How to stop Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB from throttling during loads?
The loading times in this game are already long enough to put you to sleep, but having a top-tier drive like the Samsung 9100 PRO cut its speed in half mid-load is just insane. Because of the massive power draw of PCIe 5.0, the drive hit 82-85℃ during sustained reads, triggering the thermal protection and crashing the speed from 12000MB/s down to 3000MB/s. I tried enabling power-saving mode in the BIOS, but that was a disaster—it didn't lower temps and actually added 10 seconds to the load time. I ended up reinstalling the heatsink and adding a small 4cm fan blowing directly on the drive, while disabling PCIe Link Power Management. HWInfo now shows peak temps capped at 62-68℃, with speeds staying above 10000MB/s. I had some annoying vibration noise from the fan at first, but some silicone mounts fixed it. Idle temps are 40-45℃, and performance is finally fully unleashed.
