First here are my specs:
ASUS GTX 1060 6GB
Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5Ghz
8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000Mhz
Gigabyte AB350 Gaming
Corsair CX 600W
Windows 10 64-bit
I have encountered a bizarre hardware problem since upgrading my PC to Ryzen. It seems that whenever I am playing a game and plug in my wired Corsair Void USB headset, my fps immediately plummets to often a third of what it was prior. I first noticed this playing GTAV, where I would ordinarily reach a solid 60fps, as soon as I plugged in my headphones, I'd reach an average of 22fps.
Turns out, if I restart my PC and open BIOS after this happened I get the message 'Your BIOS has been reset.' I am able to fix this by setting my XMP settings to profile 1, which increases my RAM frequency from 2133Mhz to 2900+ As we know Ryzen CPU's are heavily dependent on RAM frequency so this increase resolves my problem until I plug in my headphones again. What is interesting to note however, is that even though activating the XMP solves my problem, applications like CPU-Z still tell me my RAM is running at 2133Mhz.
This happens in multiple games including Rust, DayZ and Dota 2, although it only happens some of the time in dota, if I plug my headphones in prior to launching dota it will play at maximum fps maybe 70% of the time.
I have tried the headphones in multiple USB slots including 2.0, 3.0 and 3.1 and updated their drivers, nothing has changed. My speakers which are plugged into the standard 3.5mm audio jack do not seem to affect performance.
Another interesting aside is that if this performance issue starts, when I reset my computer my keyboard and mouse will work until I press del to enter BIOS, then they both become disabled. To fix this I have to plug them into USB 2.0, but they have always worked in 3.1 slots before. In addition my PC will often cycle 3-5 times before the BIOS screen will display, constantly revving its fans in a disconcerting manner.
The motherboard, RAM and CPU were all bought brand new two weeks ago.
Has anyone ever encountered anything like this before? I thought it might be a power draw issue but my PSU is less than two years old and should be more than capable, plus has no coil whine to indicate an issue.
ASUS GTX 1060 6GB
Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5Ghz
8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000Mhz
Gigabyte AB350 Gaming
Corsair CX 600W
Windows 10 64-bit
I have encountered a bizarre hardware problem since upgrading my PC to Ryzen. It seems that whenever I am playing a game and plug in my wired Corsair Void USB headset, my fps immediately plummets to often a third of what it was prior. I first noticed this playing GTAV, where I would ordinarily reach a solid 60fps, as soon as I plugged in my headphones, I'd reach an average of 22fps.
Turns out, if I restart my PC and open BIOS after this happened I get the message 'Your BIOS has been reset.' I am able to fix this by setting my XMP settings to profile 1, which increases my RAM frequency from 2133Mhz to 2900+ As we know Ryzen CPU's are heavily dependent on RAM frequency so this increase resolves my problem until I plug in my headphones again. What is interesting to note however, is that even though activating the XMP solves my problem, applications like CPU-Z still tell me my RAM is running at 2133Mhz.
This happens in multiple games including Rust, DayZ and Dota 2, although it only happens some of the time in dota, if I plug my headphones in prior to launching dota it will play at maximum fps maybe 70% of the time.
I have tried the headphones in multiple USB slots including 2.0, 3.0 and 3.1 and updated their drivers, nothing has changed. My speakers which are plugged into the standard 3.5mm audio jack do not seem to affect performance.
Another interesting aside is that if this performance issue starts, when I reset my computer my keyboard and mouse will work until I press del to enter BIOS, then they both become disabled. To fix this I have to plug them into USB 2.0, but they have always worked in 3.1 slots before. In addition my PC will often cycle 3-5 times before the BIOS screen will display, constantly revving its fans in a disconcerting manner.
The motherboard, RAM and CPU were all bought brand new two weeks ago.
Has anyone ever encountered anything like this before? I thought it might be a power draw issue but my PSU is less than two years old and should be more than capable, plus has no coil whine to indicate an issue.
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