RTX 3060 i5-10400 32gb ram become very slow after cleaning

[rafalilkvc]

Hey guys,

I'm not really a tech person and I was just trying to clean the dust in my case but after it pc became very slow.
Previously on CS:GO I was getting 200-250 fps, now it's limited to 30-40, and I'm struggling to find the bottleneck.

So when cleaning I turned off everything, removed GPU, RAM, CPU then applied some thermal paste, clicked the fan back.
Inserted RAM, GPU and etc.

After booting it up, there was no display, the pc turned on but after a minute or two restarted, I think that this was caused by RAM, I reinserted it and it turned on without a problem.
So now it's working fine, but there's something wrong here

I'll attach some images for better debugging because I don't know from which place should I start to look for the problem

Maybe the CPU is bottleneck here, overheating? Idle temp is 54 C

 

[rafalilkvc]

 

[DirtyDingusMcgee]

Please fill out system specs so we know what we are dealing with.

That is a high idle temp. what does the temp look like under a load, or while you are playing CS:GO?

There is no need to remove all that when dusting. just turn it off and let the caps discharge good before you hit it with the air.

If you haven't incorrectly mounted the cpu heatsink, and it was running slow before you cleaning it out happened, then what changed prior to you dusting it out?

What did the temps look like prior to cleaning? A bit dusty can cause elevated temps, but it didn't cause a 200 fps drop in frame rate unless it was on fire.

Check cooling (all fans running a proper speed, get someone that knows how to mount cpu heatsink), and if that is all fine, need to look at software reasons (drivers, sfc and dism for windows, chkdsk and examine disk health, check for malware, autoruns, etc).

 

[agent_x007]

@rafalilkvc From what I see, your GPU runs at 210MHz under full load.
Check GPU-z sensors tab for power per source reads, post screenshot from it after few minutes of benchmark/game if you can.
This looks like power measuring error on GPU itself or a problem with external power delivery (damaged cable, or plug/pins not connecting properly).

 

[Vya Domus]

What exactly did you do when you cleaned the PC ? Did you repaste the video card as well ?

 

[eidairaman1]

Reseat your gpu

 

[rafalilkvc]

Hey there, my specs are below:

 

[rafalilkvc]

To be exact, I didn't manually "reset the gpu" or something, I even tried installing fresh windows, nvidia drivers and etc, but nothing worked.
Might try to capture some more benchmarking now

 

[rafalilkvc]

@rafalilkvc From what I see, your GPU runs at 210MHz under full load.
Check GPU-z sensors tab for power per source reads, post screenshot from it after few minutes of benchmark/game if you can.
This looks like power measuring error on GPU itself or a problem with external power delivery (damaged cable, or plug/pins not connecting properly).

I did some overclocking with MSI Afterburner, and now it's back performing, but I'm not sure that it's all the power that it can gain?

 

[rafalilkvc]

Some updates...

I've tried nvflash to flash vbios, but it didn't change a thing, I can see in msi afterburner that the core mhz is limited to 1200 mhz, but the base core for this card should be atleast 1300

Sorry for some spam, but I thought that this may be important:

• 8-Pin Power Draw: 142W
  • Look at "8-Pin #1 Power", which shows 142.0W.
  • This means your 8-pin PCIe power cable is delivering power correctly.
• PCIe Slot Power: 3.0W
  • Look at "PCIe Slot Power", which shows 3.0W.
  • Normally, a PCIe x16 slot can provide up to 75W, but yours is very low (almost nothing).
  • This is unusual and suggests a possible motherboard, BIOS, or power issue.

Maybe this might be related? Not enough power to supply the card? And if this is the case maybe the core is locked to 210mhz, by default?

What exactly did you do when you cleaned the PC ? Did you repaste the video card as well ?

No I didn't do anything with the card, just put it aside when I was cleaning