X99 OC 100% Thermal Throttling at 25 degrees

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   As you said, there's not a whole bunch of us that have ceramic pots and buy LN2 on a weekly basis for moonshots.

Mmmm, subscript 

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wardog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Status: Offline Points: 6447	Post Options Post Reply Quote wardog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Dec 2015 at 4:37pm
	As you said, there's not a whole bunch of us that have ceramic pots and buy LN2 on a weekly basis for moonshots. Mmmm, subscript

parsec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 04 May 2015 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 4996	Post Options Post Reply Quote parsec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2016 at 1:14am
	Subscript... no just font size 1. I was a chemistry major at one time, and OCD about some things.


wardog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Status: Offline Points: 6447	Post Options Post Reply Quote wardog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2016 at 3:50am
	That's what I get for simply copying it from yours. Back when I too dabbled as a chemistry major. So much so it took a lot of time away from attending and studying while in high school. I've adjusted well though.

wardog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Status: Offline Points: 6447	Post Options Post Reply Quote wardog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2016 at 3:53am
	Now knock it off before Xaltar perm-bans us both! You know how he is concerning idle chatter Edited by wardog - 01 Jan 2016 at 3:53am

Enigma Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 Dec 2015 Location: Syracuse, NY Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Enigma Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2016 at 5:54am
	I can understand the logic of the slow mode switch but not as a tiny little dip switch. I'd expect it to be a larger toggle button right along with the + and - to easily press. Especially in case of an emergency. It is interesting that it just triggers thermal throttling. Thanks for the quick responses. It is great how fast the OC community is willing to try and help.

parsec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 04 May 2015 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 4996	Post Options Post Reply Quote parsec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2016 at 12:50pm
	I assume a large switch for Slow Mode was considered unnecessary, since most owners of these boards won't ever use it. Plus a large switch adds cost for a rarely used feature. The trick of enabling processor thermal throttling to create a locked slow speed processor mode is simply using a capability Intel built into their processors for another purpose. That is, protecting the processor from heat damage. There are multiple types of processor thermal throttling, or levels with different behaviors for different situations. The one used for Slow Mode is a high level emergency type of thermal throttling that is close to or possibly one step before the mandatory shutdown of the processor to prevent thermal damage. As long as the special register or bit within that register is set to On/True, the core speeds are set to their lowest value, VCore is reduced accordingly, and other processor parameters are set to low power states. Nothing else is checked to determine if throttling is no longer needed, such as core temperatures. Your core temps were well below their maximum values, but that made no difference in deactivating the throttling. A nice fail safe mechanism that fortunately we rarely if ever experience in our use of these processors.