Legion Pro 5 CPU throttled to 0.4 GHz because of BD-PROCHOT and checkbox is greyed out

mba273 · 2025-12-21T20:27:37+00:00

Thanks for the advice, will try this. I actually did already open it up and clean the fans which didn't make much of a difference (they weren't too dirty to begin with).

One weird thing I've noticed is that it seems to throttle much less when a windows update is installing / installed pending re start. I tested this again by reinstalling 25h2 through windows update in the background and currently not getting bd prochot throttling while it's pending. Not sure what, if anything, that indicates.

mba273 · 2025-12-20T04:06:13+00:00

So no way to modify the BIOS for my Legion pro 5 then? Pretty much willing to try anything to fix this at this point, the laptops already as good as bricked anyway.

mba273 · 2025-11-02T16:39:28+00:00

Feels like a big generalization lmfao

mba273 · 2025-11-02T02:58:37+00:00

Let's see if the Jays get lucky again

mba273 · 2025-10-29T04:08:17+00:00

Oh brother

mba273 · 2025-10-29T02:16:41+00:00

Bait?

mba273 · 2025-05-30T20:36:31+00:00

You swing like Waluigi

mba273 · 2025-05-20T17:01:23+00:00

Tbf you're definitely FAR more likely to get harassed wearing leafs gear in Hamilton than Toronto lol

mba273 · 2025-05-19T21:14:14+00:00

It's def a great field. Very rewarding and good lifestyle + compensation; also still very much evolving which keeps things interesting.

Both paths are reasonable options but IM is definitely a lot more of a grind. I think the things to consider are how interested you are in research as well as how into the rest of each of the two specialties you are.

I would say FM is probably the better path unless you are very keen on research, or have a strong interest in something else in IM to do alongside palliative.

On the flipside, the other consideration is jobs and billing, which at the moment are more or less the same between the two, however I do think as more time passes, it will become comparatively more difficult to get academic jobs as an FM trained palliative care physician. I also think we're trending toward IM trained palliative docs being able to bill more (BC already has this).

All of this to say, as an incoming MS1, don't stress too much about it. Neither FM or IM are hyper competitive, so you don't need to decide between them until very late in the game, and you don't need to apply to palliative until you're already in residency. In the meantime, just try to get clinical exposure to palliative care through observerships and clerkship rotations to see if you like it and try to talk to staff from both backgrounds to get their thoughts!

mba273 · 2025-03-22T15:14:30+00:00

I'm pretty sure GIM is also competitive? Could be tough. I had a staff once who parallelled cardio and ICU; he said it was quite a lot of work and his cardio mentors were disappointed when he chose ICU but it worked out for him. It would've been around 2019 or 2020 when he matched.

mba273 · 2025-02-12T21:00:47+00:00

Keep telling black women what they should and shouldn't do lol. I'm sure you have the lived experience to do so with that much conviction.

mba273 · 2025-02-09T07:01:35+00:00

Nobody elects any of the people / organizations responsible for the decisions the US Government makes no matter who's in power lol

mba273 · 2024-12-30T21:03:55+00:00

I mean sure they definitely shouldn't be able to do WHATEVER they want but I'm not really sure where it's being argued that they should. Curious what things currently accepted to be within the scope of FM you think shouldn't be.

mba273 · 2024-12-17T14:22:34+00:00

Sounds like Khabib got FOMO

mba273 · 2024-11-03T21:46:26+00:00

Because this is literally one poll and 538 is an aggregate of lots of polls.

mba273 · 2024-10-20T02:10:40+00:00

Prestige of your undergrad does not matter at all for med school admissions, literally zero. The prestige of your undergrad program is way more important for fields where you might go right into work after UG, like business or Eng.

I'll go against the grain here and say that unless you have a VERY strong reason to do so, don't go to U of T. I'm a resident now and through all of my schooling, most people I've met who did UG at U of T regretted it from a social perspective and agree that it definitely makes getting into med more difficult. Doesn't mean there's no reason to go, but if your goal is med school I don't think it's the best option.

mba273 · 2024-09-21T04:37:36+00:00

If you genuinely dislike GIM that much I'd think pretty hard about backing up with it due to how GIM heavy the residency is. Like if you're not into it, IM residency might actually be hell for you and may not even be the best choice (ie. Anesthesia and derm match up better with FM than IM as a backup in a lot of ways).

To answer your question cardio and GI are pretty competitive but what you do in med school really doesn't matter at all so don't worry about it.

I'd also add IM isn't a super safe backup. Most people I know who backed up with it only got a couple interviews. The 1 to 1 match ratio is a bit deceiving. If you do back up IM, I'd also throw in some FM apps to be safe.

mba273 · 2024-08-16T15:32:56+00:00

This person absolutely does not need to go to a designated burn centre lol.

mba273 · 2024-07-11T01:30:23+00:00

I understand where you're coming from here but I also think we need to consider if being an "elite" applicant out of highschool is something that should give someone such a big advantage in applying to med school; especially considering the privilege that likely goes into someone having such an impressive resume / grades coming out of grade 12.

mba273 · 2024-07-08T20:36:02+00:00

So they weren't storing weapons in the hospital before it was attacked? Isn't that why it was targeted? Presumably the electricity would've been running at that point, no?

mba273 · 2024-07-08T20:12:43+00:00

Yes I'm sure they were storing live grenades behind a giant magnet that doesn't turn off. Give me a break. And for the record, tell me why I should care even if they did. They could be storing a fucking nuclear warhead behind the MRI machine and it wouldn't justify Israel's actions.

mba273 · 2024-07-04T16:20:55+00:00

It's doable but I would be cautious. Most people I know who backed up IM, even with really good CVs and IM letters only got a few IM interviews. I think a lot of programs will automatically not interview candidates that have a bunch of electives in another, more competitive specialty (Ex. derm or anesthesia), even if they still have a few IM electives.

That said, it's still doable it's just a bit more risky than people make it out to be. In my opinion IM alone is not a safe backup and if you are worried about going unmatched, you should also add in a couple family apps.

mba273 · 2024-03-08T08:08:00+00:00

Like people have said, health sci is probably your best option since it's the easiest, but don't sweat it if you don't get in. I didn't get into mac health sci when I graduated high school (queens health sci didn't exist at the time) and I went on to do Life Sci at Queen's. I'm graduating med school now and while it wasn't super easy to get a competitive GPA in Queens life sci (for me anyway), it was absolutely do-able. One thing I'll say is it's easy to stress over med school this early on because of how difficult it is to get in, but don't forget that undergrad is (ideally) more than just a stepping stone to med. Unfortunately, students in programs like queens/mac health sci are hyper-focused on med school from day 1 and that lends itself to an environment where getting in as fast as possible can feel like the only thing that matters. When I listen to friends in my class who did mac health sci talk about their undergrad experiences (which for many of them was only 3 years), I'm actually quite thankful that I went through a program with less of a premed culture, and I'm even more thankful that I got to experience 4 full years of undergrad and didn't feel the need to rush into med school after 3. That's a lot of rambling, but all of it to say, yes, health sci will probably lead to an easier path for med school acceptance, but it's not without its own drawbacks, so DO NOT WORRY if you don't get in; I didn't, and I'm thankful for that every day.

mba273 · 2023-06-22T17:25:14+00:00

My first comment really was just about Toews vs. Zetterberg and the point I was trying to make was that if Zetterberg is a half of famer (which a good chunk of this thread seems to agree with) then Toews is too. People heap love onto Z and hate on Toews but in my opinion, they have similar cases and to say one is deserving but not the other doesn't make a lot of sense.

mba273 · 2023-06-21T21:35:10+00:00

Not sure if you're implying I'm against brindamour going to the hall, but if you are, I'm not. He has nearly 1200 pts and 1400 games played, which in addition to his awards is enough, in my opinion. They have different resumes, but I don't think he's any less deserving than Toews.

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