Whereas there’s nonetheless no repair for chips which might be already crashing, the corporate is now releasing microcode replace 0x12B to motherboard producers to assist forestall one of many root causes of harm. On this case, it prevents the Intel CPU from asking for an excessive amount of energy when it’s simply sitting idle or performing gentle duties. (An excessive amount of voltage can prematurely age a chip.)
Intel says it could take a number of weeks for motherboard producers to validate and roll out BIOS updates throughout their merchandise — however that doesn’t essentially imply you must wait. Earlier BIOS updates comprise two earlier Intel microcode fixes to assist forestall harm, in addition to new energy settings that would additionally scale back the chance.
Intel nonetheless hasn’t answered our questions on what number of Raptor Lake chips have doubtless been affected by these and different attainable instability points, or recognized batches of chips that have been affected by an earlier oxidization situation, however we’re asking once more now.
