Throttlestop (Intel Processors/Laptop)

Reasons for an overheating laptop

• Blocked vents
• Dried/pumped out thermal paste
• Design Flaws
• Non replacement of thermal pads along with thermal paste

We have already discussed about maintenance of laptops in https://www.desidime.com/discussions/laptop-buy.... Now, if the problem still persists then we can undervolt the laptop’s processor. It can be done in multiple ways. We will not do the hard way. Specialized software like MSI Afterburner, intel extreme tuning utility and Throttlestop make it easy for PC/Laptop enthusiast to either overclock/underclock their processor without damaging the circuits. Just restart the machine and your unstable system will revert to its stable self. 🙂🙂🙂 We will discuss about Throttlestop. 

Undervolting

A processor is overheating. Clearly it is wasting power. So, if we limit the power supply then we might be able to reduce the heating. It can be temporarily employed in software level by the use of Dynamic voltage scaling. Check this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_voltage_s... for further knowledge.

Risks 

• Unstable system. Random errors might arise. Solution is to close the application and restart the device.  
• It can alter the system performance/damage if not used properly.

Throttlestop

App can be downloaded from https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpoweru...;

The interface looks like below.

Processor used it an Intel core i7-9750H. It used to run pretty hot. After replacing the thermal pads and thermal paste I had to undervolt it. It runs cooler now.

Before*

After.*

Obviously I am not stressing the system. I am against frequent benchmarking of the system.

It has a benchmarking tool inbuilt.

Control Panel to do the actual stuff.

There is an option to minimize on close. 

Image sources: Throttlestop and Open Hardware Monitor(* marked)

Actual Guide: Please search for your own processor. 

This is a guide for Core i7 9750H processor equipped laptops.

Glossary

• BD Prochot (Bidirectional Processor Hot). If CPU gets hot then it has internal mechanism to protect the voltage regulators by utilizing lower multipliers. Lower multiplier will allow CPU to get so called Thermally Throttled. CPU gets slowed down. https://shauncassells.wordpress.com/2020/02/29/.... , 
• FIVR (Fully Integrated Voltage Regulators)
• Offset Voltage The voltage you want to deduct(undervolting)/add from normal operating voltage. It is in millivolts
• VCCin and ICCmax CPU voltage and maximum current 
• Turbo Ratio Limits Numbers. We need to use lower numbers. It ll limit the Turbo Boost power consumption.
• VID Voltage Identifiers
• CLR Resets the data

Please do your due research before doing anything. I will not be responsible for any damages done. 

https://www.ultrabookreview.com/31385-the-throt... is a good place to start learning things. But look for your processor before doing anything. Data in the images are mine and only mine. Yours might be different.