Question My Ryzen 2700x has in some way locked itself in 3.200ghz

[Inotzuki]

Im trying to play and im confused when i go to the bios overclock to 4200mhz and it works some times during normal browsing but ingame it drops back to 3.200ghz. Ryzen master is also telling me about its at 3.200ghz and Msi Afterburner overlay. help would be appreciated

 

[leftylex]

Have you tried switching your power plan to amd ryzen balanced?

 

[Zizo007]

What's your CPU temps?

Edit: Also use High Performance or Ryzen power plan.

 

[Inotzuki]

What's your CPU temps?

Edit: Also use High Performance or Ryzen power plan.

Yeah my temps never go above 58 under load and i use high performance and ive tried Ryzen power plan but nothing fixes it

Edit: just now found out in overwatch that the instant i tab out of it it goes to 4000mhz and when i tab back in its back to 3200mhz

 

[Zizo007]

Yeah my temps never go above 58 under load and i use high performance and ive tried Ryzen power plan but nothing fixes it

Edit: just now found out in overwatch that the instant i tab out of it it goes to 4000mhz and when i tab back in its back to 3200mhz

Do you have any power saving features enabled in bios?
Try manually setting your CPU speed in bios and see if its still 3.2Ghz.

 

[Inotzuki]

its set to 4000mhz but doesnt play at it it drops the instant i tab back in to overwatch

 

[Zizo007]

its set to 4000mhz but doesnt play at it it drops the instant i tab back in to overwatch

Do you have any overclocking software running?

 

[Inotzuki]

Do you have any overclocking software running?

Only afterburner to monitor

 

[punkncat]

Suggest going into BIOS and resetting to defaults. Leave everything stock and check to see if the issue resolved. If not, I might even consider a quick reset of Windows just to see, not really that I would expect that to fix it unless there is more going on that we know. Aside from those fixing this, it might be time to look into tech support/warranty if such exist.

 

[Zizo007]

Only afterburner to monitor

Does your motherboard has the latest bios version?

 

[Inotzuki]

i've got the latest bios and ive checked bios its not anything there

 

[Inotzuki]

The instant i enter the game it drops so its not throttling

really weird and concerned

 

[Zizo007]

The instant i enter the game it drops so its not throttling

really weird and concerned

Do what punkncat said, reset your bios by removing the cmos battery and reinstall windows after a format.

 

[Inotzuki]

do i have to pay for a clean copy of windows then? and where is and how does the cmos battery look

 

[Deleted member 14196]

You can get windows free using Microsoft media creation tool

 

[Zizo007]

do i have to pay for a clean copy of windows then? and where is and how does the cmos battery look

Not if you have your key, you can also use a program to read your current key.
The cmos battery is round, google CR2032 3V.