Question Basically the biggest problem of the century.

[NuclearReactor]

I’ve made one post before, about an already dying CPU that I wanted to revive by undervolting.


Now, I find myself facing nearly the same issue. I’m currently using an i5-8300H in the Acer Nitro 5 AN515-53, and my only roadblock is ThrottleStop’s refusal to apply the cache undervolt to my CPU. Otherwise, everything is working perfectly. The core can take a -165 mV undervolt without a hint of instability. I’ve stress-tested it for hours and gamed on it extensively, and so far it has been rock-solid.


Thank you for reading, and if you can help, please do!


(P.S.If you need anything from me, such as a screenshot of my ThrottleStop configuration, feel free to ask!)

 

[Lutfij]

If your laptop is on the latest BIOS version, perhaps try and go one step down and see if you're able to undervolt the cache but in your current state, I'd try and see if you can undervolt the iGPU. Undervolting the discrete GPU if your laptop has one will help bring your overall temps down inside your laptop.

 

[NuclearReactor]

If your laptop is on the latest BIOS version

Yup, It is on the latest version. Specifically version 1.28.

I'd try and see if you can undervolt the iGPU

Yeah, so, sorry for wasting your time. It was purely by coincidence that, while fidgeting with my ThrottleStop INI file, I ended up deleting it. So I just reinstalled the whole thing, specifically version 9.7.3, and then it just… worked? Magically? With no apparent reason why it worked now or why it didn’t before.

 

[Ralston18]

Perhaps the existing ini file was corrupted.

Reinstalling ThrottleStop created a new uncorrupted .ini file.

 

[NuclearReactor]

Perhaps the existing ini file was corrupted.

Reinstalling ThrottleStop created a new uncorrupted .ini file.

I'd like to add that my temps dropped by 9 degrees and thermal throttling nearly vanished under full load. No noticeable performance loss.