- Dec 31, 2014
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So for the past 7 months my PC has run flawlessly with it's GTX 970 Powered by a Corsair CX500M. Until 2 days ago while playing Overwatch were everything was fine and then I started getting sudden and unexplainable FPS Drops. It was a coincidence that there was a NVidia Update that day so I automatically assumed this was the issue. I Monitored the GPU Usage and noticed the card not clocking above 700MHz. I put the card into 'Prefered Maximum Performance' in the NVidia Control panel so see no change. I then Rolled back the driver to see no difference despite even doing a clean Install. This is when I noticed the card not using more than 63% of it's power. Using GPU-Z I discovered that the GPU was Power throttling. I have changed PSU's and saw no change. I've changed power cords to see no change.
To further investigate I have changed the GPU to a GTX 650 Ti Boost and saw similar results. I am Very lost to the issue. Could it be the Motherboard not being able to supply enough power? It has turned of due to a surge when I simply resetted the GPU (This was of course while the PC was off and it surged when I put the PC under load). The Motherboard is an ASUS H81M-Plus, The CPU is a I5 4460. I have also tested the GPU in another machine to the GPU use 110% but not reach fill clock speed of 1380MHz.
The Hard Drive thumping is new to but only started happening when I moved the PC to a Friends house to try and Diagnose the issue. It mostly happens when the drive is not under any load and is quiet load and I can feel it through the desk. It worry's alot as research suggests it's a Sign of hard drive failure. It's Backing up now. The hard Drive is a Seagate Barracuda 2TB.
I know this is long but more problems seem to arise. If you have any idea's suggestions for fixes I would gladly appreciate it. If the hard drive is going to fail and the Motherboard needs replacing, break it to me gently. Thank you.
To further investigate I have changed the GPU to a GTX 650 Ti Boost and saw similar results. I am Very lost to the issue. Could it be the Motherboard not being able to supply enough power? It has turned of due to a surge when I simply resetted the GPU (This was of course while the PC was off and it surged when I put the PC under load). The Motherboard is an ASUS H81M-Plus, The CPU is a I5 4460. I have also tested the GPU in another machine to the GPU use 110% but not reach fill clock speed of 1380MHz.
The Hard Drive thumping is new to but only started happening when I moved the PC to a Friends house to try and Diagnose the issue. It mostly happens when the drive is not under any load and is quiet load and I can feel it through the desk. It worry's alot as research suggests it's a Sign of hard drive failure. It's Backing up now. The hard Drive is a Seagate Barracuda 2TB.
I know this is long but more problems seem to arise. If you have any idea's suggestions for fixes I would gladly appreciate it. If the hard drive is going to fail and the Motherboard needs replacing, break it to me gently. Thank you.
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