- May 22, 2016
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Computer specs are:
Intel i5 6600k
MSI gaming M5 z170 motherboard
MSI radeon 580 8gb GPU
EVGA 750 G2 power supply
The issue im having is that the CPU clocks are locked between 801-803 mhz no matter what I've tried. There is no reason for it to be thermal throttling as it ran between 25-35° C during the course of it's operations under a corsair h115i AIO cooler, so ive ruled that out as a possibility.
Things that I've tried/checked:
·Making sure all the power cables are properly seated
·trying another power supply i know to be 100% working
·making sure the temps arent too high on the mobo and cpu
·check to see if i could change the clock speed multiplier in the bios (didn't work)
·downloaded Intel's CPU diagnostic tool, every test was passed.
· Re-seated the CPU and RAM
·Cleared Cmos/reset bios
A couple weird things i noticed include that the cpu was listed in HWmonitorPro as only using .87V which i wasnt sure if that was correct which is why i tried a second power supply, but it didnt change. Wondering if that's correct or a point of concern?
A second thing i read about was that the MSI mobos have a ,slow mode" switch, so i tried playing with the switch a little bit and for a brief 1 second moment the CPU clocked up to 3600mhz but then dropped right back down to 800 even without moving switch back at all.
HwMonitor lists the CPU utilization at 80-100% at that 800mhz but the task manager lists the utilization at ~20% so im not sure why there is that discrepancy or which one is more accurate but i just thought i should throw that out there.
From my point of view, especially which that thing with the switch, everything is pointing to a faulty motherboard. Either that switch is causing a problem or something else but either way thats the only thing i can think of. The reason im coming to the forums today is to see if anyone has another perspective on what the potential issue could be outside of what I tried. I am by no means an expert in any way shape or form so i welcome any input that might save me the $100 a new motherboard.
Thanks for any input everyone!
Intel i5 6600k
MSI gaming M5 z170 motherboard
MSI radeon 580 8gb GPU
EVGA 750 G2 power supply
The issue im having is that the CPU clocks are locked between 801-803 mhz no matter what I've tried. There is no reason for it to be thermal throttling as it ran between 25-35° C during the course of it's operations under a corsair h115i AIO cooler, so ive ruled that out as a possibility.
Things that I've tried/checked:
·Making sure all the power cables are properly seated
·trying another power supply i know to be 100% working
·making sure the temps arent too high on the mobo and cpu
·check to see if i could change the clock speed multiplier in the bios (didn't work)
·downloaded Intel's CPU diagnostic tool, every test was passed.
· Re-seated the CPU and RAM
·Cleared Cmos/reset bios
A couple weird things i noticed include that the cpu was listed in HWmonitorPro as only using .87V which i wasnt sure if that was correct which is why i tried a second power supply, but it didnt change. Wondering if that's correct or a point of concern?
A second thing i read about was that the MSI mobos have a ,slow mode" switch, so i tried playing with the switch a little bit and for a brief 1 second moment the CPU clocked up to 3600mhz but then dropped right back down to 800 even without moving switch back at all.
HwMonitor lists the CPU utilization at 80-100% at that 800mhz but the task manager lists the utilization at ~20% so im not sure why there is that discrepancy or which one is more accurate but i just thought i should throw that out there.
From my point of view, especially which that thing with the switch, everything is pointing to a faulty motherboard. Either that switch is causing a problem or something else but either way thats the only thing i can think of. The reason im coming to the forums today is to see if anyone has another perspective on what the potential issue could be outside of what I tried. I am by no means an expert in any way shape or form so i welcome any input that might save me the $100 a new motherboard.
Thanks for any input everyone!
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