Intel issues new microcode to fix rare Vmin Shift crashes on 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs

Intel issues new microcode to fix rare Vmin Shift crashes on 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs

Several months after Intel seemingly solved a controversial bug affecting 13th- and 14th-generation Raptor Lake desktop processors, the company has released a new microcode patch related to...

Intel 13th & 14th gen CPUs "running for multiple days" benefit from new stability patch, 8 months after the last one

Last Updated on May 8, 2025 It’s been over a year since the CPU stability issues with Intel 13th and 14th generation processors came to light. After much investigation and many disgruntled customers, Team Blue pushed several microcode patches to resolve the issue. The most recent BIOS update patch came back in September 2024, eight ...

Intel issues new fix for 13th/14th gen Raptor Lake instability issue

Intel's Raptor Lake instability woes aren't over. The company has issued a new fix for "Vmin Shift Instability".

If you’ve been interested in buying a new processor, both Intel and AMD are good options. If your priority is to use programs in your day-to-day, both processor brands are going to perform similarly, but if you’re looking to play video games, AMD Ryzen X3D will be the best option. Besides this, you have to keep in mind the huge amount of problems that Intel processors have had. Although it seemed like everything was fixed, it turns out that Inte…

Raptor Lake Instability: Intel Releases Yet Another Firmware Patch (0x12F Microcode)

Suppose you’re a Raptor Lake guru (Raptor Lake is Intel's codename for the 13th as well as 14th generations of Intel Core processors). In that case, you might’ve noticed that Intel just rolled out microcode update 0x12F to stamp out a lingering voltage-drift quirk on their 13th- and 14th-gen chips.

Raptor Lake instability saga continues as Intel releases 0x12F update to fix Vmin instability

Intel launches another microcode update addressing Raptor Lake instability. This time the update addresses rare cases where Vmin Shift can occur.