# \[IN-TICKET\] Anyone else had their CPU throttle down to 400MHz for \*days\*? **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Created:** [February 13, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/in-ticket-anyone-else-had-their-cpu-throttle-down-to-400mhz-for-days/27200 "2023-02-13T17:15:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zoe\_Firi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/zoe_firi/32/13796_2.png) [@Zoe\_Firi](https://community.frame.work/u/Zoe_Firi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/in-ticket-anyone-else-had-their-cpu-throttle-down-to-400mhz-for-days/27200/1 "2023-02-13T17:15:29Z")
Hi, I’m running a 1260p 12th gen with linux 6.1.11 Arch. I’ve been having a weird issue where sometimes my CPU throttles down to 400MHz (as reported by cpupower frequency-info), this usually triggers around 80-90C (although persists well under that to 30-40C temps) and lasts anywhere from 1-30 minutes, although sometimes _usually while doing something iGPU intensive_ like when I was playing Deeprock last night it will throttle down to 400MHz for hours or even days and there’s just nothing I can do to fix it. This persists into the bootloader too, when I load into rEFInd it draws its UI so slowly I can see scanlines it’s deranged lol. I’ve tried fixing this by: - disabling BD\_PROCHOT, (which I can’t btw), if I wrmsr an even value (a value with the last bit being 0 which would disable BD\_PROCHOT) it will instead set it to that value +1 making it impossible to disable (example: if I try to set 0x0 it sets 0x1 instead, the default value is 0xe4005b but if I try setting 0xe4005a it just sets 0xe4005b.) - installing throttled and thermald (seperately of course- I have also tried using a dptfxtract generated config with thermald to no avail) - changing to the “performance” CPU governor - manually setting the CPU frequency using cpupower (which just doesn’t seem to do anything) - Using other distros (namely Endeavour, Fedora, and Void) - rebooting - bios reset none of these have worked. I have a 22 message email thread with Framework support and I’m starting to get really upset because it kinda feels like they’re beating around the bush. Has _anyone_ else had this issue? (and fixed it??) Is my hardware defected? Am I gonna have to get a replacement? I’m kinda worried that if my hardware is defected FW support is gonna decide I’m not eligible for a replacement ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Hartley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/matt_hartley/32/13623_2.png) [@Matt\_Hartley](https://community.frame.work/u/Matt_Hartley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/in-ticket-anyone-else-had-their-cpu-throttle-down-to-400mhz-for-days/27200/2 "2023-02-13T17:59:43Z")
> [@Zoe\_Firi](#): > > none of these have worked. > I have a 22 message email thread with Framework support and I’m starting to get really upset because it kinda feels like they’re beating around the bush. Has _anyone_ else had this issue? (and fixed it??) We’re simply waiting for you to clearly confirm something on the ticket. I was off Friday, then the weekend, today’s Monday morning PST. I will be happy to get this resolved for you once you’ve confirmed the question I asked. Updated: This has been moved to the appropriate department in ticket. Closing this to prevent any confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Hartley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/matt_hartley/32/13623_2.png) [@Matt\_Hartley](https://community.frame.work/u/Matt_Hartley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/in-ticket-anyone-else-had-their-cpu-throttle-down-to-400mhz-for-days/27200/3 "2023-02-13T18:44:21Z")