B760 Gaming Plus Wifi. After BIOS Update CPU temps went up 10-15 degrees.

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Hello,

I recently got the 7D98vHD BIOS update, released April 9th, for my B760 Gaming Plus Wifi motherboard. After the update, my 13700KF is running much hotter, about 10-15 degrees hotter.

I know with these motherboards I can't undervolt the CPU, but I did tweak the CPU lite load (which I did on the previous BIOS update as well), but I'm still seeing 65 degrees while playing league of legends.
I know that's a 'safe' temperature for the chip, however, it used to be in the high 40s and 50s while gaming, so I know other, more intensive games are going to be much higher now.... Not only that, my VCore has also went up. I used to have it sitting well below 1.4, now it's getting up to 1.4+++ again.... And I know that's not good for these chips long term at high temps.

Has anyone else experienced this with the latest 7D98vHD BIOS update released this month (April 9th)????
Given the issues with these chips, I'd like to get my temps and vcore back down. If they'd unlock these boards to allow undervolting of the CPU, that would also help.

Thanks in advance for any help.
 
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When you're in BIOS, do you notice vcore difference? Also, did you configure your fan settings before? Did you re-apply them?
Lastly, if you revert back to the previous BIOS, would the temperature drop back again?
But all in all, it doesn't appear to be a serious issue since you mention everything is within the same range.
Rather i'm just curious about what's causing the slight higher temperature.
 
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plutomate said:
When you're in BIOS, do you notice vcore difference? Also, did you configure your fan settings before? Did you re-apply them?
Lastly, if you revert back to the previous BIOS, would the temperature drop back again?
But all in all, it doesn't appear to be a serious issue since you mention everything is within the same range.
Rather i'm just curious about what's causing the slight higher temperature.
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I actually never recorded the Vcore in my BIOS before, only with HWinfo.
Yes, I am using the same fan settings, double checked that.
I haven't reverted back yet, I was going to tweak some more settings to see what would happen.

Do you know if the new BIOS/microcode update made a more aggressive voltage/power curve? I'm only wondering because I just set my CPU lite load to 5 (default was 12), and I'm about to run a stability test... I find this interesting because on the previous BIOS update it was NOT stable at 5, I had to run it 9, or I'd get bad stuttering in games.. But so far this seems fine. It's late now though, so I'm going to do a 30 minute stability test tomorrow, and then play some games on this lite load setting to see if it's stable on lite load 5... Would be very interesting if it was.
 
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I've seen ppl talking about vcore increasing when going in and out the BIOS but that was a bug and later fixed by BIOS update.
I would definitely recommend you to check BIOS vcore which is a good indication of whether the vcore indeed changes.
In OS, a lot of things can cause vcore up and down and would be rather pointless to discuss the max vocre which sometimes can hardly have any impact in real life.
 
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plutomate said:
I've seen ppl talking about vcore increasing when going in and out the BIOS but that was a bug and later fixed by BIOS update.
I would definitely recommend you to check BIOS vcore which is a good indication of whether the vcore indeed changes.
In OS, a lot of things can cause vcore up and down and would be rather pointless to discuss the max vocre which sometimes can hardly have any impact in real life.
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That's fair, I'm not worried about the maximum vcore if we're talking about the temporary spikes.
I'm talking, my CPU will sit with an operating Vcore over 1.4V after this update, for extended periods of time (gaming, streaming a movie), not just a spike. Whereas before I had it sitting around 1.35
 
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With few words: It will flash the BIOS by a different way (full update) along with additional FW update based on tool's detections.
 
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Svet said:
With few words: It will flash the BIOS by a different way (full update) along with additional FW update based on tool's detections.
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Fixed the fans (finally).
Temps seem about the same (hotter than previous bios update). Might have to try and install the previous update and see what happens... I'm wondering if there was a setting somewhere I tweaked that has reset.. But I really have no idea. There's not much you can do on these boards to "undervolt" the cpu, aside from adjust the CPU lite load, which I've done. So I'm just kind of confused now.
 
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tommy2k0 said:
Might have to try and install the previous update and see what happens...
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Yep that also can be option to try for test purpose
to compare voltage displayed in BIOS Setup for the CPU with either BIOS versions.

tommy2k0 said:
. I'm wondering if there was a setting somewhere I tweaked that has reset..
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fan settings, power settings, voltage settings, this include CPU lite load ofc.

tommy2k0 said:
I'm wondering if there was a setting somewhere I tweaked that has reset.. But I really have no idea. There's not much you can do on these boards to "undervolt" the cpu, aside from adjust the CPU lite load, which I've done. So I'm just kind of confused now.
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About CPU temp: It could be temp sensor correction too, to be fixed with later version for more accurate temp reading.

P.S: You can also try newer uCode 136 I prepared:
Microcode for Intel Raptor Lake 0x136
to apply it on the fly without BIOS flashing
 
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