Quote Originally Posted by Christopher View Post
Yes, I did it right
I verified that it was idling at the max non turbo multi, and performance power profile was set (with the change that drive sleeps: never)

I'll reboot and try again (for some reason, after I flashed back to the 2040 UEFI, the spash screen lasts for about 2/10s of a second.... I actually have to use a jumper to get into the UEFI now... seriously, power on to desktop is like 8 seconds now). Now the UEFI has been changed back to power savings (Cstates/eist/turbo/etc.) but the power plan is still high performance, but the CPU speed changes from 2.49mhz to 3.29mhz frequently (with a default 99.8 base clock, can't adjust it with anything other that whole increments, not tenths like many boards).
The speed change you described is the variation you see to the default speed in Mhz? or it is the real speed switching from 2.49Ghz to 3.29Ghz. If it is the last one, then EIST is still enabled. Another thing to concern... most PSUs from today are focusing on 12V line. I guess SSDs are usually taking power from 5V line, as it is closer to their needs. It might be the difference between SSDs as others might use 12V instead of 5V one.