Intel has lastly said, for the document, that it has fastened all the issues with its thirteenth and 14th-gen gaming CPUs for good. This closing Intel CPU repair was issued over per week in the past, and whereas the corporate did say that it had tracked down the basis trigger, it didnβt say with certainty that the repair it launched was the ultimate one.
That is the primary time Intel has spoken, on the document, with affirmation that undamaged Intel Raptor Lake CPUs now have a everlasting repair. Itβs been a protracted street getting right here, with lots of the greatest gaming CPUs going through months of threat from voltage instability points, even after a number of updates.
Now, nevertheless, thatβs all modified. In feedback made to The Verge, Thomas Hannaford, an Intel spokesperson, stated, βSure, weβre confirming that is the trigger and that it’s fastenedβ in relation to the Vmin shift instability issues, so long as customers apply the newest everlasting Intel CPU repair, which the corporate launched on the finish of September.
The September microcode replace was launched to mitigate one in every of 4 eventualities that Intel has recognized as with the ability to trigger injury. Two earlier updates again in June and August, together with making use of the Intel default energy settings, mitigated the opposite three.
That is all nice information for PC house owners with undamaged thirteenth and 14th-gen Intel Core CPUs. For these with injury, although, itβs a barely completely different story. In the meanwhile, thereβs no Intel CPU testing software accessible to verify if Raptor Lake CPUs, such because the Intel Core i9 14900K, have been broken, though the corporate has stated that it continues to analyze the potential for releasing one sooner or later.
Fortunately, Intel has added two further years of guarantee to all thirteenth and 14th-gen CPUs on prime of their present guarantee interval. If you happen to personal an Intel Core CPU that appears unstable, youβll be lined till that prolonged guarantee interval ends, nevertheless itβs in all probability greatest to get your RMA request in as quickly as doable if you happen to suspect any injury.
As for the long run, itβs wanting brighter for Intel already. The corporate has already confirmed that each the recently-released Intel Lunar Lake and up-and-coming Intel Arrow Lake CPUs are unaffected by this voltage instability downside, and with the Arrow Lake launch date rumored to be imminent, this information couldnβt be extra well timed.
If you happen to havenβt already put in the newest microcode replace in your thirteenth or 14th-gen Intel Core CPU, then achieve this now: your CPU might be in danger till youβve carried out so. Our information on how you can flash your BIOS can stroll you thru the steps youβll have to take.
