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Chapter 1: Product introduction

Chapter 1

10. Slow Mode Switch (SLOW_MODE)

Slow Mode Switch is employed during LN2 benching. Some processors have a small

optimum temperature range to run at their highest frequency. Temperatures that fall

outside this band may yield instability. For example, a processor may need to operate

at -80°C under load and only 75°C when idle to maintain stability at 5.8GHz.

At lower frequencies, the CPU’s temperature tolerance increases. It will however

remain stable at lower frequencies at much colder or warmer temperatures. Once

it comes out of a heavy load while transitioning over to a light load, when the

temperature does not warm fast enough, it may crash. To overcome this, simply ip the

switch over to decrease the processor frequency. Switching over to Slow-Mode during

critical moments when Temperature/Max Frequency alignment is off-sync can prevent

a lot of crashes, even when trying to boot into the OS at cold temperatures.

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