A law firm is investigating whether to launch a class action case against Intel for 13th/14th Gen CPU instability issues

pcgamer.com:

A law firm is investigating the possibility of a class action lawsuit against Intel for the ongoing 13th and 14th Gen CPU instability issues.

Abington Cole + Ellery has published a webpage noting the possible class action lawsuit against the computer chip giant, a link to which is currently at the top of the r/Intel subreddit. It asks for anyone affected to submit their information via a form.

The form asks two simple questions: (1) Have you purchased an Intel Core 13th or 14th Generation processor, or a computer containing one of these processors, and (2) Have you experienced any problems with an Intel Core 13th or 14th Generation processor?

I can only assume the closer interrogation of the issues at hand will come later, to determine how much of a case there is against Intel, or if there is one at all.

Intel has admitted an issue with its chips. It said of the «instability issues» last week:

"… we have determined that elevated operating voltage is causing instability issues in some 13th/14th Gen desktop processors. Our analysis of returned processors confirms that the elevated operating voltage stems from a microcode algorithm resulting in incorrect voltage requests to the processor."

Though Intel has promised a patch for the issue, arriving later this month, it does not expect this patch to prevent any issues stemming from damage already done to the chips.

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So, there's without a doubt an instability issue and plenty of anecdotal evidence for many potential claims from customers. Also, resulting damage to chips from faults unbeknownst to the user is irreversible. All of which could form the basis of a class action lawsuit if a law firm were interested in taking it on.

However, Intel has already offered to replace all damaged CPUs. If Intel can be shown to be honouring this offer, and making it easy for RMAs of a rather nebulous crashing issue, then a class action