On May 1st, Intel responded to the instability and various crashing issues plaguing the 13th/14th Gen Core i9 K-series processors, offering preliminary insights and suggesting recommended motherboard BIOS settings.
Intel recommends that the following settings should be enabled by default in the motherboard BIOS:
CEP (Current Limit Protection), TVB (Thermal Velocity Boost), eTVB (Enhanced Thermal Velocity Boost), TVB Voltage Optimization, C-States (Power Saving States).
The following setting should be disabled by default:
IccMax Unlimited Bit (Unlimited Current).
Additionally, set TjMAX Offset (Highest Junction Temperature Offset) to 0, ensure ICCMAX (Maximum Current) does not exceed 400A (motherboards can handle up to 512A), ICCMax_App, and Power Limit (PL) should be determined based on specific circumstances.
In fact, many high-end motherboards previously set processor power to 4096W, essentially unlimited, but now commonly set it to 253W or even lower, which is also the maximum power consumption of the i9 series.
It is worth noting that Intel also emphasizes that they are still investigating the root cause of this issue and advises not to blame motherboard manufacturers.
