Intel i9 CPUs

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brooke.benfield
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Intel i9 CPUs

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Hi;

My oldest son says Intel has a couple of problems with their i9 CPUs.

One problem is that oxidation (corrosion?) forms on the interconnects between die in the package.

The other problem, internal voltage spiking I believe, is being addressed by a microcode update that will be released soon.

Apparently Intel has known of these problems for some time now and have been refusing to replace these defective units. There's been a public relations nightmare unleashed on Intel over this issue and they are now saying that customers who have not been satisfied with how Intel handled their situation should resubmit their case and Intel will evaluate it again.

This is all I have heard/know about this so please do not direct questions to me. I'm posting this as a heads up to folk who have i9 based computers that they may want to educate themselves on what is happening and perhaps not use their system until they install the microcode update.
Brooke Benfield
Organist, Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Portland OR
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pwhodges
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Re: Intel i9 CPUs

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This issue affects 13/14 gen i9s only.

Some people avoid the issue by not overclocking, or by limiting P-core clocking to 5.8GHz.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40954500

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Re: Intel i9 CPUs

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Here is Intel's notification of the problem and the fix.

https://community.intel.com/t5/Processo ... 113#M74792

A background article.

https://siliconangle.com/2024/07/22/int ... rs-months/
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Re: Intel i9 CPUs

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That's what I read too. Basically don't overclock it. Overclocking has never played well with Hauptwerk anyway, so it has never really been recommended. It's always been like this with overclocking though, go too far and you'll damage your CPU, and that won't be covered under warranty. These chips are just apparently more sensitive to it.
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