Big update on crashing Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen chips — Intel says the Vmin Shift Instability issue doesn’t affect laptop parts, nor Xeon or non-K i5 and i3 desktop chips.

Intel refers to the issue as the "13th/14th Gen Vmin Shift Instability" phenomenon, and we thought that the 0x12B microcode, released back in September, finally resolved the problem once and for all.

If your CPU has already suffered from Vmin shift, the BIOS update will not help you because the damage is irreversible. These patches only prevent unaffected CPUs from encountering it going forward.

System controllers that support AVFS can also adjust Vmin based upon field timing measurements, provided by path margin monitor (PMM) intellectual property (IP) within the chip. PMM units offer ...

The update should help mitigate Vmin Shift instability issues. The new microcode is still unavailable for Asus LGA1700 boards using the B760 and Z690 chipsets, as the most recent firmware updates ...

Intel® has identified four (4) operating scenarios that can lead to Vmin shift in affected processors: 1) Motherboard power delivery settings exceeding Intel power guidance. a.