Leo felt his stomach drop. “DEAD? That’s not a sensor offset. That’s a hardware fault code.”
Mira nodded. “But look at the current draw on the 12V rail.” She traced a line. “It’s not garbage. The VRMs are actually pulling that much current—because the faulty sensor is telling the voltage regulator module to overcompensate.” hwmonitor cpuid
Leo reached for the power cord. But his hand stopped mid-air. On the tab, a new processor feature had appeared: Thermal Monitor 3 (TM3) - Enabled . That feature didn’t exist on this chip. Leo felt his stomach drop