Quote Originally Posted by FUGGER View Post
Right now there is no option to disable it in bios, it might be the same as cutting the THERMTRIP trace.
That has been tried before on the Wolfdale and failed to remove the coldbug. Afaik, the Thermtrip trace is only the consequence of thermal issues, so even if you'd cut the trace, the issues would already have occured and therefor cutting it has no effect on the coldbug. Hipro already has made some sort of coldbug remover and he did say it hasn't got anything to do with the Thermtrip.

My bet would be on the Prochot trace. As it's possible to change this trace from uni-directional to bi-directional, you can change it from being solely an output to being both output and input. Now, the Prochot trace is connected to the TCC, Thermal Control Circuit, which is designed to protect the processor from any damage in case of thermal issues. If the processor has thermal issues, the TCC can either:

-Alter the Frequency or voltage of the processor in order to get the cpu within safe temperature range
-Turn on Clock Modulation, which apparently is rapidly turning the clocks off and on at a duty cycle which should reduce power dissipation by about 50%.

Normally, the when the TCC is enabled, the Prochot signal is turned on, which indicates that the TCC limits have been crossed. Normally, this is an output, however, if you change it to an input signal, you make it possible to influence the TCC, telling it there's no temperature problem. If you then force Prochot to be disabled at all times, the TCC won't kick in as it's informed by Prochot.

This is not a fact, people, just a theory. I might be off by miles!