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Bios Tweaks to significantly lower temperatures for my i9-14900K in this board Inside my Windows 11 Gaming VM (Steam Big Box), when launching games such as the Seventh Guest: 1 - all CPU threads would peak to 100% usage for a short period, the CPU would sit around max out around 125W (but mostly is around 70W), and the CPU Temperature would quickly spike to 100*C. It then slowly drops down to 50*C. 2 – during this time, games would stall/stutter, and the motherboard temp would climb to as high as 70*C. With the changes below, the usage still spikes while launching games, but 1 - the CPU maxes out around 107W (but mostly is around 56W) and the CPU Temperature doesn’t get higher than 56*c. It then QUICKLY Drops down to 40*C. 2 – games are smooth, the motherboard temp doesn’t get above 38*C. With no games running in the VM, the CPU now sits around 35*C (it used to sit around 45*C). Overall gaming is now much better. My children have commented on how everything is playing smoothly now. Ai Tweaker · Performance Preference: Intel Default Settings [No Change] · Intel Default Settings: Performance [No Change] · Intel Adaptive Boost Technology: Disabled [Was Auto] · Performance Core Ratio: Sync All Cores [Was Auto] o All-Core Ratio Limit: 45 [Was Auto] - This should limit the max speed to 4.5Ghz, before it was 5.6Ghz · Efficient Core Ratio: Sync All Cores [Was Auto] o All-Core Ratio Limit: 38 [Was Auto] - This should limit the max speed to 3.8Ghz, before it was 4.4Ghz

Howdy folks, When I run [dmesg | grep microcode] I see the following returned: [ 0.904938] microcode: Current revision: 0x00000133 [ 0.904943] microcode: Updated early from: 0x0000012b Does this meain that the Motherboard/CPU has microcode 0x0000012b installed, but that the Linux kernel patched it to use 0x00000133? *** *** I just replaced my i9-14900K, purchsed 2024.10.12, as it was affected by the Vmin shift issue. On the origianal CPU, I updated the BIOS in the Winter of 2024 to 4001 which included Microcode 0x12B, however the damage occured due to low activity use over mutliple days and the degregation starting before May 2025's 0x12F. Since the machine is stable, I would rather not update the BIOS & microcode if 0x133 is sucessfully being used. However if my understanding is flawed then I need to updated this Motherboard & CPU asap. Thank you.

Thanks @JorgeB and @Lolight Looking at the ASUS Pro WS W680-ACE IPMI manual, I see that a SPI TPM header exists to add a dedicated module. Looking at the ASUS Pro WS W680-ACE IPMI BIOS manual, I see that the PCH-FW allows FIRMWARE TPM to be configured or reset. It appears that my motherboard has the ability to add a dedicated TPM module, and that I do not want to use fTPM. Now I have to decide if adding a dedicated TPM module is worth it over flash-based authentication.

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Will NUT shutdown docker containers and VMs as part of the regular shutdown? If not, is NUT Actions required? [deleted]

7.3.0 TPM-based licensing and flash booting questions 1 – If I go to tools/wizards/onboarding can I switch from flash-based authentication to TPM? GUI Main/boot/flash shows TPM licensing is available, followed by a GUID 2 – Will I be able to continue booting from my existing Flash drive after I switch from flash-based authentication to TPM? 3 – When I want to update my Flash drive to a new drive, do I run the Unraid installer on the new flash drive then copy the contents of my old flash onto my new flash drive? Does anything else need to be done? I plan on swapping out my Sandisk Cruzer Blade 32GB for a new Swissbit U500-K SLC 8GB. 4 – So long as I do not change my motherboard (ASUS Pro WS W680-ACE IPMI), will updating the bios or swapping out the other hardware (CPU, GPUs, Hard Drives, etc) trigger the need for a fresh TPM authentication? Thank you!

7.2.6 and earlier Windows 11 VMs worked fine Updated to 7.3.0 and the screen shows black however sound can be heard – even the VM boot screen which typically displays an ‘Unraid bios’ splash screen was black After my first VM boot, I remoted into the desktop (using RustDesk) and updated the Nvidia driver for the 5060 Ti (1:00.0 & 1:00.1) – this allowed display passthrough to work just fine at this point in time. After rebooting the VM it is back to displaying a black screen while sound works fine. Under System/Display/Advanced Display I can see my LG TV connected to the 5060 Ti. Rebooting the entire Unraid server, and each time the VM is launched for the first time, it will display a non-black screen only AFTER DDU and re-installing the NVIDIA driver. lspci – knn (kernel driver in use vfio-pci, looks fine) Tools/system devices has 5070 Ti isolated to IOMMU group 17 and bound w/ green circles Updating the machine from i440fx-9.1 to 10.2 had no effect WHAT FINALLY SOLVED THE ISSUE: Changed GPU Multifunction from N to Y Hopefully this helps someone

Thank you @JorgeB Questions: Does this plugin send a shutdown signal to my VMs and DOCKERs too? If not, do I need to install ‘NUT Actions’ by ‘ich777’? The following appears to have stopped the runaway logging: I disable the built-in UPS service (apcupsd) in Unraid by: · Settings tab · UPS Settings (under User Preferences). · Change Start APC UPS daemon to No · Click Apply. I added the ‘Network UPS Tools (NUT) for Unraid’ by ‘desertwitch’ · Apps Tab · Network UPS tools (install) · Settings Tab · NUT Settings · Change Start Network UPS Tools Services to YES · Change Shutdown Mode to Battery Level · Change Battery Level to initiate shutdown to 20 · Change Battery Replacement Notification to YES · Change UserName: private · Change Password: private · Click Apply I then shutdown, then powered on Unraid.

Upgraded from 7.2.6 [which does not have runaway logging]tower-diagnostics-20260514-1148.zip LOG is now getting flooded with: hid-generic 0003:051D:0003.0001: Event data for report 18 was too short (4 vs 2) It is adding this entry 9-10 times every minute under Tools/System Devices I see: Bus 001 Device 002 Port 1-11 ID 051d:0003 American Power Conversion UPS Diagnostics attached Any suggestions to suppress this? Any suggestions to correct this? Thank you!

Upgraded from last Stable / LOG is now getting flooded with the same message detailed here: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/198830-help-730-causing-runaway-logging/

You may copy the info. I'm just hoping to make finding stable usb drives easier for folks.

Hopefully it helps. I used Flash Drive Information Extractor 9.4.0.645 ChipGenius Provides a Flash ID code: 983C95937A51 - Toshiba - 2CE/Single Channel [MLC] -> Total Capacity = 64GB HWiNFO is not being passed S.M.A.R.T data. I failed to find the S.M.A.R.T readout tool(set) on the innodisk site. It appears that myinnodisk access is granted to distributors & partners.

ITEM: Innodisk USB Drive 3ME (Pre-Flashed for LYTX DriveCam DVR-S70) STORE: Ebay 326046070546 WHEN: 2026.04 PRICE: $3.99 Package date markings: N/A - Arrived in Loose Package S/N markings: N/A - Arrived in Loose NOTES: 1 - Drive presented a GUID, and Unraid USB Creator successfully installed 2 - Had to be formatted before the flash drive was accessible 3 - the Controller is 2013-era designed for 2x/2y/1x nm MLC and TLC flash Flash Drive Information Extractor 9.4.0.645: Manufacturer: Innodisk Product: USB Drive 3ME Controller: Silicon Motion SM3261 AB Possible Memory Chip(s): Not available Memory Type: Not available VID: 196D PID: 0201 Physical Disk Capacity: 64927825920 Bytes USB Version: 3.00 Declared Power: 504 mA ChipGenius: Flash ID code: 983C95937A51 - Toshiba - 2CE/Single Channel [MLC] -> Total Capacity = 64GB Documentation: Memory Type: MLC Operating Temperature Range: -40 °C to 85 °C Max Power: 0.7W

ITEM: Swissbit Industrial U-500K SLC 8GB (SFU3008GE1AE1TO-I-DB-1A1-STD) STORE: DigiKey WHEN: 2026.03 PRICE: $388 Package date markings: N/A - Arrived in Loose Package S/N markings: N/A - Arrived in Loose NOTES: Drive presented a GUID, and Unraid USB Creator successfully installed Manufacturer: Swissbit Product: USB Flash Key Controller: Unknown Possible Memory Chip(s): Not available Memory Type: Not available VID: 1370 PID: 0501 Physical Disk Capacity: 8019509248 Bytes USB Version: 3.10 Declared Power: 296 mA Max Power: N/A Documentation: Memory Type: Single-Level Cell (SLC) NAND Flash Operating Temperature Range: Commercial: 0 °C to 70 °C Industrial: -40 °C to 85 °C

I first bought a replacement cpu then 4 replacement ram sticks also thinking it was one of those before thinking the mobo might be bad. Yes, the boot time is very slow with the cruzer. Strangely the bz checksum takes 3-5 minutes.