CPU Overheating in Windows 11

I have a B450 mobo, had a Ryzen 5 2600 and now a Ryzen 5 5600x (both overheated). 32gb ddr4 ram, GTX 1660TI

I don't over clock so everything is at stock value. With Windows 10 my CPU never ever came close to overheating, but now after upgrading -playing a simple game with low system requirements my CPU has topped 100 degrees and the fan is working like crazy to try keep up.

Microsoft this is a serious problem... please fix it. I've been searching the internet for answers and there is an overwhelming amount of people with this same issue.

It's happening to me too. It didn't happen before when I first had installed windows 11 but it suddenly started happening im not sure what it is unfortunately so I'm stuck on high temps until I restart my pc and it goes to normal which is not normal

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In February 2022, I filed a bug to Microsoft with my findings. However, I never got any reply from them. Since then, I was not updating any Windows 11 updates. So today, I restored my Windows 11 backup (I use Acronis) of February 2022 and updated my Windows 11 to the latest to check whether Microsoft has fixed it. It looks like they did. I am not getting any CPU overheating issues due to Windows updates. In the idle state, temp ranges from 41C-45C.

Also, unlike earlier, Windows 11 is not suggesting or installing the previous problematic updates anymore. (ie. KB5010414, KB5010474, KB5010386)

KB5010414 was not a preview update before, however now it's been marked as a preview update on the Microsoft site after they realized the issue. Refer to the screenshots below. So I believe this was the reason for CPU Temp (not sure though)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/topic/february-15-2022-kb5010414-os-build-22000-527-preview-73e259d0-45ca-45ef-960f-426035104e73

Before

Now

Windows Update State

Idle State

However, Now there is something else causing the CPU to overheat. It's the "Realtek HD Audio Universal Service." The CPU temperature reaches 84C to 87C while this service runs in the background. To fix this for the time being 

either 

1. Kill it from the task manager.
2. Disable the service from the startup  I hope this helps.

(Note: My motherboard uses a Realtek ALC4080 codec. It could be a driver-specific error for this codec as well.)

High temp while Realtek HD Audio Universal Service running

System Config

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Ryzen 5900X

MSI X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI (Running on 7D54v12 BIOS)

MSI RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G

Be Quite DARK ROCK PRO 4

32GB G SKILL Trident Neo (3600 CL16)

Samsung 980 Pro 1TB

Lian Li Lancool II Case

Windows 11 Pro 21H2 (22000.613) Updated Till 15-04-2022

I found a fix that works for my case (PC desktop). Even if you're on a laptop, I'd give it a try as it's easy to revert the changes.

I tried turning off the Virtualization settings in BIOS as mentioned somewhere earlier in this thread but that only exacerbated the problem so I went back to turn them on again.

What solved it for me, and I can reliably reproduce this, is dialing down on the Processor power management in Power Options.

Go to Control Panel (or type in Power Plan in Windows search bar) Hardware and Sound > Power Options > click on "Change plan settings" for whichever plan you're currently using.

Click on "Change advanced power settings" at the bottom.

Expand "Processor power management" and set "Minimum processor state" to 5% and "Maximum processor state" to 99% in my case down from 100%.

Do a restart and afterwards go back to check the values you've just changed to ensure the system displays them. In my case, I have a msi software that forces on the Ultimate Performance power plan after a restart so I had to drop down to 99% from 100% on that plan.

With these changes, I no longer hear the fans going crazy at the logon screen or during gaming and I don't notice a drop in processing power though technically there is a 1% difference. CPU temps during gaming are anywhere between 50 - 60 C instead of 90 - 95 C.

I had the same problem. I found the problem went away if I throttled my CPU to 99%. If I put it to 100% the CPU often overheats and shuts down my system.

To throttle: Start>Search bar enter "Edit power plan">Change advanced power settings>Processor power management>Maximum processor state>Plugged in: 99%.

Solved the issue for me. Running Asus Vivobook 16, Windows 11 Pro, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics @ 3.30 GHz