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Jacob Fox

MSI and Asus roll out first Intel instability fix for a range of motherboards with 0x129 microcode BIOS

Intel Core i9 14900K CPU on a box and inside a motherboard socket.

Many PC gamers have been waiting with bated breath for a real non-bandaid fix for Intel 13th and 14th Gen instability issues. After months of reported problems, investigations, and workarounds, in July Intel finally said it had cracked the issue and would be rolling out a BIOS microcode fix come mid-August. It looks like the first of these are now officially rolling out from MSI and Asus.

MSI reports that it's releasing BIOS updates for Intel 600- and 700-series motherboards with a 0x129 microcode update to "mitigate the instability." 

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