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March 12th, 2020 08:00

G3 15 3590 locked CPU voltages and broken power limit behavior

Yesterday bought a G3 15 3590 with I7-9750H and 1660ti. Got installed an Intel XTU and undervolted CPU by -130 mV. Everything worked just fine without any throttling until today. But today when I powered up my laptop and launched XTU, voltage adjustment slider turned gray and PL1 started to behave insane turning Package power down to 8-10W. Tried to reinstall every single driver except BIOS update but it didin't help me. I'm so sad that my brand new gaming laptop turned into potato in two days

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March 12th, 2020 11:00

Welcome to the Dell Community  @spaceshooter 

I have tried installing Intel XTU on systems with CPU's that are not listed as Compatible/Valid.

After 3 or 4 that did not work I just gave up???

If you look at the list your CPU is not listed!!!

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24075/Intel-Extreme-Tuning-Utility-Intel-XTU

Do you know of anyone that has been able to unlock this CPU???

Best regards,

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March 13th, 2020 13:00

Hey there.

 

I had the same problem and what fixed it for me was following these steps :

 

- Downloading BIOS 1.8.0 from dell suport and installing it.

- Going to BIOS config ( by pressing f12 or fn+f12 during boot sequence and going to bios setup) and doing a "Reset configuration" down below in the settings, i chose factory settings.

 

Hope this helps.

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