Thanks. I'll try that. I had initially believed the CPU fans were integrated into the cooler.
And thanks for probably confirming what I suspected about the fan controller. I'm still confused by the step in the manual (page 13) that says "Connect the 3 or 4-Pin fan connector to the case fan...
1. So I've decided to rotate the cooler as suggested (it'll be a PITA to clean and reapply thermal paste but if nothing else, I can use all of my RAM slots this way). But to do that I might have to remove or raise one of the two fans. I didn't even realize that it was possible to move or...
I have a new build in progress (this is my second PC build from scratch ever):
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z370 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU:
Intel Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core 3.7 GHz (4.7 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300...
Thanks all. I'm pretty convinced that my CPU is OK. I somehow thought it was more fragile than it is, probably, because it's sophisticated technology engineered at the microscopic level. Also, about 23 years ago, I dropped a hard drive onto my driveway and that clearly damaged it (no external...
I accidentally dropped my brand new Intel CPU about 4 feet onto my hard wood floor. It was in partial packaging - basically I opened the box, turned it upside down and shook it until the contents fell out, but instead of falling onto the table, it bounced off and onto the floor. Since it's a...
FYI I swapped out my motherboard about two weeks ago and it solved ALL of my problems. I appreciate the time and effort everyone spent trying to help me but, honestly, I'm glad I didn't waste more time and resources on pointless diagnostic steps when my first hunch was 100% on the ball. It is...
I'll do that next time I get a bad boot. Generally, if there's a good boot, I try to avoid rebooting if at all possible. And after a good boot, there are no slow downs.
All my internal hard drives are perfect according to HDTune. First system drive, second system drive, and third hard drive (storage) are all OK all the way down the board for Health, and a full error scan for all three revealed nothing but green squares. That matches up with the results from WD...
My system doesn't hang when I first start it up - POST is always very fast. Ironically, it's a lot faster now than it used to be - ever since I disabled USB boot POSTing has been much, much faster. POST used to take a minute or two. Now it takes like 15-30 seconds or so. After POST, it...
Recently, my PC (about 7 years old now, but altered/upgraded many times since) started experiencing some serous issues. One day, I suddenly had to disable USB booting in BIOS or it wouldn't recognize my hard drives. It is often slow to boot and/or shut down - though it will almost always boot...
Thanks for all the great info! Regarding adaptive features and extra voltage for turbo, I don't see anything like that in my BIOS except maybe Burst Mode Power Limit, Sustained Mode Power Limit, and TDC Current Limit Override. These settings would suggest that there is such a feature, but it...
Kenmitch, 1.32 Vcore IS at 0.000v voltage offset. That would be the only setting in my BIOS related to Vcore as far as I can tell (though maybe Burst Mode Power Limit and Sustained Mode Power Limit have something to do with it as well). That's what has me a little concerned. I literally...
I'm completely new to OC - never overclocked before at all.
So, I haven't overclocked my CPU at all yet, waiting to install a new cooler as someone recommended and still researching/gathering info.
There is one alarming thing I discovered. As I said, I still haven't overclocked my CPU at...
These are my BIOS settings for my CPU (all default except for VR Droop Control):
Processor VR Droop Control - High, Medium, or Low - defaults to High, I set to Low
Voltage Offset (mV) 0
Turbo Ratio 0
Maximum Non-Turbo Ratio 34
Host Clock Frequency 100
Runtime Turbo Ratio - Checked
Intel Turbo...
I recently "upgraded" to a new motherboard, CPU, CPU Cooler, and PSU after I damaged my old CPU and motherboard. It wasn't much of an upgrade because I wasn't sure what components were damaged and I wanted to swap as few parts as possible so I tried to stick to my old LGA socket...
The same games were performing like 4x better with the same hard drives just a few weeks ago. The hard drives are fine. I ran Western Digital Lifeguard Diagnostics on them and they're good.
Checked, graphics settings didn't change.
What I did find out was that my CPU seems to be...
Recently, my computer started slowing down massively in certain situations. I've been desperately trying to identify the cause but have been thus far unsuccesful.
I need your help to figure this out.
The main problem is that my frame rate drops to gameplay-impairing levels (10-20 fps) in...
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