Think Intel’s Upcoming 14th & 13th Gen Microcode Will Resolve Instability Issues? Well Think Again, Leaked Report Suggests Intel Yet To Identify Root Cause
More factors were revealed to be among the root causes of the instability issues in Intel's 13th and 14th Gen desktop CPUs.
Intel posts fewer details on Reddit but the leaked communication might have the real answer for instability issues affecting 14th & 13th Gen CPUs
The CPU instability problem in Intel 13th and 14th gen processors-based systems has become so widespread that Intel finally took its time to investigate and post about the issue on Reddit. However, what was thought to be the root cause of such instabilities may not be the actual root cause or at least the 'only' root cause for the problems faced by such systems. As reported by Igor's Lab, there are more contributing factors to this problem as seen in the leaked communications as opposed to what Intel posted on Reddit.
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We have seen users complain about sudden crashes and freezes in their systems that let the motherboard manufacturers roll out new BIOS versions. However, the core problem is yet to be resolved, and even though Intel took its time to write a summary on Reddit, it has very little to no substantial information about the root cause. Nor did it offer any measures to prevent such instabilities.
In the original Reddit post, Intel acknowledged the occurrence of the problem and said that the 'Elevated Operating Voltage' is causing such instabilities on 13th and 14th-generation desktop processors. It is working on a microcode patch, which supposedly will fix the microcode algorithm resulting in 'incorrect voltage requests' to the processor. That said, it also acknowledged the 'Oxidation' manufacturing issue but said it isn't the main culprit behind the instabilities since it was already addressed back in 2023.
Igor's Lab, however, revealed some internal communication that explains the problem in somewhat
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