I think I have a ghost in my machine.....

Hey, morning Vanguard. Thank you so much for your reply. To answer your questions: #2) I have not wiped the original 950 Pro...I always keep older drives as back-ups in case something....goes wrong. I have been thinking about re-installing the 950 and checking the BIOS for original settings and/or changes and making a adjustments/comparisons.

#3) I have never updated the BIOS, never ever. The first and original Factory Default version was created by Gigabyte on May 22, 2016 for that Board (or that series of motherboards) and I purchased it in July of 2016 within the first week that it was released to Retailers. The original and Factory Default BIOS Vserion at the time of purchase was dated the day of its creation. Version "F 2". There are several others between July and August 2016 (this one is clearly marked in red as a BETA release due to new CPU Alpine Support) 1 month after release to retail, June 22 2017 (this one is clearly marked in red as BETA and the last ones are the Spring of 2018

SEE HERE: www.gigabyte.com/ca/Motherboard/GA-X99-Phoenix-SLI-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios

Again, I am still using the first and original Factory Default BIOS verion of F2 from the original Date of Purchase in July 2016......July 27th if memory serves me correctly though I would need to check my receipts.

The AUTO Function in the BIOS (Re my CPU OC'ing itself) and the Multiplier are still grayed out and the ration is 1.00x Everything is grayed-out and/or otherwise unchangeable. I can not make any changes.

The only thing I can access and actually make change sto with a selection to choose from is the "CPU Upgrade List" but it gives me models like the 5820 and the 5930 or even the 47 and 4990K (all of those are much older than my 6850K) and there wouldn't be a need to make that adjustment unless I was stepping up my processor to begin with.....Like I did when I purchased the 6850K (in July 2016 when I bought my motherboard). Both the Motherboard and CPU were hot new tech the very week I bought them from the now defunct NCIX. I had previously owned and run the Haswell series 4770 (non K version)....in 2013, then upgraded to the 6850K in July 2016.

I have never attempted to update the BIOS...becaus I have always been told "If the original Factory Default version it comes with on the day you buy it never has any problems.....Then you never need to upgrade. Stick with what works." And so I have never dabbled in stuff like BIOS updates. Sure, I can find my way around a BIOS...I know enough to make the necessary changes when first building a system...But I have never attempted to *FLASH* or Update a BIOS.

This would be new territory for me, admittedly.


Thanks again for all your advice. I will continue to work ont his and keep you posted if you like

Morning, Rewind, thanks for your post.  What do you mean by ESD?            And are you saying that it is perfectly normal to see the BIOS reading the CPU as 3.7 (when I did nothing to manually over clock?) yet everything about WINDOWS reads it is running at 3.6?  I've never seen that.  Of course I don't do manual OC'ing so I don't know anything when it comes to what is normal or not (for CPU behaviours) under these kinds of circumstances.

But if you think that is the case....In all other respects it's working perfect....The Cloning Process was even better than that on Kamino     So I will leave it alone and be thankful.

Thanks again for your help.

PS:  I also chatted with reeps from Gigabyte....and thus far they have been totally useless.  You all here have been of far greater help...so thank you for that.

I THINK I HAVE A GHOST IN MY MACHINE.....


If that ghost looks anything like him



you have nothing to worry about.


And on topic i'm afraid i cannot really help you there.

I have to admit, I was about to post this:

I think it was just the BIOS resetting itself. But if you figure it out, keep us posted.