Posted October 9, 2019 My laptop CPU (I5-2540M) keeps going to 3.10ghz despite its base speed being about 2.60 ghz and reaching the unsafe temps of 95-97 celcius. Any way to prevent this? Note: I recently got a cooling pad that keeps it down at 85-90 C but it's very clunky my terrible laptop: CPU: i5-2450M at 2.60 ghz base (however goes up to 3.30 ghz on any steam game i run. odd.) GPU: integrated Quadro NVS 4200m (garbage. the reason that this is terrible.) 6GB of ram, 300GB HDD. refurbished Dell Latitude Esomething. got it for like 140 bucks on amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 9, 2019 Dust it out. Change the CPU thermal compound. Guides & Tutorials: PROXMOX - Rebuilding ZFS RAID rpool After Disk Failure Mass Deploying Customized Windows 10/11 Installs Building a GNU/Linux Based Windows Deployment Server GNU/Linux Installer Server: Installation & Configuration How to: Use (i)PXE to Install Windows from a Network Why Memorize IP's When You Can Self-Host DNS Instead? Ventoy - The USB Multi-Boot Utility! Introduction to PXE/iPXE Network Boot Featuring FreeBSD & Ubuntu Server Don't see what you need? Check the Full List or *PM me, if I haven't made it I'll add it to the list. *NOTE: I'll only add it to the list if the request is something I know I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 9, 2019 An Intel mobile CPU is designed to use full turbo boost until it reaches the thermal throttling temperature. Sounds like your CPU is working as intended. If you disagree with Intel, you can use ThrottleStop to dial in as much turbo boost as you like. Anywhere from none to full turbo boost is possible. Just adjust the Turbo Ratio Limits. If you do not want to run a third party utility, you can go into the Windows Power Options and set the maximum processor state to 99%. Setting this to anything less than 100% will disable all turbo boost. You have to be careful when replacing the thermal paste. Some Dell laptops from this era use thermal pads. If you only use a thin layer of thermal paste, the CPU heatsink might be prevented from making full contact with the CPU. If this happens, your CPU temps will go through the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 10, 2019 Author 4 hours ago, unclewebb said: An Intel mobile CPU is designed to use full turbo boost until it reaches the thermal throttling temperature. Sounds like your CPU is working as intended. If you disagree with Intel, you can use ThrottleStop to dial in as much turbo boost as you like. Anywhere from none to full turbo boost is possible. Just adjust the Turbo Ratio Limits. If you do not want to run a third party utility, you can go into the Windows Power Options and set the maximum processor state to 99%. Setting this to anything less than 100% will disable all turbo boost. You have to be careful when replacing the thermal paste. Some Dell laptops from this era use thermal pads. If you only use a thin layer of thermal paste, the CPU heatsink might be prevented from making full contact with the CPU. If this happens, your CPU temps will go through the roof. Ah, alright. This will probably work since it keeps hitting 95 celcius turboing. It was a Dell Latitude E6450(i think) that was refurbished and upgraded. my terrible laptop: CPU: i5-2450M at 2.60 ghz base (however goes up to 3.30 ghz on any steam game i run. odd.) GPU: integrated Quadro NVS 4200m (garbage. the reason that this is terrible.) 6GB of ram, 300GB HDD. refurbished Dell Latitude Esomething. got it for like 140 bucks on amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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