AN515-55 (I5 10030H and RTX 2060)- Possible bios update/hidden option for enabling undervolting CPU?

Andxy94

Hi, I bought this laptop recently and found out that my CPU temp is always on the higher side (around 90c) during heavy load/gaming. As i know that Intel disabled the undervolting capability of the 10th Gen CPU due to Plundervolt, may i know is there any work around to undervolt this CPU in XTU/Throttlestop/Bios? Or is there any way to lower the CPU temperature apart from repasting, using cooler pad or disabling the turbo boost (this limits the clockspeed of the CPU and hence loses 10-30 FPS in games)? Your help is much appreciated! Thank you.

StevenGen

Andxy94 said:

Do you mean that if i restore my windows to the older versions, the undervolt capability might be unlocked? I tried to limit my processor power to 95% and it does reduce the CPU temperature significantly at the expense of losing the turbo boost feature. Is there any other way to limit the power without losing the turbo boost feature?

Firsly, the AN515-55 is designed to work at those temps and its not unusual for the laptop to "CPU temp is always on the higher side (around 90c) during heavy load/gaming", if it gets any higher the AN515-55 will turn off automatically. Listen, you cant get "blood out of a stone" as the saying goes lol you cant have both. The only way to reduce temps (with no loss of turbo boost and fps) is to go for case modding of drilling and opening the case up to better crossflow ventilation and adding ventilation by means of a good latop cooler or watercooling for a laptop, which some have done and its "Right Out There" sort of a mod, there is no other way. 

Commodore_1995#

I think the only solution is to restore windows to version 1809 or 1903. In addition, you can try to limit the processor to 95% in power options, to see if temperatures drop.

Andxy94

Do you mean that if i restore my windows to the older versions, the undervolt capability might be unlocked? I tried to limit my processor power to 95% and it does reduce the CPU temperature significantly at the expense of losing the turbo boost feature. Is there any other way to limit the power without losing the turbo boost feature?

StevenGen

Andxy94 said:

Do you mean that if i restore my windows to the older versions, the undervolt capability might be unlocked? I tried to limit my processor power to 95% and it does reduce the CPU temperature significantly at the expense of losing the turbo boost feature. Is there any other way to limit the power without losing the turbo boost feature?

Firsly, the AN515-55 is designed to work at those temps and its not unusual for the laptop to "CPU temp is always on the higher side (around 90c) during heavy load/gaming", if it gets any higher the AN515-55 will turn off automatically. Listen, you cant get "blood out of a stone" as the saying goes lol you cant have both. The only way to reduce temps (with no loss of turbo boost and fps) is to go for case modding of drilling and opening the case up to better crossflow ventilation and adding ventilation by means of a good latop cooler or watercooling for a laptop, which some have done and its "Right Out There" sort of a mod, there is no other way. 

Commodore_1995#

@StevenGenEven though it was designed, in my opinion, 90ºc is indeed a high temperature, even if the motherboard has security features that shut down the notebook.