Throttlestop no longer works because of "undervolt protection"

[AAKA]

I had a undervolt of 50mV set up on my laptop (Asus Rog Strix Scar 17 SE) in order to help with massive thermal throttling issues. However, it no longer works, and in the FIVR tab it now say "undervolt protection" and I cannot apply any undervolt. There are three things that I think might have caused this.

1) I updated my BIOS, and according to some other people on the internet, this can sometimes cause issues with undervolt settings.
2) I clicked "optimised defaults" in my BIOS. I went into BIOS to look for what settings I could change to help with overheating (I tried disabling hyper threading to see if it cooled down my laptop but it didn't). I also saw something recommending i turned off the visualisation (or something) option to fix the undervolt protection, but that didn't work.
3) I also fiddled with Intel XTU to see if that might help me, but I didn't really understand what was happening so I deleted it. After turning Throttlestop back on, I then noticed my undervolts were no longer turning on, but I don't know specifically what I did to change anything.

If anyone knows what the issue could be, I would appreciate it.

 

[unclewebb]

If there is no setting in your BIOS to disable Undervolt Protection then all you can do is install the previous BIOS version. This might not be possible. You cannot undervolt when the BIOS has enabled Intel Undervolt Protection.

I updated my BIOS

For most laptops, updating the BIOS is usually a mistake.

 

[AAKA]

If there is no setting in your BIOS to disable Undervolt Protection then all you can do is install the previous BIOS version. This might not be possible. You cannot undervolt when the BIOS has enabled Intel Undervolt Protection.


For most laptops, updating the BIOS is usually a mistake.

Interestingly, there IS a setting to enable undervolts in the BIOS, but this doesn't seem to do anything. Moreover, I can undervolt directly in the BIOS, but I would rather use throttlestop if possible, as I would rather avoid any crashes from the BIOS, as I am not familiar with the methods to reset it.

 

[unclewebb]

Intel prefers that you only undervolt when in the BIOS. The purpose of Undervolt Protection is to prevent any undervolting after you boot up into Windows. This eliminates any Plundervolt security issues.

If you want to undervolt while in Windows then you need to install a BIOS version that allows you to do that.

 

[AAKA]

Intel prefers that you only undervolt when in the BIOS. The purpose of Undervolt Protection is to prevent any undervolting after you boot up into Windows. This eliminates any Plundervolt security issues.

If you want to undervolt while in Windows then you need to install a BIOS version that allows you to do that.

Ah I see. Thanks for you help