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Dang, isn't there really any way to do this by software? When I update the BIOS with the official Lenovo BIOS, it runs the InsydeFlash utility and then it reboots and flashes the BIOS. Can't I use InsydeFlash?

Hello everyone, I've been following this thread for quite a while now as I have a Lenovo Ideapad 710s Plus with a 940MX and have seen many people on this forum and on the Lenovo support forum having the same exact issue. Here's the problem. The GPU is thermally limited at 61C at which point it heavily throttles from 954MHz to a stable 405MHz (the CPU throttles at 61C too but that's a separate issue). Now, I understand why Lenovo might want this to happen, it's a small, thin, 13" laptop and they don't want it to get too hot so it's more comfortable and it doesn't burn you when you hold your arms on the armrests. But, they put a 940MX in it and some want to play some games on it without their GPU throttling at under 50% of its normal speed. I've done some research and, as far as I understand (and please correct me if I'm wrong), this thermal limitation is configured somewhere in the vBIOS, which is stored on an EEPROM on the GPU (in case of MXM GPUs) or on an EEPROM on the motherboard, together with the main BIOS, on laptops with a soldered GPU. Obviously, my 940MX is soldered so I can't use GPUz or nvflash to dump the vBIOS because it's not on the GPU, so I used Flash Programming Tool to dump the main BIOS, split it into the component files using phoenixtool and then located the vBIOS file. Now, the confusing part. I opened the vBIOS with the Maxwell II Bios Tweaker and the 'Temp Target' field is set at 90 while Nvidia Inspector says the 'Prioritize Temperature' option is at 61. Nvidia Inspector screenshot: Maxwell II Bios Tweaker screenshot: So here are my questions: 1. Why does Maxwell II Bios Tweaker say the 'Temp Target' is 90 while Nvidia Inspector says it's 61 and how do I unlock this limit? 2. After unlocking the limit, how do I combine all the files that phoenixtool created back into the main BIOS? 3. How do I safely flash the BIOS back? @Klem , I see you're the MVP around here, can you give me some tips or help me out?