My E6500 suffers from this issue exactly as described... unfortunately I bought a refurbished machine that no longer has any warranty so i have no leverage with Dell to get it fixed.
The machine is basically unusable in the dock in a room with an ambient temperature over 25deg C.
I've tried all the suggested fixes to no avail.
Running a hacked up CPU tool isn't something I'm particularly keen on.
I see no reason for Dell not to re-design the BIOS so that it runs the machine much, much hotter before it throttles, particularly when docked.
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My E6500 suffers from this issue exactly as described... unfortunately I bought a refurbished machine that no longer has any warranty so i have no leverage with Dell to get it fixed. The machine is basically unusable in the dock in a room with an ambient temperature over 25deg C. I've tried all the suggested fixes to no avail. Running a hacked up CPU tool isn't something I'm particularly keen on. I see no reason for Dell not to re-design the BIOS so that it runs the machine much, much hotter before it throttles, particularly when docked.