Should we make a big headline for Intel BIOS updates?
Falcon Northwest CEO Kyle Reeves tells edge:
please Help us use headlines to educate all Raptor Lake desktop owners (especially i9 owners) about the need to update their PCs to the latest BIOS Now Stops/prevents CPU wear and hopefully avoids the need for an RMA. Don’t wait for August’s microcode – this is the last 5% of the solution (we hope), but 95% of the fixes are available now. Think of the new BIOS as a vaccine for this problem, but it won’t do anything unless people get shot.
Intel spox Thomas Hannaford won’t hit a “95% fix rate,” but he says “Kelt’s PSA is a good solution.” Additionally, August microcode is now available:
