Framework 16 CPU Performance against older machine

[jared_kidd]

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Heat problems

I am having my laptop basically be hot at all times if I have something like steam/discord open. Is there a way to adjust the cooling system to be more effective or limit power usage to minimize the thermals? Here is an image which shows what I am talking about: [Screenshot_20241110_174936] I don’t know why but the chassis around the middle bottom part of the laptop gets really hot to the touch and the palm rest gets really warm. It is okay if I only do light workloads but it definitely does …

Uneven CPU thermals!

I was benchmarking my CPU with different software and I had HWinfo open and noticed that each core has a substantial temperature difference. It used to not be like this and I’ve never pulled the heat pipes off the motherboard. I have the Ryzen 7 7840HS motherboard model if it helps anyone. The second smaller screenshot shows the temps during the benchmark. (just to clarify any thoughts that this related to the ants in my previous post no the ants didn’t touch my motherboard at all I looked Th…