- Intel has implemented a new chips patch of generation 14 and 13th generation
- This is another solution for the long -term episode around instability problems.
- Therefore, it seems that we have not finished with solutions for those problems after all, but the new patch is addressing a niche scenario
Intel has launched another update for its processors in the long saga of instability problems with its 14th and 13th generation chips.
Videocardz said Intel announced the implementation of a new microcoding patch (called ‘0x12F’) for those CPU of Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh.
This is a supplement of an earlier patch (equally trapped trapped ‘0x12b’) that extended in September 2024.
In a press release, Intel says: “This new microcode further improves the conditions of the system that can potentially contribute to the instability of the Vmin displacement in Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop systems.”
In other words, it is softening more problems related to high voltages that were the main cause of the unpleasant unpleasant (and the degradation of chips) with those processors.
Intel also adds that he has launched this patch after an investigation into a “limited number of reports” of the courage with the PCs that are “executed continuously for several days” in a state of low activity (with only light workloads marked).
Intel suggests that all the owners affected by 14th Gener and 13th Gen install their latest BIOS update; The next version will contain this patch when provided by its manufacturer of motherboard, and promises that it does not slow down the host PC. At least go for Intel’s own internal tests, anyway.
ANALYSIS: A surprise addition
But expect a minute, hasn’t you healed all this high voltage error? Well, officially, it was. In October 2024, after the last patch before this new, Intel said that stability problems were completely solved, but apparently they were not. Not quite.
Okay, to be fair with Intel, this is a niche situation. It is not that many people leave their pc on for days executing some type of light workload constantly, so this is something that the average (presumably) user does not face.
That said, maybe at least leave your PC for several days at the same time, even if you are not doing anything, and as such, it will seem prudent to apply the patch anyway. In addition, there could be other minor side effects derived from any problem that this new version solves, so I would recommend, as Intel does, that everyone applies the patch of course.
With luck, as Intel states, there will be no performance impact when installing this patch. But if you are concerned about that possibility, you only wait for the independent tests of the microcode update, which will happen soon enough, to confirm that your PC will not be reduced.
This latest installment in the instability saga makes it wonder if there could still be more patches implemented by Intel in the future.
