{"id":2741,"date":"2025-01-20T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T06:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2025-02-03T23:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:16:51","slug":"limit-intel-fireball-i9-120900hk-more-cooler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/?p=2741","title":{"rendered":"Limit Intel Fireball i9-12900HK to cool"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image generated by Gemnini(r)<\/p><\/div>\n

What’s the problem ?<\/h2>\n

As we know, Intel damn<\/del> laptops can run very hot, especially the core i9 series are like fireballs. Every time I need to cool down my working laptop, I have to run some CPU-intensive tasks. It\u2019s frustrating! Sucks!<\/del><\/p>\n

So ?<\/h2>\n

Money-driven companies like M$ and Intel seem to be wasting electricity, which contributes to global warming. The Intel x86_64 architecture feels like driving a Dodge muscle car. In contrast, my Audi Q4 e-tron premium model is energy efficient. But Dodge cars consume a lot of gas and make a lot of noise. While this might be subjective, I believe it\u2019s a significant issue, especially in my office.<\/p>\n

What I did ?<\/h2>\n

Windows always supports a hidden feature called “Power Plan” for users. I enabled this feature in the past to limit CPU TurboBoost on my Lenovo laptop with an Intel i5-2430M<\/a>. So I did it again on my Windows 11 HP laptop to make it cooler.<\/p>\n

First,<\/h3>\n

Download the windows_power_plan_mod_2.reg (zip archived) file here:<\/p>\n\n\n\tDownload “windows_power_plan_mod_2.zip”\twindows_power_plan_mod_2.zip\t\t– Downloaded 331 times\t\t– 441.00 B<\/small>\n<\/a>\n\n

Or create your own registry file using Notepad with the following code:<\/p>\n

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Power\\PowerSettings\\54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00\\be337238-0d82-4146-a960-4f3749d470c7]\r\n\"Attributes\"=dword:00000002\r\n<\/pre>\n
Alternatively, change this value to 2 from 1 using regedit.exe at the address:<\/p>\n
“Computer\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Power\\PowerSettings\\54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00\\be337238-0d82-4146-a960-4f3749d470c7<\/code>”<\/p>\n
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Second,<\/h3>\n
Open the Control Panel on your Windows and search for “power plan”, then select “Edit power plan”.<\/p>\n
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Now you can see the legacy GDI-based power plan settings window.<\/p>\n
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Select “Change advanced power settings” to open a small window.<\/p>\n
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Now you can change the processor power control without going into the uEFI or BIOS settings.<\/p>\n
I recommend changing each setting as shown in the above picture to prevent your Intel CPU from overheating.<\/p>\n
Testing, does it work?<\/h2>\n
As shown in the capture, my Intel i9-12900HK runs up to 2.9GHz.<\/p>\n
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However, the task manager shows up to 2.5GHz because 2.9GHz is the maximum TurboBoost clock.<\/p>\n
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If you successfully turn off the TurboBoost on Windows, run any CPU-intensive task (I tested with my library for Super Resolution<\/a>, step scaling for 4.1 multiply).<\/p>\n
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You will see the maximum clock reach around 90 to 93%, and it will never run up to 2.9GHz with TurboBoost.<\/p>\n
Save your energy, make your lap cool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What’s the problem ? As we know, Intel damn laptops can run very hot, especially the core i9 series are like fireballs. Every time I need to cool down my working laptop, I have to run some CPU-intensive tasks. It\u2019s frustrating! Sucks! So ? Money-driven companies like M$ and Intel… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,640],"tags":[812,811,815,814,513,813,627],"class_list":["post-2741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raphs","category-tips","tag-cooler","tag-damn","tag-fireball","tag-hottop","tag-intel","tag-lpatop","tag-make"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2741"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2759,"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions\/2759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}