Intel Issues Statements regarding Excessive Voltages of Its Raptor Lake Processors and Reports of Oxidation with Early 13th Gen Processors

[Peter_Brosdahl]

It has almost been like a shell game for owners of Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen (K/KF/KS) desktop processors to isolate and fix ongoing instability issues for their CPUs. From blame being laid on the motherboard manufacturers for providing settings that were said to disable thermal and power safeguards to the CPUs and in turn higher-voltage, to Intel's multiple profiles, Default vs Baseline, to reports of specific game engines having crash issues, things have been all over the map for owners of the flagship processors seeking fixes.

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[Zarathustra]

Sounds like more damage control to me.

I'm not convinced we are at the bottom of this yet.

Steve over at GN has some thoughts as well (as he always does)