CPU Overheat Protection (RIVF)

[johnmaikeru]

I can't seem to find any sort of setting for the CPU temperature warning/danger threshold. It seems to have been completely omitted- I'm not sure if this was the case on older versions of the BIOS (I'm on 2105)- but it doesn't seem to exist. Totally loving this board by the way, except for this little detail. I think it's absolutely essential to have overheat protection as I'm water-cooled and I don't want my system to fry if the pump fails.

[SUKARA]

Please into the bios manual and to check or setting this option
Advancend-->CPU Configuration-->Intel Adaptive thermal monitor-->Enabled

[johnmaikeru]

Hi- as far as I know that setting merely throttles the processor in the event of excessive heat. I want to manually set a temperature in the BIOS where the system will power off immediately. Most BIOSes have an option for "CPU Warning Temperature" or something like that. That option is clearly missing from the RIVF BIOS.

[RonanC]

hi m8,

I use realtemp for cpu management,

In the event that my wc pump fails and the cpu hits the limit i set, 80c (you can set more or less) I set a batch file to run and shuts down the pc..

[R4E3960X]

SUKARA@ASUS wrote:
Please into the bios manual and to check or setting this option
Advancend-->CPU Configuration-->Intel Adaptive thermal monitor-->Enabled

Check these and adjust your vCore lower. Let's manual setting your system will rock like me. Cool. :cool:

[johnmaikeru]

R4E3960X wrote:
Check these and adjust your vCore lower. Let's manual setting your system will rock like me. Cool. :cool:

You make me want to stab myself in the face. What on EARTH are you on about?

I'm running 4.5ghz at 1.25 vcore. Yeah, that's Prime stable. I'm requesting a stupidly simple BIOS function that really should be present on a top-of-the-line board such as this.

[Nodens]

It will shutdown on its own if Tjmax is reached. Tjunction is the threshold set by Intel for this exact function to protect the CPU. Shutdown before reaching Tjmax is not needed. If you fear prolonged high temperatures lower than Tjmax causing degradation you should monitor core temperatures at any point (you should not rely on the UEFI) and RonanC's solution is very good! I personally prefer an alert rather than a hard shutdown for such cases because I may lose unsaved work if the system gets at 81C for 2 seconds because it's summer and I switched off the airconditioning for a bit. If you get my drift.

[HalloweenWeed]

Nodens is correct. The processor has intrinsic overheat protection, it is not an Asus feature. However, in most procs Intel gave us the option to shut it off in the BIOS - I am highly opposed to doing this, it's like a policeman in a gunfight taking off his bulletproof vest. Intel gave no option to change the temperature. And the CPU only downclocks (the multi) to reduce the heat generation, meaning it just slows down for a while. You can see this in CPU-Z (if you push it too far). However, it has been my experience that the Vreg downclocks the CPU way before the CPU reaches TJmax - with six-core CPUs. You can see this as dropping Gflops over about 10-15 mins time in LinX - less time if you push it too far like >5GHz - without a Vreg water block.

Now you could probably find or make a Windows utility that shut down the computer when a CPU core hits a certain temp, but I'd assume you intend to run it during OC tests, meaning your computer is likely to lock-up during testing, and on such lock-ups the software would fail to shut your computer down, making it useless to you.

[johnmaikeru]

Thanks for the replies, guys.

I am aware of the built-in functions (as denoted by SUKARA in an earlier post), but as you can see, I'm talking about something else entirely.

That's exactly right (about a crash)- if the system BSODs or restarts itself- a software solution will be rendered useless. It's not very important to have this during the time I am actively benching or stress testing as I am usually at the computer and can monitor the temps. This is more for when I'm out of the house, as I occasionally leave my PC on when downloading. That's the reason I would rather a BIOS safeguard as a BSOD given higher temperatures (approaching Tjmax) is reasonably likely. I don't see it as an unreasonable request, as there are settings in place for other temperatures (PCH, etc.) There is a huge margin between what my temps will ever get to even during stress testing and "abnormal" temps due to pump failure (we're talking 20-25c).

Allowing core temps to near Tjmax at any given time will greatly increase the chances of damaging your chip. I may have to use an OPT sensor to accomplish this- but I would like to request that such a feature be added to a later BIOS revision perhaps?

[Nodens]

UEFI can not read core temps directly. It reads package sensor which is useless in your case (that is what I meant by you shouldn't rely on the UEFI anyway). The reading would not be accurate anyhow. What is wrong with the solution RonanC suggested?

EDIT: Example of a shutdown batch file. You can add -t # where # is the number in seconds prior to shutdown.

@echo off
shutdown -s