Little by little, the 0x12B patch is making its method. Initially deployed by MSI, we all know that it’s now provided by Gigabyte, but additionally ASRock and ASUS, not less than because the finish of September!
The 0x12B patch is now out there in any respect main {hardware} shops!
As a reminder, Intel Raptor Lake (Refresh) processors are affected by an instability drawback often known as Vmin Shift. Principally, the CPUs tackle increasingly voltage till they undergo irreversible injury, making them completely unstable… And unusable.
With a purpose to right this drawback, Intel reacted in a number of phases by proposing a brand new fundamental profile, utilized as customary to all motherboards. Subsequent got here a patch for the eTVB after which the SVID algorithm through patches 0x125 and 0x129. With 0x12B, Intel is proposing a ultimate repair for the firmware, which tended to use excessively excessive voltages throughout low durations of exercise.
In brief, this patch has been deployed by all the key motherboard producers. These embody MSI (which we’ve already talked about), Gigabyte (not on all boards), ASUS (nonetheless in Beta, on the Hero not less than) and ASRock. This launch occurred roughly on the similar time. Logically, by updating your motherboard, the issue is now corrected.
Nevertheless, whereas the key gamers have already up to date their bios, not everybody has. One instance is NZXT and its N7 Z790 (which we use for our case checks), which has nonetheless not launched something. The most recent model remains to be 13.01 with patch 0x125… Even Biostar affords the patch, admittedly in beta, however it’s out there.
Little by little, issues are settling down and step by step, this Vmin Shift drawback can be a factor of the previous. We simply hope that the blue guys haven’t missed one thing.
