If your Intel 13th or 14th Generation Raptor Lake CPU keeps crashing, you're not alone, and you're definitely not imagining things. Reports of instability relating to Raptor Lake CPUs are ...

If you're using an older Gigabyte motherboard with an Intel CPU—up to and including a Z590/B560 chipset—you should probably update your BIOS.

If you own a 13th or 14th-gen Raptor Lake Intel Core CPU then you'll need to flash your motherboard BIOS with this new microcode update.

Status update: What's the latest September 26, 2024: Intel has identified the root cause of the stability issues and will be rolling out a fix in the form of a 0x12B microcode update.

Intel just identified a fourth cause for problematic 13th and 14th Gen CPUs. Get the BIOS update as soon as you can.

Intel has provided a major update in the quest to improve performance of its ill-fated Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake processors that were released back in October.

If you're using an older Gigabyte motherboard with an Intel CPU—up to and including a Z590/B560 chipset—you should probably update your BIOS. Some "legacy" chipsets are apparently vulnerable ...