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What you should do with defective Intel CPUs?

RMA with a similar if not same CPU as before
[ 1 ] (50%)
Replace your CPU with a different kind of Intel CPUs that doesn't have known stability problems (e.g. 10th gen, 12th gen, and older Intel CPUs than 10th gen)
[ 0 ] (0%)
Replace Intel CPU with an AMD one
[ 1 ] (50%)
Wait until Arrow Lake releases (so long as it doesn't have similar stability woes)
[ 0 ] (0%)
Do nothing (only if you either already applied a temporarily fix or can't apply it for some reason) until your CPU show sign of problems related to it, which in the case, do either of first 4 options above
[ 0 ] (0%)

Total Members Voted: 2

Topic: Should we replace or RMA Intel 13th/14th gen CPUs due to stability problems? (Read 515 times) previous topic - next topic - Topic derived from Re: Strange unceasing...
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Should we replace or RMA Intel 13th/14th gen CPUs due to stability problems?

Finally found a reddit post that had been describing exactly the same problems that I had been going through, he also gave up trying to self-diagnose and repair and he ended up taking it to a PC repair shop. His problem was that his 13900k had suffered permanent degradation which had made his system completely unstable. I remember reading about the 13 and 14 series intel chips having some serious power draw and cooling issues sometime back and unfortunately it was already after the fact I had built my rig. Guy in the OP had to RMA his chip which took 2 months but said the overall process had been smooth. So I already opened an RMA request with intel and right now it's just a waiting game.

Another user posted a temporary workaround solution that should keep my system stable enough to run normally at least until the replacement arrives. Had to download intel XTU and under-volt the P-Cores and E-Cores and reduce the fixed e-core voltage. After doing that...... drivers suddenly installing as normal. And foobar? Running crash-free on both Georgia and Georgia reborn themes ever since. I'm not sure what exactly had happened that caused the CPU to become unstable as I have never touched the bios settings, never overclocked the cpu or had done any sort of tuning whatsoever. Just updated the BIOS last night which from what I understand included an intel microcode update which addresses the voltage issues so maybe that will keep the system from crashing, for now anyways? Hopefully this is the last of my problems and I want to thank all of you for helping me.      
Uh, a "known problematic" Intel 13th/14th gen CPUs mentioned in this quote might giving not just foobar2000 developers (and third-party component developers), but also game developers like Alderon about tech support questions that might actually be a sign of problematic CPU, a headache right?

Anyways, what should we do about with problematic CPUs as I already saw one of this fbk2 thread mentioning aforementioned problematic CPU?

BTW, I don't use any of 13th/14th gen (aka. Raptor Lake) Intel CPUs that known to be problematic, instead I have a PC that uses AMD Ryzen 5 4600G so I don't have to worry about it

Re: Should we replace or RMA Intel 13th/14th gen CPUs due to stability problems?

Reply #1
I'm a 7th Gen Intel CPU owner.  I'm going with AMD in my next build.

If you already got a 13th/14th Gen Intel CPU I simply RMA and get something else since the stability problems with those CPUs are pretty well known at this point.

Re: Should we replace or RMA Intel 13th/14th gen CPUs due to stability problems?

Reply #2
Modern CPUs (GPUs etc) are so complex they can't be 100% validated before release, no matter who made it, and extended soak testing occurs in the hands of users.  Personally I prefer to stay off the bleeding edge!
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