[SOLVED] Help with restoring XTU to default ?

[blakeus]

Hi everyone, I have a 9700k CPU and was having issues with overclocking about 6 months ago. BIOS tuning wasn't doing much of anything.
Someone had said to try Intel Extreme Tuning just to test (yes I know it is for laptops and I shouldn't use it for desktops). Anyway I forgot about it and gave up on overclocking (was doing more for fun than anything else) and realised today that XTU profile was still in effect and keeping the CPU at 4.9Ghz.
I changed to 4.6Ghz to confirm it was still being used which it was.

I reverted to default profile in Intel Extreme Tuning and then uninstalled, but I think it reverted back to the overclocked 4.9Ghz settings and now that's the default. My default settings are gone for the i7-9700k.

I have cleared my CMOS and it is still utilising the settings and so that tells me they are in the Windows registry somewhere. Does anyone know if there is a way I can change the registry settings back or any other method other than reinstalling Windows entirely??

Thanks!

 

[Darkbreeze]

Someone had said to try Intel Extreme Tuning just to test (yes I know it is for laptops and I shouldn't use it for desktops).

No, it's not "just for laptops". It's for use with any compatible Intel processor equipped machine. Laptop, desktop, doesn't matter.

The 4.9Ghz is the NORMAL maximum boost frequency for your 9700k. It has nothing, technically, to do with what was previously done via XTU unless you are able to physically watch (Using HWinfo or Core Temp) all cores running at 4.9Ghz and never dropping in frequency. Base for your CPU is 3.6Ghz with a 4.9Ghz max boost clock, but it should run somewhere in between those settings the majority of the time and fluctuate between the max boost and idle clock speeds. If you reverted the changes using XTU and then reset the BIOS to it's default settings then it's very unlikely that what you are seeing is anything other than the default behavior. I have seen settings "stick" before though, as you say, so you should verify what the core clocks are actually doing using HWinfo (Download, install, run the utility and choose "sensors only", uncheck "summary", click ok, scroll down to core clock frequency and monitor core clocks for a bit) or Core Temp while running various programs and while at idle.

 

[blakeus]

No, it's not "just for laptops". It's for use with any compatible Intel processor equipped machine. Laptop, desktop, doesn't matter.

The 4.9Ghz is the NORMAL maximum boost frequency for your 9700k. It has nothing, technically, to do with what was previously done via XTU unless you are able to physically watch (Using HWinfo or Core Temp) all cores running at 4.9Ghz and never dropping in frequency. Base for your CPU is 3.6Ghz with a 4.9Ghz max boost clock, but it should run somewhere in between those settings the majority of the time and fluctuate between the max boost and idle clock speeds. If you reverted the changes using XTU and then reset the BIOS to it's default settings then it's very unlikely that what you are seeing is anything other than the default behavior. I have seen settings "stick" before though, as you say, so you should verify what the core clocks are actually doing using HWinfo (Download, install, run the utility and choose "sensors only", uncheck "summary", click ok, scroll down to core clock frequency and monitor core clocks for a bit) or Core Temp while running various programs and while at idle.

No it isn't performing by default. I've had this CPU for years now and it sits at 3.6 when idle and boosts up when required. It is now set static to whatever Intel says. I know that Intel XT changes windows registry settings and so looks like I have to reinstall windows 10.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Some additional info on removing XTU related settings and services that might hang around after uninstalling, here:

https://www.tenforums.com/drivers-h...tely-remove-intel-extreme-tuning-utility.html

Although, if you don't have a ton of stuff to have to worry about reinstalling and such, it might well be easier to simply go ahead with a clean install as it's usually a lot less time consuming than trying to track down a bunch of registry configuration settings and still maybe not getting at the root of the problem.

 

[blakeus]

Some additional info on removing XTU related settings and services that might hang around after uninstalling, here:

https://www.tenforums.com/drivers-h...tely-remove-intel-extreme-tuning-utility.html

Although, if you don't have a ton of stuff to have to worry about reinstalling and such, it might well be easier to simply go ahead with a clean install as it's usually a lot less time consuming than trying to track down a bunch of registry configuration settings and still maybe not getting at the root of the problem.

Tha ks

No it isn't performing by default. I've had this CPU for years now and it sits at 3.6 when idle and boosts up when required. It is now set static to whatever Intel says. I know that Intel XT changes windows registry settings and so looks like I have to reinstall windows 10.

Thanks, I ended up just resetting Windows and now everything behaving normally. I managed to get 4.8ghz at 1.18 voltage so pretty happy with that and the temp.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Nice.