Gigabyte Not Dropping Volts when Idle

harvey.l12

harvey.l12

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Okay so i have the Gigabyte Z97X-SOC and yes i understand that for some strange reason these boards seem to have a different BIOS then every other motherboard in the world.

I have been having high temps idle talking about 50c. I found out that this is because when idle, my Volts do not drop and neither does my frequency.

I have tried enabling, auto, disabling all the options that usually relate to this but i have had no luck.

Here is my BIOS config, i will try and upload more pics if you need them.

Please help as this is driving me insane! (This was not happening around 2 months ago. I've also updated to BIOS F7 and made no difference)





 
I had the V-core set to this before the temps got high, it has an auto setting but doesn't seem to work. Just buts a constant 2.245 voltage on.

I will look at how i can check the windows part
 
Okay so if normal sets V-core at 1.245 i can use a -0.45 to get the V-core to 1.200? Correct as i will be trying to get it down to 1.185 as it used to be fine at these settings
 
JOSH86 said:
Glad I'm not the only one with an Z97 SOC having this problem.

I've tried a few things with no joy, will be keeping an eye out on this thread.
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Finally someone who has the same problem as me with the same setup!

What cooler are you using?

What are your temps idling at and stressing at?

Whats your CPU?

Take a look at this thread that has had a lot of input made on it over the last few days. Its my other thread relating to this problem before i figured it was a BIOS issue. https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18720236&page=3 Some useful info here if you have not tried them.

I'm also in contact with gigabyte so when they reply i will post all my updates here
 
Yeah i have though of that but i did not check the temps on the day it might have happened, i only know its within the last 2 months.

JOSH86, do you know when your problems started occurring? Maybe also contact gigabyte yourself so we have entered two of the same problem and link them to this forum thread
 
I'm going to load the defaults now and I will post all my bios settings for you, yes Windows is set in the correct power options, when I manually change the vcore the temps go down so it's just not dropping volts when idle
 
In around half an hour i will get all the pics on here, just need to get back home. Yes them images are old.

Could Intel Extreme tuning just being installed don my machine be doing this?
 
I have left it for around 20 mins before, I am leaving for an hour now to see if it eventually changes now. I'll return to my PC and see what happens. I have tried downing the voltage to 1.185 and that is what it used to run fine at wheat her it was down clocking the v core or not back then. But now that temp just keeps it idle at 40-50c
 
If it comes to it I can create a system imgage if my C:/ and this will keep all my software right if I need to restore the system image? If not how can I get it so I can keep an image of my drive as it is now so I can restore my PC to how it is now if a OS re-install doesn't work
 
They are staying at 4.4Ghz (turbo boost default) and they stay at 4.00Ghz if I disable turbo boost in BIOS so yeah this is why I think it's also no down clocking with VCORE
 
Yeah I'm certain, I've tried all power settings and they make little difference.
I've tested my cooler and the stock cooler and both get high idle temps. I think I've mentioned this before.
 
I will try the restore defaults but I have tried setting the max to different percentages and it did decrease the temp and frequency I believe
 
BluD said:
I know youve checked this but just make sure some program hasnt changed it and type Power Options into windows search bar and open it up, next to the play you have selected (which should be balanced) hit "change plan settings". Then hit "Restore Default settings" for this plan, then to double check its worked hit "Change advanced power settings", open "Processor power management" and check "Minimum processor state is set to 5%"

If all that is correct you could check that the windows power system is actually working by changing "Maximum processor state" to 50% and save it then check your clock speed, it should drop it down. Mine drops to 1900mhz on 50%.
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Dude you are a LIFE SAVER!!! cant thank you enough for suggesting this to me as its something i would have never though to do myself and i'm an IT Technician (so i over complicate stuff ;) )

After restoring defaults in windows power options all is working fine, better than it used to be, its like new!!!

getting my frequency changing dynamically and temps are 21c idle!


THANK YOU SO MUCH, MY HEAD CAN STOP HURTING NOW :) :) :)

All of you have been great! Thank you so much, now i need to update all the threads and help the other guys with this problem. I will direct them all to this thread!
 
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