intel-undervolt VS isw

10th gen is locked by "Overclocking lock" And "Cfg lock" in bios, you can disable it thru ifr and use any software to undervolt your cpu (throttlestop on windows, linux has its own software (this, probably)). This is a lot safer than just putting voltages in bios as you can guess.

On Windows machines and laptops with Intel cpus, I almost always use Throttlestop to tweak power consumption and thus temperatures. I'd like to do so on this machine as well. I've found this: https://github.com/kitsunyan/intel-undervolt

intel-undervolt - though I may not be using this optimally. CPU: -75, GPU: -50, CPU-Cache: -75

You can use intel-undervolt to modify the voltage, TDP.

I will try your suggestion about limiting power package. I've been using this 3rd party intel-undervolt software, which I'm not sure if it supports granular changes to wattage, but it seems like there is some energy/performance settings there.

I personally use intel-undervolt and auto-cpufreq.

You can also undervolt though software on Linux based OS's. For intel there's these: https://github.com/georgewhewell/undervolt (this one looks more popular) https://github.com/kitsunyan/intel-undervolt (this is the one I use, no particular reason)

intel-undervolt also works fine for Intel laptops (I've used this successfully with my 11th gen H laptop).

[https://github.com/yoypa/isw

or ISW

I use isw to control GPU and CPU fans

On Linux, there is isw. Using this tool, I can manually disable this fan by writing the value of 0 to the memory address which represents GPU fan level 1. There is also GPU fan level 0 which already contains the value 0 but this seems to be ignored (for CPU, level 0 plays a role on the other hand). Moreover, the address which is supposed to show the GPU temperature just displays 255 (which would imply meltdown). Maybe there is some confusion, because the device doesn't have a dedicated GPU (just Intel Iris Xe).

You need this. ISW

You must have enabled battery conservation mode in msi dragon center before switching to windows. In order to fix this you have to modify the ec. Use isw tool to alter the ec config and control the fan/battery level. If nothing works then switch back to windows and disable battery conservation then install linux.

disable thermald, relying on my fan profiles (https://github.com/YoyPa/isw for MSI laptops) and tweaking my tlp config. if that fails i will use the default config and try auto-cpufreq to limit my max clock speeds

Fast-forward about a week, and I'm trying to set up my fan curves on a refreshed Arch Linux install, when I notice something that doesn't quite look right. Dumping the EC with isw shows the EC firmware as 16P5EMS1 - in other words, the embedded controller firmware for a GP63 board, which shouldn't match any 9th-gen models. It's not like it's a leftover bit of cached data from the old board, either; it's what shows up in the UEFI menu, even after flashing a newer BIOS containing the 'proper' EC firmware. Given the apparent mismatch, it doesn't seem like the firmware listed on MSI's page for the GE75 would pass the pre-flash checks, and it'd be a dumb idea to try and force it.