I don't think Intel is going to be able to do anything other than offer a replacement to users that request one, in the end. I do think they might share the load with mobo manufacturers, as microcode is, technically, issued as part of the motherboard BIOS. It comes directly from Microsoft, but mobo manufacturers need to be exhibiting some level of oversight, especially where voltage levels direct to the CPU and RAM are concerned. I actually find it a bit shocking that absolutely no one caught on to the situation before users started exhibiting problems. Goes to show how accurate and rigorous the testing was. (Unless MS directly told motherboard companies, "Oh, don't worry! Those voltage levels spiking up like that are completely normal!" That would make Intel 100% accountable for everything that followed. Hence, I doubt that's what happened. I think it's more like: no one tested them and just assumed everything was good. Sell-sell-sell.)
Whatever the actual situation, it looks like Intel is going to play the waiting game for as long as possible. Absolutely irresponsible and shameful, given how blatant the problem is. Not happy times for them.
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One thing that I noticed on my present rig when I first got it (bought this one off the shelf) is that my performance was all over the place by default. Things that ran smoothly on my old 980 ti system were hitching and stuttering very noticeably on the much more powerful hardware. And it was systemic. It's an AMD system, Ryzen 5600X, and I was finally able to track the issue down to the way the native CPU "boosting" programs were interacting in the BIOS.
There were two: one from AMD directly, and then one that was included by ASRock as part of the motherboard features. Both were on by default, and both would compete with each other, constantly swapping between which technique was being used in a given situation. You should have seen the logs for the voltage. It was like a bloody 8.0 earthquake. I eventually decided, "Enough of this," and completely disabled BOTH of them. System has run buttery smooth every since.
That's a potential workaround for people that have the 13/14 gen chips. The voltage overcharge is likely going to be magnified by these "boost" programs, which attempt to dynamically overclock your CPU in real-time based on demands received from operation. The fluctuations can be pretty needlessly aggressive even when "running correctly". My personal opinion is that these programs are way more trouble than they're worth, and the performance gains they provide are negligible to middling at best. Not a fan of cooking my hardware and having my processor reaching temps of nearly 95*C in order to open a web browser 0.3 seconds faster. In games, I noticed absolutely no practical performance gains whatsoever between the two techniques. Zero. Nothing. Not one frame. (Obviously, everyone's individual mileage will vary, but I doubt anyone will really notice siginificant performance differences with them on or off.)
By disabling anything in your BIOS / UEFI that refers to boost, overdrive, turboboost, boost clock override, etc. (there are a lot of different names for them, depending on manufacturer) you're not underclocking your system. You're essentially telling the PC to run at default clock speeds...which used to...once upon a time...be how computers operated out of the box.
Do note that this is not a "fix" for the situation, but the stable voltage and lack of dynamic management will keep voltage levels more under control and prevent spikes. That will hopefully help to stabilize the PC and increase the longevity of 13th and 14th gen chips.
