GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (Orthello77)

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 03:17:59 GMT

If someone hasn't said it prior , the 304.79 betas may fix the clockrate issue , if not the 296.10 drivers should definately work.

This Nvidias 300series is a total hash job as they have been mucking around with clock rates tying to limit everything and they are just really screwing it up. Its the main reason why i'll be looking at the ati side of things for the next upgrade.

I'm limited to 1000mhz on each gtx580 thanks to these drivers (304.79) . On the 301.24s if i set it to over 1000mhz i would get 50mhz (way to go nvidia). They can run at 1065 mhz on the 296.10 drivers however.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (VaLianTuS)

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:51:48 GMT

I actually stopped caring about this issue haha, more so the only issue annoying me now is when the 301.42 driver crashes when i sometimes open anything flash related while a game is running in the background :D

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (Crusheddream)

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:01:33 GMT

All of you that are experiencing these issue have you tried to clean install the driver meaning removing it all in safe mode using driver sweeper to remove any and all the left over stuff? ALso have you update the firmware on your 570s? If all programs are closed and your card is stuck at 405mhz one of 2 thing is happening either you have a program running in the background you arent aware of or the driver is corrupted and your card is not reaching its low power state. Ive only seen this one time and that was with logitech game panel software for the longest time even minimized to the system tray it would keep my cards at 405mhz no matter what. Problem disappeared with the most recent version and newest nvidia drivers.

The fact that restarting clears it up for a few of you tells me you have corrupted driver install.

So i recommend you download driver sweeper boot into safe mode and completely wipe the nvidia driver out and reinstall it fresh. Remember phsyx driver cant be removed in safe mode. And be sure to change windows device installation to do not install drivers from windows update.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (Pand3mic)

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:29:17 GMT

I actually have a similar issue, only it's quite the opposite.

Sometimes my GPU clock gets stuck at 50-60GHz, even when I try to run games. This isn't fixed until I restart my computer.

I have a gtx 570 SC and am running evga precision x.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (feniks)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:05:03 GMT

so after you installed flash player plugin (either browser), when you go to this page, what version does it display?
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

which nvidia driver are you running? I had lots of trouble with 301.4x and found the 296.10 works best for 570 SLI...

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (VaLianTuS)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:51:49 GMT

Nope, there is no flash player installed since i removed it earlier only adobe reader is left. And yes, my account is a Administrator since this is my own personal rig.

Lol i think i'l stick to your "avoiding the reformat at all cost if only there is a slight chance to fix the issue" rather than reformatting straight away this way i can learn a thing or two, plus i think the only issue i have on my PC is Flash related, all driver crashes were flash related >.<

Will keep trying and would appreciate the continued help if possible :)

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (feniks)

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:23:40 GMT

do you happen to have multiple instances of Flash Player installations listed under Control Panel - Programs and features?
also make sure you are using a user account with administrative privileges/permissions and you run the uninstaller As Administrator (if UAC is enabled).

you can live without flash player at all, only some websites will prompt for it, but the browsers will work normally without it.

reformat and clean install is the simple way out and could be better if you suspect a few corrupted driver/app installations. broken windows registry can turn out to be a nightmare and usually no app can fix that for you. it will probably be wise to do a clean install if there is nothing important on it that must be on at all times.

I work with production servers and workstations, so I am used to tinkering around them and avoiding the reformat at all cost if only there is a slight chance to fix the issue manually or semi-automatically. for home computers I have no mercy though, re-install and done

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (VaLianTuS)

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:11:13 GMT

Ok i did everything you wrote, step-by-step to no avail!
After 3 attempts i can't properly uninstall Flash player, its getting frustrating!! i deleted all the contents in those locations restarted only to find them back where they were.

I'm no computer wiz so this is also getting me confused lol, i think i'l just do a complete reformat of the System drive and get a clean installation of everything and since also files are in a different partition.
EDIT: i forgot to mention the only actual programs that remained "removed" are the Flash Player ActiveX and Flash player plugin.
will there be issues as these 2 are uninstalled?

Thanks! :)

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (feniks)

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:54:15 GMT

VaLianTuS

Thank you i will try that but i got confused here
%appdata%\Adobe\Flash Player
%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player

open "Computer" window (or open any folder) then copy & paste each line into the address/location bar at the top and press enter, it will take you where you need to be, those %xxx% are windows system environment variables, OS will understand where to go.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (VaLianTuS)

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:51:49 GMT

Thank you i will try that but i got confused here
%appdata%\Adobe\Flash Player
%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player

And i think i've isolated my problem, all occurrences have the same pattern, running a flash based application w/c in this case a facebook game SimCity while dota 2 is running in the background(tabbed out)

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (feniks)

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:31:54 GMT

recent flash player aws causing plugin crashes often, you need to upgrade to the latest one which is free of this problem.

you may also want to clean the flash player stuff entirely first before installing the updated version though.

try removing flash player first (uninstall both Flash Player Activex and mozilla plugins from Control Panel - Programs), then run this piece of software (flash uninstaller) and finally go to:
C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash
%appdata%\Adobe\Flash Player
%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player

and delete all contents in those sub-folders. reboot.

after reboot install the very latest plugins from adobe.com and you have just fixed it

hope it helps!

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (VaLianTuS)

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:08:43 GMT

maniacvvv

VaLianTuS

maniacvvv

I have had -zero- issues running 301.42 on my GTX 580 SLI setup...
There is nothing wrong with the drivers

Well just because YOU don't have problems with the driver doesn't make it the same for everyone does it? or can you vouch that the Drivers are 100% issue free? i suspect by searching in Google everything isn't as peechy?

I recently reverted to 296.10 due to the escalated issues with 301.42 where-in it causes freezes in-game. after reverting everything worked properly again(so far) i even contacted eVGA support and they too said that 301.42 may have been the cause and although it is stable "for some" it may not be for others.

So please take your biased post somewhere else, its not even helping...

As for remaining in topic, my GPU clock does goes up to 405 when watching videos in youtube/Google Chrome etc. and doesnt clock down when paused, also the issue of getting stuck at 405 has remained. It doesn't happen always but it happens now and then, like just now., i tested ending the Adobe flash in task manager and my GPU clock is now stuck at 405 lol time for another restart.

I was simply pointing out the facts.
I am not as biased or as unhelpful as you think bro

--->check out my Nvidia driver Guide http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=1174372

What you are describing is NORMAL nvidia driver behavior, the driver clocks respond to both 2D/3D applications and loading detection.

If the clocks are remaining high, then you have something running, loaded or open that is triggering them to do so.

My Apologies then, i was at the time rather annoyed by the issue, it seems this issue only happens when flash crashes.

Rather a new dilemma has re-risen, the "Nvidia Driver has crashes and successfully recovered" happened again(nooooooo) i'm at a complete lost, i thought i resolved the issue by reverting to a previous driver *sigh* time to contact support again or reformat Drive:C and re-install my OS and see if that helps lol

Btw thanks for everything guys

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (feniks)

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:46:33 GMT

try using firefox instead of chrome.

there is a few apps which force 3d clocks on my cards, e.g. up to date Google Chrome playing Pandora.com, in past older Skype versions caused it too.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (maniacvvv)

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:08:58 GMT

VaLianTuS

maniacvvv

I have had -zero- issues running 301.42 on my GTX 580 SLI setup...
There is nothing wrong with the drivers

Well just because YOU don't have problems with the driver doesn't make it the same for everyone does it? or can you vouch that the Drivers are 100% issue free? i suspect by searching in Google everything isn't as peechy?

I recently reverted to 296.10 due to the escalated issues with 301.42 where-in it causes freezes in-game. after reverting everything worked properly again(so far) i even contacted eVGA support and they too said that 301.42 may have been the cause and although it is stable "for some" it may not be for others.

So please take your biased post somewhere else, its not even helping...

As for remaining in topic, my GPU clock does goes up to 405 when watching videos in youtube/Google Chrome etc. and doesnt clock down when paused, also the issue of getting stuck at 405 has remained. It doesn't happen always but it happens now and then, like just now., i tested ending the Adobe flash in task manager and my GPU clock is now stuck at 405 lol time for another restart.

I was simply pointing out the facts.
I am not as biased or as unhelpful as you think bro

--->check out my Nvidia driver Guide http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=1174372

What you are describing is NORMAL nvidia driver behavior, the driver clocks respond to both 2D/3D applications and loading detection.

If the clocks are remaining high, then you have something running, loaded or open that is triggering them to do so.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (mokazhar)

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:00:25 GMT

the drivers 301.42 had the issue it was corrected in the newer drivers (beta)
install this 304.79:

Key Fixes
- Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
- Fixes an issue where some manufacturer’s factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.
- Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (VaLianTuS)

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 05:16:31 GMT

maniacvvv

I have had -zero- issues running 301.42 on my GTX 580 SLI setup...
There is nothing wrong with the drivers

Well just because YOU don't have problems with the driver doesn't make it the same for everyone does it? or can you vouch that the Drivers are 100% issue free? i suspect by searching in Google everything isn't as peechy?

I recently reverted to 296.10 due to the escalated issues with 301.42 where-in it causes freezes in-game. after reverting everything worked properly again(so far) i even contacted eVGA support and they too said that 301.42 may have been the cause and although it is stable "for some" it may not be for others.

So please take your biased post somewhere else, its not even helping...

As for remaining in topic, my GPU clock does goes up to 405 when watching videos in youtube/Google Chrome etc. and doesnt clock down when paused, also the issue of getting stuck at 405 has remained. It doesn't happen always but it happens now and then, like just now., i tested ending the Adobe flash in task manager and my GPU clock is now stuck at 405 lol time for another restart.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (maniacvvv)

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 02:06:43 GMT

I have had -zero- issues running 301.42 on my GTX 580 SLI setup...
There is nothing wrong with the drivers

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (HAZMAN_THE_GREAT)

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:52:54 GMT

feniks

I cannot confirm that.

I use currently Firefox 14.0.1 and the latest Flash Player plugin (11.3.300.265) and after I watched the video and it gets stopped (browser still open, youtube tab still open, video stopped), the clocks properly go down to 50MHz on both cards in SLI.

I checked the peer assisted option in Flash player settings and it's et to "Ask Me" on all websites listed.

actually I never had a problem with it and I watch video on youtube quite often...

I think OP's problem is the driver.
are you by any chance running the latest WHQL 301.42 or latest beta? those caused me trouble with wrong clocks on 570 SLI, cards were often forgetting the applied overclock and reverting to stock (with upped voltage) and often the clocks were staying in 3D while normally they should have downclocked to 50MHz.

I use 296.10 driver, runs best on my 570 SLI.

That is what I am saying dude. The 296.10 drivers work great for me and I am able to attain a higher overclock with my 560. The 301.42 caused me to much chaos.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (Soulschizm)

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:12:53 GMT

This happened to me on my 550ti it hasn't happened in a long time but i had my overclocked to high so i down clocked just a bit and hasn't happened but u said u didn't overclock so that's odd. i did however find a way instead of restarting my computer to get it to fix i would overclock it way to high so it would do a reset on its own and it would go back to how i bought it. considering you didn't overclock idk.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (feniks)

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:09:49 GMT

I cannot confirm that.

I use currently Firefox 14.0.1 and the latest Flash Player plugin (11.3.300.265) and after I watched the video and it gets stopped (browser still open, youtube tab still open, video stopped), the clocks properly go down to 50MHz on both cards in SLI.

I checked the peer assisted option in Flash player settings and it's et to "Ask Me" on all websites listed.

actually I never had a problem with it and I watch video on youtube quite often...

I think OP's problem is the driver.
are you by any chance running the latest WHQL 301.42 or latest beta? those caused me trouble with wrong clocks on 570 SLI, cards were often forgetting the applied overclock and reverting to stock (with upped voltage) and often the clocks were staying in 3D while normally they should have downclocked to 50MHz.

I use 296.10 driver, runs best on my 570 SLI.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (maniacvvv)

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:16:25 GMT

When playing flash videos from in a browser, then closing the browser...
Adobe flash will stay loaded into memory. Open a a Youtube vid and then close the browser... open task manager and see if Adobe flash closes out. If its staying loaded, then the clocks will remain high. Force close Adobe flash and you should see the clocks return to normal (if that was the issue)

This problem is -worst- in Firefox due to poor coding, but it can also occur in IE and Chrome.

*Note: users who view -ALOT- of flash videos from many sources, would be well advised to check and make sure they have not become a p2p Flash peer (this can happen without any input from a user) 20-30% of users fall into this because of what and how they view flash.

You can check and see what your Adobe flash component status is by going here:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager09.html
The important settings to clear are the p2P section and the Storage section
*Important: even if you disable these, they can be turned back on by websites, so you should save the Adobe Manager link so you can check your flash status often (I check 2-3 times per week)

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (okeric)

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 17:23:58 GMT

This just started happening to me too. Just curious, but do any of you people use Comodo firewall?

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (VaLianTuS)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:52:55 GMT

canem101

Your Graphics card overclocked too high, I have overclocked my PC's with EVGA precision, MSI afterburner and Rivatuner only to have the same thing happen, Downclock a little more and do what you do daily and see if that fixes it, Your Graphics driver is crashing and recovering, does it say "Nvidia Display driver has stopped responding and recovered successfully?" Then you overclocked too far

although i appreciate your suggestion i must point out i never said i overclocked my Graphics card...

and the "Nvidia Display driver has stopped responding and recovered successfully?" happens when i usually open firefox and read its adobe flash related so are you sure? lol

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (canem101)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:57:28 GMT

Your Graphics card overclocked too high, I have overclocked my PC's with EVGA precision, MSI afterburner and Rivatuner only to have the same thing happen, Downclock a little more and do what you do daily and see if that fixes it, Your Graphics driver is crashing and recovering, does it say "Nvidia Display driver has stopped responding and recovered successfully?" Then you overclocked too far

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (HAZMAN_THE_GREAT)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:20:36 GMT

Well like I said my issue happened more often with me when I used the 301.42 drivers. I have never experienced any of these problems in internet explore with video crashes and freezing. But as goes for your down clock issue, try a clean install from your OS if you have not already. This can help besides disabling any programs as mentioned earlier(which failed for me and you). Also like I said try MSI afterburner dude. It worked out for me and it could probably do the same for you. Whats also weird is one a different thread some dudes 590 is down clocking as well. I guess this is getting very common.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (VaLianTuS)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:57:27 GMT

hahaha firefox :D and google that way when Adobe crashes in Firefox(which it usually does when i spam videos) i have google xD

I'm also using the latest driver 301.42

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (HAZMAN_THE_GREAT)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:54:57 GMT

No it showed not be related. I think you having multiple tabs should do anything with it. By the way this happened to me while I was at stock clocks using the 296.10 driver. Using the 300 series drivers causes my issue to occur a lot more often for some reason. But I have not tried any other driver after the 301.42. Just curious what web browser where you using? Like I said there have been a lot of claims with firefox.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (VaLianTuS)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:41:16 GMT

well that purple and pink stuff and buzzzzz didnt happen to me, actually everything is normal! nothing out of the ordinary aside from Precision X showing my GPU clock stuck at 405 :D

Come to think of it, all 3 occurrences happened with my viewing a videos in multiple tabs then suddenly closing my browser and/or playing a number of videos in a player in quick succession. is that related somehow?

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (HAZMAN_THE_GREAT)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:57:26 GMT

VaLianTuS

maniacvvv

This is often caused by a application that does not "appear" to be a 3D app, but does in fact trigger the higher clock state....
Many programs will do this like messaging clients, widgets and even monitoring software that displays numbers in the task bar.
Some of these programs will install themselves in the startup list and can trigger the clock states just by being loaded....

Close all such programs in the taskbar and check your startup list for items that may be causing the effect

Well for me it randomly happens and the funny thing is it doesn't happen after some heavy gaming like hours of Dota 2 or Skyrim, it clocks down normally to 50.

I've noticed it either happens when i'm watching videos either via web browser or by player, it actually happened again and i don't know if it's related but Adobe Flash crashed(was watching videos and had multiple video tabs) and when i checked Precision X it was stuck at 405 lol

I've also tried doing what you suggested closing all programs in the taskbar with the exception to essential processes with no luck, i even wrote down all the processes for comparison then rebooted but couldn't find a difference. I do notice it clocks up to 405 when i'm watching videos is that related? does it sometimes glitch and don't clock down after watching?

Oh and is these something to worry about? not clocking down properly that is, will it damage my GPU? or does it just mean its constantly sucking-up unnecessary power until i rebooot?

Thanks!

Ya I tried closing all programs in my taskbar along time ago too with no luck like you. Hey I had Adobe be weird with my 560. When i watched Youtube videos it sometimes freeze the video with some purple and pink stuff in the background of the video making a buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz noise. Some people claimed that the 560s had issues with the firefox browser(which I was using) when watching youtube videos. Also try MSI afterburner and see if you get the same luck as me.

Re:GTX 570 GPU clock stuck at 405 mhz at idle (VaLianTuS)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:10:27 GMT

maniacvvv

This is often caused by a application that does not "appear" to be a 3D app, but does in fact trigger the higher clock state....
Many programs will do this like messaging clients, widgets and even monitoring software that displays numbers in the task bar.
Some of these programs will install themselves in the startup list and can trigger the clock states just by being loaded....

Close all such programs in the taskbar and check your startup list for items that may be causing the effect

Well for me it randomly happens and the funny thing is it doesn't happen after some heavy gaming like hours of Dota 2 or Skyrim, it clocks down normally to 50.

I've noticed it either happens when i'm watching videos either via web browser or by player, it actually happened again and i don't know if it's related but Adobe Flash crashed(was watching videos and had multiple video tabs) and when i checked Precision X it was stuck at 405 lol

I've also tried doing what you suggested closing all programs in the taskbar with the exception to essential processes with no luck, i even wrote down all the processes for comparison then rebooted but couldn't find a difference. I do notice it clocks up to 405 when i'm watching videos is that related? does it sometimes glitch and don't clock down after watching?

Oh and is these something to worry about? not clocking down properly that is, will it damage my GPU? or does it just mean its constantly sucking-up unnecessary power until i rebooot?

Thanks!