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I'm glad this helped, but as I mentioned elsewhere they won't be getting any future business from me. I guess them knowing the issue was out there and then being forced to do something about it years later just doesn't sit right with me.
Does the new fangled “ram training” take aeons still on these Intel jobbbies
No, you're supposed to rip the power plug out of the wall mid-update for peak efficiency.
Pro tip - ur on a roll.
Alternatively, just to be sure everything is kosher and stable, might need to reflow everything to be sure. See here for instructions.
Microwaves are so versatile these days!
Note that the previously introduced "Intel Default Settings" already cost up to 8-9% on the 14900k, as reported recently by Dutch tech website tweakers.net
intel defaults would be the true stock performance. using the bioses default "core enhancement" is overclocking it.
“A new Beta BIOS has been released for ASUS motherboards that introduces microcode update 0x129 to fix the dreaded Intel 13th and 14th-generation self-immolation problem. The issue is that it seems to shave a lot of performance off of your CPU, in multi-core workloads. Voltages remain somewhat the same but do see a slight decrease overall. And core speeds seem to be less.”
It's a sign of deep rooted incompetence or scammer practices in the organization. Something you would expect from your local cheapo business, not a globally operating multi-billion company.
Seems to me like something is wrong with their specific configuration. No one else has reported such a large decrease.
Also, what's up describing this as a fix for Intel's self-immolating CPUs? The only self-immolating CPUs were AMDs a year ago which have since been fixed.
I'm in the same boat with my 13700K.
"Update: The performance degradation seen in the testing referenced throughout this article appear to be isolated to Asus motherboards, specifically. Testing by JayzTwoCents on YouTube (watch below), using an MSI motherboard and a variety of Intel 14th-gen CPUs, revealed negligible performance changes after installing the 0x129 microcode update. While the performance degradations on Asus motherboards may not have been caused by Intel's microcode, they may have been a side effect of trying to push out a BIOS update quickly to mitigate further CPU damage. Thanks to our astute readers for pointing this out." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-...with-23-loss-in-some-benchmarks.873898.0.html
no performance loss here with Asus board. I wonder if these tested CPUs are already damaged and it's affecting the performance with lower voltages. My Asus board is on the lower end of the scale so maybe it's isolated to the gamer type overclock centric boards.
I guess if your CPU is already damaged the bios microcode fix cannot resolve that ?
Really appreciated
Intels not who I’m worried about it’s the Asus, Acer, MSI system builds out there I’m worried about. Will they extend their 90 day and 1 year system warranties for their pre builds??
That’s good but not what I mean, dealing with most of their support lines is painful at the best of times for simple obvious things.
What I wonder is if these voltage decreases are merely to extend the life of the processor beyond a year versus bringing it down to what it should be. Basically is Intel turning a 1 year CPU into a 2.5 year CPU in order to maintain performance? I reached out to a friend who had a 14900K, after a couple of months it started to experience crashes, etc to let him know of the issue, but looking at the voltage some of the reductions are minimal. So did Intel test to bring the processor merely to a point where the problem wouldn't be so obvious, this saving money in the process?
If there is damage already (1 or more cores crashing/malfunctioning etc.) then best bet is to RMA
taking the weekend out, you should hear back tomorrow.
Today is the second business day as they sent me that reply on the weekend. It should have been resolved on last Thursday at the latest anyway.
