Fighting VRAM Overheating: 3 Unexpected Lessons from My First Windows Utility

My RTX 4080 laptop was thermal throttling during Stable Diffusion renders because the VRAM Memory Junction hit 105°C. Standard undervolting wasn't enough. I built a Windows utility (VRAM Shield) using "Pulse Throttling" to micro-suspend processes and manage thermals dynamically. Here are the 3 biggest lessons I learned about hardware management.