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RafiThissen

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JaxJiang said:
Nope Not here. Menu item below this item.
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Hi JaxJiang, I understand it's in the CBS SMU settings, but can you share the settings that reflect the actual Performance PowerLimit profile? The point here is that the CPU boost speed in Balanced Mode is limited to 5040MHz and it would be nice to be able to boost to 5450MHz (default) when the PCIe slot is equipped, but without using PBO (that takes the CPU to 120W).
 
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RafiThissen said:
Hi JaxJiang, I understand it's in the CBS SMU settings, but can you share the settings that reflect the actual Performance PowerLimit profile? The point here is that the CPU boost speed in Balanced Mode is limited to 5040MHz and it would be nice to be able to boost to 5450MHz (default) when the PCIe slot is equipped, but without using PBO (that takes the CPU to 120W).
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Fast PPT is Turbo TDP.
Slow PPT Limit is Intel's PL1;
 
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Fast PPT is Turbo TDP.
Slow PPT Limit is Intel's PL1;
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Thanks, but this limits the Package Power to 45W :) Even if I set this to 100W, it still boosts to 5040.9MHz max. The boost clock seems to be fixed with the PowerLimit in Balanced Mode (which is greyed-out once a PCIe card is inserted). If I remove my OcuLink card, I can set the PowerLimit to Performance Mode and then it boosts to 5450MHz.
 
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Thanks, but this limits the Package Power to 45W :) Even if I set this to 100W, it still boosts to 5040.9MHz max. The boost clock seems to be fixed with the PowerLimit in Balanced Mode (which is greyed-out once a PCIe card is inserted). If I remove my OcuLink card, I can set the PowerLimit to Performance Mode and then it boosts to 5450MHz.
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highly suggest do not change max turbo speed.

  1. Advanced->AMD Overclocking-> Accept->Precision Boost Overdrive
  2. CPU Boost Clock Override: Enabled(Negative)
  3. Max CPU Boost Clock Override(-): 10
 
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I totally understand that if you install a single slot, low profile PCIe graphics card, it can't dissipate the heat that easily anymore as it takes up the whole slot, but with only a really small PCIe OcuLink card that isn't an issue (which I also see in the measurements). But by minimizing the default max boost clock due to only having access to the Silent and Balanced Mode PowerLimit profiles, you really hurt single core performance and that's a shame.

Ideally, if you go for longevity, I would suggest to keep the Performance Mode PowerLimit profile selectable in every situation and advise users to set the TjMax to 78 (as suggested by this excellent article: Minisforum MS-A2 9955HX temperature fix - ETCwiki). That way, you keep the temperates low (max 81c) and it only impacts performance by around 5%, 'cause it can still boost half of the cores to 5.4GHz.
 
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RafiThissen said:
I totally understand that if you install a single slot, low profile PCIe graphics card, it can't dissipate the heat that easily anymore as it takes up the whole slot, but with only a really small PCIe OcuLink card that isn't an issue (which I also see in the measurements). But by minimizing the default max boost clock due to only having access to the Silent and Balanced Mode PowerLimit profiles, you really hurt single core performance and that's a shame.

Ideally, if you go for longevity, I would suggest to keep the Performance Mode PowerLimit profile selectable in every situation and advise users to set the TjMax to 78 (as suggested by this excellent article: Minisforum MS-A2 9955HX temperature fix - ETCwiki). That way, you keep the temperates low (max 81c) and it only impacts performance by around 5%, 'cause it can still boost half of the cores to 5.4GHz.
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For BIOS. There is not way to dectect This GPU is inside box or outside BOX.
 
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For BIOS. There is not way to dectect This GPU is inside box or outside BOX.
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I know. And I also understand the balance. But in this case I still think you should give users the possibility to change the PowerLimit profile anyhow. You can, for example, also still change the other NVMe slots from PCIe 3.0 to 4.0, although you'll accept the risk that it generates more heat. The same should be the case for the PowerLimit profile (if you ask me). Add a disclaimer to it, but don't grey-out the option once a PCIe card is inserted.
 
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I good thing would be showing the current TjMax as well. Now it shows 0. If I change it to 78 and then I want to return to the default, setting to 0 like before would not work. TjMax would still be 78.
 
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hlab said:
I good thing would be showing the current TjMax as well. Now it shows 0. If I change it to 78 and then I want to return to the default, setting to 0 like before would not work. TjMax would still be 78.
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Weird. That works for me without issues.
 
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There were some weird issues before with bios settings not applying you could try to flash the bios again that seemed to fix the other issues.
 
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Done.

Code: 
# ./nvmupdate64e

Intel(R) Ethernet NVM Update Tool
NVMUpdate version 1.43.20.0
Copyright(C) 2013 - 2025 Intel Corporation.


WARNING: To avoid damage to your device, do not stop the update or reboot or power off the system during this update.
Inventory in progress. Please wait [***.......]


Num Description                          Ver.(hex)  DevId S:B    Status
=== ================================== ============ ===== ====== ==============
01) Intel(R) Ethernet Controller          N/A(N/A)   125C 00:004 Update not   
    I226-V                                                       available     
02) Intel(R) Ethernet Converged         9.84(9.54)   1572 00:005 Update       
    Network Adapter X710                                         available     

Options: Adapter Index List (comma-separated), [A]ll, e[X]it
Enter selection: 2
Would you like to back up the NVM images? [Y]es/[N]o: y
Update in progress. This operation may take several minutes.
[....******]


Num Description                          Ver.(hex)  DevId S:B    Status
=== ================================== ============ ===== ====== ==============
01) Intel(R) Ethernet Controller          N/A(N/A)   125C 00:004 Update not   
    I226-V                                                       available     
02) Intel(R) Ethernet Converged         9.85(9.55)   1572 00:005 Update       
    Network Adapter X710                                         successful   

A reboot is required to complete the update process.

Tool execution completed with the following status: All operations completed successfully.
Press any key to exit.

Code: 
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.0: MAC address: XX
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.0: FW LLDP is enabled
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.0 eth0: NIC Link is Up, 10 Gbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.0: PCI-Express: Speed 8.0GT/s Width x4
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.0: PCI-Express bandwidth available for this device may be insufficient for optimal performance.
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.0: Please move the device to a different PCI-e link with more lanes and/or higher transfer rate.
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.0: Features: PF-id[0] VFs: 64 VSIs: 66 QP: 32 RSS FD_ATR FD_SB NTUPLE DCB VxLAN Geneve PTP VEPA
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.1: fw 9.155.78849 api 1.15 nvm 9.55 0x8000fe27 1.3602.0 [8086:1572] [8086:0000]
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.1: MAC address: XX
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.1: FW LLDP is enabled
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.1 eth1: NIC Link is Up, 10 Gbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.1: PCI-Express: Speed 8.0GT/s Width x4
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.1: PCI-Express bandwidth available for this device may be insufficient for optimal performance.
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.1: Please move the device to a different PCI-e link with more lanes and/or higher transfer rate.
Aug 31 10:28:28 pve01 kernel: i40e 0000:05:00.1: Features: PF-id[1] VFs: 64 VSIs: 66 QP: 32 RSS FD_ATR FD_SB NTUPLE DCB VxLAN Geneve PTP VEPA
 
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hlab

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Weird. After updating the NIC, GPU Power and temperature increased a little.

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After rolling back the driver update
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