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System Name | BrighTaloN |
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Processor | 980X |
Motherboard | DX58SO2 |
Cooling | Corsair H100 dual cougar 12cm pwm fans |
Memory | CMZ16GX3M4X1600C9G |
Case | Haf X |
Power Supply | Toughpower Grand 750 |
Software | 7 Proff 64-bit |
Benchmark Scores | never did atm |
This actually has been going on for like 2 years already and I finally decided to ask here what happened to it and whether it can still be helped.
So the first time I noticed the change was after I cleaned and reseated every component and I also swapped my 4gbx3 corsair vengeance with 4gbx3 samsung green 30nm. I remember that I also cleaned my 980x with replacing its thermal grease by removing the old one using paint thinner and rubbing all over it, I rubbed the bottom side of the cpu(flat pins) to remove the old grease's leftovers on it(worried if there was a seepage). I dried the processor by putting it in front of a fan for like 15 minutes or so. And then after everything was put together, I turned the rig on and went to the BIOS settings to check everything, there I found out the default speed of my 980x was no longer at 3.33ghz which was its factory speed rather, it went down to just 2.66ghz (133x20). No matter how many times I reset the BIOS back to default and have it cold booted, even updating the BIOS doesn't help it. Could this degradation be from the improper cleaning or reseating or the new samsung RAM? I did previously overclock the CPU to have it running at about 4.0ghz before the cleaning and everything but could that has something to do with this?
Please help!
Thanks in advance
So the first time I noticed the change was after I cleaned and reseated every component and I also swapped my 4gbx3 corsair vengeance with 4gbx3 samsung green 30nm. I remember that I also cleaned my 980x with replacing its thermal grease by removing the old one using paint thinner and rubbing all over it, I rubbed the bottom side of the cpu(flat pins) to remove the old grease's leftovers on it(worried if there was a seepage). I dried the processor by putting it in front of a fan for like 15 minutes or so. And then after everything was put together, I turned the rig on and went to the BIOS settings to check everything, there I found out the default speed of my 980x was no longer at 3.33ghz which was its factory speed rather, it went down to just 2.66ghz (133x20). No matter how many times I reset the BIOS back to default and have it cold booted, even updating the BIOS doesn't help it. Could this degradation be from the improper cleaning or reseating or the new samsung RAM? I did previously overclock the CPU to have it running at about 4.0ghz before the cleaning and everything but could that has something to do with this?
Please help!
Thanks in advance