Intel has observed 600/700 Series chipset boards often set BIOS defaults to disable thermal and power delivery safeguards designed to limit processor exposure to sustained periods of high voltage and frequency, for example: • Disabling Current Excursion Protection (CEP) • Enabling the IccMax Unlimited bit • Disabling Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB) and/or Enhanced Thermal Velocity Boost (eTVB) • Additional settings which may increase the risk of system instability: • Disabling C-states • Using Windows Ultimate Performance mode • Increasing PL1 and PL2 beyond Intel recommended limits