Vaio SVE1713 Series 30min shutdown after CPU upgrade

Special Topics Intel Management Engine
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I repaired an older Sony Vaio laptop for a friend and upraded ram(4->16gb)/cpu(Pentium2020->i7-3610qm).
After installing latest Windows 10 updates and then Windows 11 i realised the Laptop shuts down after roughly 30min.

Checking the BIOS i saw that with the original Pentium2020 it shows “ME-Version 8.1.0.1248” and with new i7 it shows “unknown”.

I think that some kind if “intel anti theft feature” is working here. Is there any way to disable this behavier? I would like to keep the CPU Upgrade.

What i read so far about Intel ME is honestly above my understanding. Nevertheless i downloaded the right Intel ME Version .bin and was able to unpack a Sony Bios Upgrade folder which has the correct BIOS file in it (R0170D6.bin) but won’t flash because it has the same BIOS version already installed.

Now i need to somehow inject the ME part into the R0170D6.bin (which has no ME part in it, checked with MEAnalyzer) and force the flash…

Any help highly appreciated, thanks!

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Which chipset?

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Seems there are versions with HM76, too?? But you’re right, sounds very much like HM70…

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HM70

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Hardware restriction, HM70 doesn’t work with core i* processors. Search for “HM70 30 minutes shutdown” and you find lots of information- in this forum, too.

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Thank you! Do you know the what cpu i can use max on that chipset? i5 or only i3?

edit: I will just swap the Pentium2020 back into the socket. Thanks a lot for the information!