Configure TDP | Mint 19.1

[Seffer]

I've been wondering if there is any way to set the TDP of my chip (7300HQ, Dell 7567) to it's 35w TDP setting to consume less power and run at a lower frequency. I've seen posts about frequency scaling, but that isn't my problem. My chip scales just fine. I just would like to change the out of the box setting of 45w down to 35w for more daily use cases and not gaming.

[rene]

Not easily it seems. I.e., https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=234962. That is, if you have no option to set this in your BIOS then you'll apparently need some definite lowlevel tweakage.

[thx-1138]

...there's a nice article here that should get you going.
Do read the instructions / gotchas in the linked Github projects suggested there...
I'm using iuvolt myself for 'simple' undervolting, never messed around with TDP value though.

[Seffer]

Thank you both for the assist. I'll look into both options and see if anything comes out positive!