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HiTech_32

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Hi all,

I have been experiencing some issues with my laptop's Nvidia GTX 960 M 4 GB clocks frequencies!

I have uninstalled the drivers with DDU,reinstalled the OS,uninstalled the GPU via Device Manager,but I still got issues with its clocks frequencies!

Please tell me how to tottaly reset the Nvidia GPU to the default!

Please!
Thanks to all in advance!
Best regards!
 
My guess this is not a software problem, it seems like the GPU is overheating and downclocking itself not to burn out.

If you know how, clean the heatsink and reapply the thermal paste, if the issue really is overheating.
 
It would help us help you if you could please tell us the make and model of you laptop, as well as if have used any tool to change anything in the GPU's clocks.
Also, what is the behavior you are getting and the reason you are so inclined to the clock setup of the card.
You don't really "reset" a GPU. You could have a fault developing somewhere.
 
The laptop is Lenovo Y-700-15ISK Ideapad,and the GPU is Nvidia GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5.

I have overclocked it with MSI Afterburner since I have bought the laptop and it worked fine!

A few days ago while I was gaming I noticed in the Afterburner OSD that the clocks frequencies change theirselves randomly!
I closed the game and checked the clocks ,and they had the values like when playing a game ,but at idle!

I unistalled the graphics drivers with DDU,installed new,but nothing the clocks still changed randomly while gaming,and were 1176 MHz with 2505 MHz at idle!

I reseted the BIOS,and I decided to reinstall the OS,but I got the same problem!After reinstalling the OS for 3-rd time,and installing first the Chipset drivers and then the graphics drivers the problem was fixed!

But yesterday I noticed that when I open HWMonitor ,the normal clocks reach up to 1176 with 2505 MHz! Only if I open HWMonitor!

I have never noticed this before! Anytime I have opened HWMonitor while idle the clocks frequencies have been 135 with 405 to 405 with 405 MHz.

And now at the moment the clocks are stuck at 405 with 405 MHz!
 
Do you still have it overclocked? If so, run it at stock and see if it behaves itself. This does sound like a hardware issue.

It's possible that the GPU is degrading due to the overclock and/or that the thermal paste needs redoing. How old is this laptop?
 
qubit said:
Do you still have it overclocked? If so, run it at stock and see if it behaves itself. This does sound like a hardware issue.

It's possible that the GPU is degrading due to the overclock and/or that the thermal paste needs redoing. How old is this laptop?
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It is not overclocked now! The termal paste was reapplied 1 month ago!And it is 1 year old!
 
Sounds like something funky with the hardware then. Is it still under warranty?
 
qubit said:
Sounds like something funky with the hardware then. Is it still under warranty?
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Yes it is!
By the way I have done diagnostics with the Lenovo Diagnostics Tool,for the mainboard and the GPU and they passed all of the tests!
 
Are you using afterburner to monitor frequency also?
 
Yes,I do! And MSI shows now 405 with 405 MHz at idle!

In the past it usually showed 135 with 405 MHz, changing to 405 with 405 MHz,almost every second!
 
It is normal to change based on the load the GPU has. Setup MSI Afterburner to display the GPU temperature and core/memory frequency and then load a game and post a screenshot here. It should look like this Warhammer2_2018_04_01_15_18_11_438.jpg
 
HiTech_32 said:
Currently I don't have any game installed!
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Install GPUz and open the sensors tab, let it run and verify that the readings are accurate. It works well with afterburner and it will help with additional info

Upload a screenshot of this fluctuation also
 
jboydgolfer said:
Install GPUz and open the sensors tab, let it run and verify that the readings are accurate. It works well with afterburner and it will help with additional info

Upload a screenshot of this fluctuation also
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Here you are :
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I would like to ask you for only one favour please!

Could someone please install HWMonitor,open it, and check in the MSI Afterburner's Monitoring Window,if the GPU's temperature would increase ,and then decrease to zero,and this to repeat for a few seconds,then please close it,and check if the GPU temperature would decrease to zero after you have closed it!

Thank you in advance!
 
HiTech_32 said:
Here you are :
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unfortunately, that screenshot isnt helpful, unless you allow it to run long enough to fill the sensor bars, so we can see a screenshot of 2-5 minutes of activity. please allow it t orun, then once the red bars have filled all the way to the left on the GPUz sensor page, retake the screenshot and upload that image please


like this
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jboydgolfer said:
unfortunately, that screenshot isnt helpful, unless you allow it to run long enough to fill the sensor bars, so we can see a screenshot of 2-5 minutes of activity. please allow it t orun, then once the red bars have filled all the way to the left on the GPUz sensor page, retake the screenshot and upload that image please
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Ok!
 
HiTech_32 said:
Oh,I do apologize for that!Could you please delete that thread: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...60m-4-gb-clocks-frequencies-to-normal.243456/

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Are you certain that your video card drivers are loading? because it doesn't seem like GPUZ is recognizing that video card properly, or at least its not reading its sensors properly. It Maybe best to do a clean install ,after 100% removing all nvidia software. It should look like the one in my post earlier in this thread
 
jboydgolfer said:
Are you certain that your video card drivers are loading? because it doesn't seem like GPUZ is recognizing that video card properly, or at least its not reading its sensors properly. It Maybe best to do a clean install ,after 100% removing all nvidia software. It should look like the one in my post earlier in this thread
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I installed the latest driver before I took the screenshot.
 
HiTech_32 said:
I installed the latest driver before I took the screenshot.
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im at a loss, sorry. if i cant see readings, i cant troubleshoot. its like trying to paint a picture, when your blind.

good luck, im not going to be of any help
 
Please look closely at this new screenshot,I took it after I pressed the Refresh button of the GPU-Z ,now GPU-Z reads the sensors,but MSI shows 0 degrees Celsius of temperature! :
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Isnt't it strange?

Here's a newer one :
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i think your software is borked but i say this when i see superantispyware free edition-get rid of that crap-really
like jbod said your driver does not look to be fully installed and try to use one tool at a time.
sometimes hardware polling from different sensors can interfere.

or maybe its something with your power options-like when your nb is running low on batterie your gpu is clocking down automatically.-so plz do this test only with full power or with power cord.

on the fist page\tab of gpu-z there is a "?" if ya push it a 2nd window opens which puts 3d-load on your gpu
 
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