if something has gone wrong there, if not then not really sure where to go from there, seems like there could be a hardware issue with the motherboard maybe? Stab in the dark there.

[Benji_w]

but.. even if its running slow, that doesnt explain why its running almost at freezing temperatures does it?

 

my bet would be on either the chip being a dud after upgrading (stuff happens, no one to blame here), the mobo bios being derpy, or the power supply being an idiot and making the cpu go weird.

 

EDIT: @aslan501 happen to have a voltmeter?

 

If it's not ramping up in speed it will think it's still idle, he has low voltage so there is little to no heat, my brother has a stock 8350 and it hits 30c in CSGO.

[App4that]

Nope he's resetting the bios like he said then we'll have a poke around his power options in control panel see if something has gone wrong there, if not then not really sure where to go from there, seems like there could be a hardware issue with the motherboard maybe? Stab in the dark there.

Well, yeah I'd say start in the bios myself.

[manikyath]

If it's not ramping up in speed it will think it's still idle, he has low voltage so there is little to no heat, my brother has a stock 8350 and it hits 30c in CSGO.

but still, i find it hard to believe it goes down to 8°c - which if he isnt wearing a fluffy coat is kinda at the hypothermia region...

[aslan501]

but.. even if its running slow, that doesnt explain why its running almost at freezing temperatures does it?

 

my bet would be on either the chip being a dud after upgrading (stuff happens, no one to blame here), the mobo bios being derpy, or the power supply being an idiot and making the cpu go weird.

 

EDIT: @aslan501 happen to have a voltmeter?

Nope don't have one and also the temp is around what my house is at so no surprise there

[Benji_w]

but still, i find it hard to believe it goes down to 8°c - which if he isnt wearing a fluffy coat is kinda at the hypothermia region...

 

It's because the FX cpu can't calculate it's package temp accurately under 40c or when it isn't under load. At idle you should be reading socket temps which in some cases is the actual die temp.

[App4that]

but still, i find it hard to believe it goes down to 8°c - which if he isnt wearing a fluffy coat is kinda at the hypothermia region...

AMD, it guesses at low temps. Get's more accurate as temps increase.

[aslan501]

Nope don't have one and also the temp is around what my house is at so no surprise there

Btw I'm kidding my house is not 45 f it is around 60f so still not suprising

[Benji_w]

AMD, it guesses at low temps. Get's more accurate as temps increase.

 

See my post. 

[manikyath]

It's because the FX cpu can't calculate it's package temp accurately under 40c or when it isn't under load. At idle you should be reading socket temps which in some cases is the actual die temp.

AMD, it guesses at low temps. Get's more accurate as temps increase.

ah, explains. i was kinda worried the guy's cpu was below the temp of my fridge there

 

wouldnt be the first time i've seen a dead thermal sensor on a cpu, and i'd rather not see the guy's pricy computer catch fire because of it. (experience here, luckily it was an old system tho)

[App4that]

Btw I'm kidding my house is not 45 f it is around 60f so still not suprising

Once we get this fixed it's time to take advantage of that and overclock

[aslan501]

ah, explains. i was kinda worried the guy's cpu was below the temp of my fridge there

 

wouldnt be the first time i've seen a dead thermal sensor on a cpu, and i'd rather not see the guy's pricy computer catch fire because of it. (experience here, luckily it was an old system tho)

I'd rather it not catch fire then I would have to start water cooling

[Benji_w]

Once we get this fixed it's time to take advantage of that and overclock

 

Not on a 212...

[manikyath]

Btw I'm kidding my house is not 45 f it is around 60f so still not suprising

that kinda makes more sense.

 

rough math would say thats (in °C) about a 7°c offset between what it measures and what it probably is. which is -in the large scheme of thermal sensors- not all too bad if they're not made to measure that low. (dont kid yourself, i'm not kidding myself either, theres no reason for a processor to be accurate that low either way.)

[App4that]

Not on a 212...

But that ambient! But you may be right.

[Benji_w]

I'd rather it not catch fire then I would have to start water cooling

 

Watercooling you say?

 

[aslan501]

Think it's been enough time?

[manikyath]

Once we get this fixed it's time to take advantage of that and overclock

LOL yes ples. its amazing what a cold room can do to air cooler overclocking.

 

Not on a 212...

you'd be surprised.

[aslan501]

LOL yes ples. its amazing what a cold room can do to air cooler overclocking.

 

you'd be surprised.

And a blower cooler so the heat is out of the case jk blowers suck but I got my 970 for $248 usd new

[Benji_w]

LOL yes ples. its amazing what a cold room can do to air cooler overclocking.

 

you'd be surprised.

 

The testing has been done, it's shit, it needs to stop being made and bought.

 

Think it's been enough time?

Yes.

[Morgan MLGman]

The GTX 970 uses around 150 watts, and the 270 uses exactly 150 as well according to some user tests.

150 watts? According to who?

[aslan501]

And now it's not booting

[App4that]

And now it's not booting

Not posting or not booting? Can you get into the bios?

[aslan501]

Not posting or not booting? Can you get into the bios?

not posting can't get to bios my 2 screens stay blank there is no signal gonna try my 270