Precision m6800. asking for help in removing buggy throttle

my i7 4800mq power throttles to well below what it can actually handle, even when on AC power. i am always on AC power, so this is a huge problem. I want my computer to obey my OS when it comes to cpu frequencies and things. Dell’s buggy bios is in the way.

i am on BIOS A25 and i have extracted the IFR tables. it will not allow me to post .txt files here, so here is a link to the Level1techs forum which documents my struggles with this so far. the linked post contains a download of my ifr tables.

i am now at the limit of my comprehension, i have looked through the ifr.txt but its not obvious to me how i can actually use the information to achieve my desired result.

"however many of the links are dead or the tools linked dont work (for bios A25). i also do not have access to Windows on this machine. using BIOS A16 is not an option for me. i am on A25, any other BIOS version make my system unbootable.

any AMI bios wizards able to help me out here?"

That article looks ok, but maybe the ME FW image on latest bios requires more recent tools that you can get here:
Intel (Converged Security) Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware and Tools (2-15) - Special Topics / Intel Management Engine - Win-Raid Forum

ME Analyzer: Intel Engine Firmware Analysis Tool Discussion - Special Topics / Intel Management Engine - Win-Raid Forum

[Guide] Unlock Intel Flash Descriptor Read/Write Access Permissions for SPI Servicing - Special Topics / Intel Management Engine - Win-Raid Forum

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my ME is disabled. laptop shipped like that, even confirmed by a little sticker underneath the battery. i suspect is why the fn+shift 15324 and fn+c trick doesnt work.

That should be initially referred…
No dump/flash with ME tools then only working with an SPI IC programmer, regular flash methods will be OEM/AMI blocked, using mod files.
Good luck.

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Sweet! So there IS a way to make my laptop do as i command… how do i do that?
Ive never manually burned a chip before. Nor created a bios mod file.
My soldering ability is non-existant.
Or is there a way to re-enable my ME and then re-disable it after ive fixed the behavior?