How to fix power delivery crashes on Galax B360M-M.2?
Trying to run a next-gen engine on an old B360 board is basically asking for trouble. The VRMs on the Galax B360M-M.2 were hitting 105℃, causing the voltage to fluctuate so wildly that the system would just hard reboot every 15 minutes. I tried stuffing three 120mm fans into my case to blast the motherboard, but the temps only dropped by 5℃—the power delivery on this board is just that bad. I finally went into the BIOS and forced the PL1 and PL2 power limits to 65W and disabled all 'Enhanced Turbo' options. In OCCT, the VRM temps finally settled between 88-92℃, and I managed two hours of stress testing without a single error. My minimums dropped from 45 FPS to 38 FPS, but I'd rather have a slight dip in performance than a PC that restarts every ten minutes. CPU temps are now 75-82℃. I exported the BIOS profile so I don't have to set these conservative limits again.