I have a brand new Lenovo Legion Pro 7i gen 10 (with Ultra 9 275 HX processor), which recently after two weeks of use I started noticing that thermal throttling is being recorded at Max temperatures as low as 80 C° or 84 C° in some cases while playing using the Balanced mode, along with the use of a powerful cooling pad (Flydigi BS3 PRO).

Is it normal to have thermal throttling recorded with HWiFo at such relatively low temperatures?

(Note: I didn't notice issue with the performance, just knew that from HWiFO sensors' records which in some cases showed me up to around 5% Package/Ring thermal throttling average)

Given that usually I'm capping the FPS on most of the AAA games I'm playing at 60 FPS or 30 FPS+2X Frame Generation, without capping the frame rate & without the cooling pad my CPU Max recorded temps easily exceed the 100 C°

I bought this new Legion Pro 5 16IRX10 it's just been 3 days and it runs pretty hot the cpu is i9-14900hx and the gpu is 5070 lot of people recommend me to undervolt is as the cpu is way to power hungry and can run way to hot but even after finding some decent values to undervolt to it's still thermal throttling idk what to do laptop is elevated. It's brand new and the cinebench score is 30,079.

It's still throttling after undervolting

Any recommendations?

I posted this as an answer to someone. Thought I should make a post as it took more effort and applies to lots of systems. Search for Alienware undervolt for more details as plenty of people tinker with those and have tried an undervolt. They have very similiar bios and issues. TLDR Disable CFG Lock, Undervolt Protection, and undervolt set in bios.

Got undervolt working even with Undervolt Protection on

This was on a Dell G16 7630 13th HX. I've dumped bios, searched it and used grub, but that takes more time then the universal form browser , UMAF. So I recommend UMAF

If you mess up, you may need to recover the bios. Look it up if this quick howto doesn't work.

1. Hold power key to turn off.
2. Hold Ctrl + Esc and then hold Power key to turn on. Keep holding until Power light blinks twice after about 30 seconds and then release and wait
3. IIRC there is a screen that offers the option to recover bios, that you then select.
4. Eventually machine will recover bios, and display a screen explaining the time has not been set.

I have undervolting working, but I still need to set the max undervolt I want to try at the bios level. You need to do small 10mv steps and restart a few times to make sure the machine still works and posts (you should see the Dell logo then OS) I also recommend holding F12 to skip loading the OS sometimes. Beware, If you go too far with the max the machine will have progressively worse issues.

There are risks changing settings at the bios level.

• The machine will crash on load
• The machine will crash even without load
• The machine will crash but you can get into UMAF
• The machine will display errors as it attempts to post, but let you get into BIOS, but not UMAF
• The machine will even fail to let you into the BIOS, so you need to recover bios if clearing cmos fails
• The machine will need to go into service as it can't recover bios

Secure Boot

Secure boot must be disabled, but iirc bitlocker will prevent windows from booting with bitlocker disabled if active. Again more warnings here as bitlocker will prevent you from reading any files you have on the drive except if you have the key. All data on the drive could be lost so you need to backup the bitlocker key. It wasn't an issue for me this time but I've lost data in the past except my backups.

Now here are the steps (This video shows procedure)

1. Download the Universal Form Browser
2. Format an empty USB drive and copy the Universal form browser to the drive
3. Shutdown the computer or restart

Hold F2 as you power on the computer to enter bios

  1. In bios go to the boot menu and disable secure boot
  2. Save changes and reset

Hold F12 as you power on the computer to get boot menu

  1. In boot menu select the USB drive that you left in the computer and formatted
  2. If you forgot to leave or put in the drive hold power button 4 seconds to turn off

Once in UMAF

1. Go in Intel Advanced Menu
2. Go in Power and Performance
3. Go in CPU - Power Management Control
4. Disable HwP Lock (maybe not needed so best try without first)
5. Hit up and select CPU Lock Configuration
6. Disable CFG Lock
7. Disable Overclocking Lock
8. Hit Enter then hit Escape
9. Hit Escape
10. Go in Overclocking Performance Menu
11. Enable Overclocking Feature if you want
12. Disable Undervolt Protection
13. Note Processor, Ring, Ecore L2 Configuration, GT, Uncore
14. You will want to at first undervolt the processor by -10 mv
15. The settings are called the offset and then the + or -
16. You want to use a -
17. Change Offset to 10
18. You will come back to this menu to increase offset by 10 after every restart
19. You will be able to open throttlestop or hwinfo64 and see the offset. Dont be confused by hwmonitor, as that app has a bug and gives an incorrect number.
20. Hit Escape
21. Hit Escape
22. Press y to save
23. Select Reset

Once back in Windows

1. Throttle stop will still say Undervolt Protection , but you can now undervolt up to the limit set in the bios. Sometimes on battery the undervolt will not be stable so retest with a lower undervolt set in throttlestop or lower it in bios if you use Linux
2. It is best to follow the undervolt guide by XMG and linked with throttlestop 9..7
3. Limit your undervolt to only 10mv and work your way up.

The image is just for reference

Any recommendations on how to make my cpu less hot.

Ambient temperature is about 28c. I have noctua NH d15 cpu cooler and one fresh air intake fan in the case. Yesterday I reapplied thermal paste two times but temperatures remain the same.

Hey everyone,

I have an MSI GF63 Thin 11UC that I've been using for about 4 years. Recently, I've noticed that the CPU temperature constantly stays around 80–95°C, even when I'm just doing normal things like browsing Chrome.

As you can see in the screenshot, the CPU is sitting around 94°C, while the GPU is only around 75°C. I'm not gaming on this laptop anymore, so these temperatures seem quite high for regular use.

I've already:

Cleaned the laptop internally.

Replaced the thermal paste about a year ago.

Kept the fans on Auto in MSI Center.

If I switch the fan mode to Turbo, the temperature does drop somewhat, but the fans obviously get very loud.

Is 93–94°C normal for this laptop while using Chrome, or is something wrong?

What could be causing the CPU to run this hot? Is there anything else I can do to fix or reduce the temperatures? Would undervolting, changing power settings, replacing the thermal paste again, or anything else help?

Any advice from other GF63 Thin owners would be appreciated!

I have a metal stand too but didn't help much

As title said, I vibecoded an software for my laptop.
The issue:
My laptop, which has AMD Ryzen 5600H CPU and AMD Radeon RX 6500M GPU had an incredibly frustrating heating issue where my hotspot temperature reached 100 degrees without right away, and throttling directly which reduced my fps by 50% almost and again reached 100 degrees, this continued in an cycle.
For this, I tried various methods, locking fps to 48, lowering resolution and graphics, and some of these worked too, but still in games such as where winds meet, elden ring nightreign, the temperatures kept hitting all time high.
Which lead to me trying to look into undervolting, and to my surprise HP Victus in particular has no way (afaik) to undervolt, because it is restricted at a BIOS level.
This lead me to discovering Universal tuning utility and Ryzen controller, which worked great but sacrified much of my performance to keep temperatures in check.
Annoyed by the lack of direct temperature control, i vibecoded an software which directly targets the dGPU hotspot temperature and it honestly been working really well for me.
This leads to me making this post, for this felt too good to be true to work, that i was wondering if i was damaging any of my hardware in the long run with this app.
If anyone can check, if it is problematic or not for the system, and give some opinions about it, it would be much appreciated!

TLDR: I vibecoded an app to keep thermals in check for laptop having AMD Radeon RX 6500M and AMD Ryzen 5600H, and would like opinions about its safety while using, and would like to know if it is damaging my device in any way.

https://github.com/TanishAdke/ADLX-Thermal-control
This is the GitHub link.
I do not know how compatible it is with other devices.

Hi,

I have an MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI D2XW gaming laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX. I am experiencing heavy stuttering and short freezes while playing Rocket League, so I monitored the laptop with HWiNFO64.

After approximately 7 minutes of gameplay, I recorded:

• CPU maximum temperature: 103°C
• CPU average temperature: approximately 94°C
• Core Thermal Throttling: detected during approximately 92–93% of the monitoring period
• Package/Ring Thermal Throttling: approximately 87%
• Average CPU package power: approximately 44–46 W
• GPU temperature: approximately 62°C

Only some of the P-cores appear to reach extremely high temperatures and throttle heavily, while the other cores remain considerably cooler. Some individual P-cores showed thermal throttling during 60–86% of the test.

The test was performed:

• With the original MSI charger connected
• On a hard, flat surface with the air intakes unobstructed
• Without any overclocking or undervolting
• With different MSI Center power profiles
• During Rocket League, which should not be an especially demanding game for this laptop

The CPU has a maximum junction temperature of 105°C, but it is getting extremely close to that limit and appears to be throttling almost continuously. The GPU temperatures seem completely normal.

I understand that gaming laptops normally run hot, but is this amount of sustained thermal throttling normal? Could the large temperature difference between the P-cores indicate uneven thermal paste application, poor heatsink contact or another cooling-system problem?

Could this explain the stuttering, and would you recommend sending the laptop back under warranty?

I purchased it in September 2025, so it is still covered. I have not opened the laptop or modified its cooling system.

P.S. HWiNFO and MSI Center are displayed in French because my Windows installation is in French. The relevant column headings are:

• Réel = Current
• Minimum = Minimum
• Maximum = Maximum
• Moyenne = Average
• Limitation thermique du cœur = Core Thermal Throttling
• Étranglement thermique du paquet/anneau = Package/Ring Thermal Throttling
• Consommation d’énergie totale du CPU = CPU Package Power
• Performances extrêmes = Extreme Performance
• Équilibré = Balanced

Thanks for your help.

tried GPU undervolting for the first time in my lenovo legion 5 RTX 5060 16gb ram amd ryzen 7 260 in performance mode and these were the results at different voltages from stock 985mV to 850mV

Should i go even lower ? am complete noobie , would appreciate some guidance here ..

So my pc is power throttling for no reason , this happens quite a few times while on battery , 1 time its completely smooth and then it starts lagging , turns out it's power throttling , i have attached screenshots.

Any help will be appreciated😥