Somehow my laptop's default maximum wattage got set to 8 watts, severely limiting what I'm able to do with it. Using Intel XTU I found out it was due to current limiting. I'm able to set this up to the recommended value which allows it to run normally.
The problem with using Intel XTU is that when the Windows feature "Virtual Machine Platform" is enabled, the register that Intel XTU writes to to set this value is read-only. I use WSL2 daily for work which requires this feature to be enabled.
I looked through my BIOS settings and can't find anything related to power throttling. I also tried re-flashing my BIOS with the latest version to see if it was a bug or something that became corrupt.
My laptop is an ASUS VivoBook S15 S530FA.
