Nvidia GTX 960 GPU core clock stucked at 135 MHz, please help me!

[Errickson]

Hello,
I am facing a problem with my desktop's GPU Nvidia GTX 960 4gb.
whenever I tried playing the game or in idle, the core stuck at 135mhz. I have already tried uninstalled and installed back the GPU driver but the problem doesn't solve.
it makes my gaming experience worst because of the fps is below 30 although the setting is low!

This is my pc's specs:
Asrock A320M-HDV
ryzen 3 2200g
8gb ddr4 ram hyperX
120gb adata SSDx2
psu 550w
GTX 960 4gb
benq 27inch monitor

 

[P4-630]

What happens when you set windows powerplan to ultimate or maximum performance?

 

[Errickson]

What happens when you set windows power plan to ultimate or maximum performance?

the core still stuck at 135mhz even though I set the power plan to maximum performance

 

[Vya Domus]

Use GPU-z and post a screenshot of the sensors tab.

 

[Errickson]

Use GPU-z and post a screenshot of the sensors tab.

 

[Alduin]

If you updated windows or drivers recently
You could try the windows recovery options to restore your pc to a point before the update

 

[Vya Domus]

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That's what I was afraid of. It's that nasty TDP bug that makes the card down clock itself, see that 105% TDP ? That's your problem.

How to fix a 'dead' Nvidia GPU with high Power % (TDP) on idle

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Here's a thread about this, I don't know how to fix this myself. Unfortunately it's unlikely you'll ever have a perfectly functioning card again.

I believe one last resort would be something called a shuntmod, look it up. I don't know if it will really work and I can't really recommend you try this but there is nothing to lose at this point I guess.

 

[Vayra86]

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Its dead. This 'TDP bug' (its not a bug, its a feature, I kid you not) is Nvidia's way of saying that while still giving you a way to get a picture on screen.

You can try the fix above, maybe you can revive it for some last gasps of life, but don't expect too much.

 

[eidairaman1]

What brand of psu?

Also have you tried cleaning the card heatsink and fan?

Have you replaced the thermal paste?

Its dead. This 'TDP bug' (its not a bug, its a feature, I kid you not) is Nvidia's way of saying that while still giving you a way to get a picture on screen.

You can try the fix above, maybe you can revive it for some last gasps of life, but don't expect too much.

Sounds like a fuse to break the card.

 

[Errickson]

What brand of psu?

Also have you tried cleaning the card heatsink and fan?

Have you replaced the thermal paste?



Sounds like a fuse to break the card.

sorry for the late reply, my PSU brand is thermaltake litepower 550w.
I don't know how to clean the card heatsink and fan, and I don't know when is the last time the thermal paste has been replaced since this gpu is a used one.

 

[eidairaman1]

sorry for the late reply, my PSU brand is thermaltake litepower 550w.
I don't know how to clean the card heatsink and fan, and I don't know when is the last time the thermal paste has been replaced since this gpu is a used one.

Go on youtube, look for videos

 

[Errickson]

Go on youtube, look for videos

okay, I will try it and see whether the problem is solved or not.

 

[Mmostafa]

Hi , i have the same issue here with my gtx 770 msi oc
It get stuck in 135 mhz
Please tell me if you solved your problem

 

[agent_x007]

Check GPU-z, if you also have "Pwr" as limiting factor, your shunt resistor (or power measuring circuit) may be damaged.
You can try vBIOS mod to let more power go into the card (ex. 300-500W), BUT if it's damaged trace - higher current/power limit may cause a short and kill the card permanently.

 

[Mmostafa]

Check GPU-z, if you also have "Pwr" as limiting factor, your shunt resistor (or power measuring circuit) may be damaged.
You can try vBIOS mod to let more power go into the card (ex. 300-500W), BUT if it's damaged trace - higher current/power limit may cause a short and kill the card permanently.

Sorry made a mistake this is without playing a game idle mode

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Afterburner pic shows that the fan control profile is off, shows 0 fan speed, turn that on and also add 'fan speed %' graph so you can verify the fans are spinning.

This reminds me that this could be a power saving feature, that down clocks the card unless its actually being used by an app.


i have a game running in the back ground so you can see the gpu usage.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I had this problem about a year ago with a 960, after the driver failed while overclocking. Literally a complete uninstall of the driver and a reinstall helped. I know you say you did that but it might not have fully uninstalled.

Try installing a different driver as well. Did you by any chance have an AMD card installed prior?

 

[Vayra86]

Another good way to 'reset' your GPU is to remove the device from device manager in Windows. You do need a secondary GPU or IGP then. Remove device and drivers, and then clean install the driver. If that doesn't fix, you will have to look at hardware fixes as mentioned.

 

[Mmostafa]

While playing a game
Plz help me any one who has faced this issue befor and fix it
I did everything reinstall gtx 770 drivers update and install old drivers update widows from 7 to 10
Update VBIOS of gpu nothing worked

 

[LSC Gaming]

Otherwise, there is Display Driver Uninstall, it's a good application to clean all GPu or audio drivers (optional). Just download the Nvidia drivers, use the app (two three black screens) and reinstall the Nvidia driver

Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) download version 18.1.1.1

Download Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) Official - Remove AMD/NVIDIA/INTEL Graphics Drivers Cleanly - DDU is a driver removal utility that helps you completely uninstall AMD/NVIDIA graphics card drivers and packages from your system, leaving no leftovers behind, including registry keys...

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[Vayra86]

While playing a game
Plz help me any one who has faced this issue befor and fix it
I did everything reinstall gtx 770 drivers update and install old drivers update widows from 7 to 10
Update VBIOS of gpu nothing worked

Stuck in idle means the card is going into safe mode to keep it 'alive'; or put differently, to still give you an image while being (probably) broken or otherwise unable to achieve higher power states without instability.

This also happens when your OC goes poof. But if it happens on stock, like I said, if software reset doesn't work, your only resort is a small chance for fixing it on the PCB of the card itself with a hardware/shunt mod. Note that this is not a beginner's fix either. Needs some soldering skill probably, too, and results are uncertain.

I can tell you right now though, this ain't software. Its likely your card is dead or dying. Your screenshot while playing shows an idle clock while the perfcap is 'Pwr', in other words, the GPU is unable to get to a higher power state than idle, even though more performance is requested.

 

[Mmostafa]

Stuck in idle means the card is going into safe mode to keep it 'alive'; or put differently, to still give you an image while being (probably) broken or otherwise unable to achieve higher power states without instability.

This also happens when your OC goes poof. But if it happens on stock, like I said, if software reset doesn't work, your only resort is a small chance for fixing it on the PCB of the card itself with a hardware/shunt mod. Note that this is not a beginner's fix either. Needs some soldering skill probably, too, and results are uncertain.

I can tell you right now though, this ain't software. Its likely your card is dead or dying. Your screenshot while playing shows an idle clock while the perfcap is 'Pwr', in other words, the GPU is unable to get to a higher power state than idle, even though more performance is requested.

Thank you mate that's what i thought i was just searching for a confirmation that my gpu is dying tnx

 

[Tatty_Two]

Hmmm, interested to know how a 770 is pulling 400W at idle and 410 at load according to the GPU screenies at posts #15 and 19. If that's the bug it has it bad, other guy was worried at 137.5% TDP where this one is 152 ...… sadly I concur, RIP I reckon.

 

[Vayra86]

Hmmm, interested to know how a 770 is pulling 400W at idle and 410 at load according to the GPU screenies at posts #15 and 19. If that's the bug it has it bad, other guy was worried at 137.5% TDP where this one is 152 ...… sadly I concur, RIP I reckon.

Basically that is what you see throughout the entire sensor log if you monitor TDP on a GPU like this, and also points at power delivery problems. The number doesn't really say anything other than 'its broken'

 

[Tatty_Two]

Dunno if this would help, I came across it by accident looking for something else...…………..

How to fix a 'dead' Nvidia GPU with high Power % (TDP) on idle

Hello nVidia lovers! All across the internet you can find various people with their GPUs (mostly Kepler series) having a very high Power usage on idle, thus freezing the card's clock speeds making it a useless piece of hardware. Some of the threads here: Same problem occurred to me when I...

www.techpowerup.com