The software updates tackle the CPU bug affecting Intel’s 13th and 14th Generation Core chips, but as MSI notes, it’s intended to ‚mitigate the instability,‘ not fix the problem completely.
Asus and MSI are now rolling out preventative software patches to address an Intel CPU bug that can destabilize and damage 13th and 14th Generation Core desktop chips.
Both motherboard vendors released the patch through beta versions of their BIOS updates for various models.
MSI’s patch is called „0x129 microcode.“ But it’s only designed to „mitigate the instability“, not repair the entire issue, MSI says, because the CPU bug can irreversibly degrade an affected Intel chip — something that software can’t fully fix. MSI’s patch applies to six motherboard models:
90 GODLIKE MAX
MEG Z790 ACE MAX
MPG Z790 CARBON MAX WIFI II
MPG Z790 CARBON WIFI
MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI (No update listed yet)
Z790MPOWER
But the company adds: “All BIOS of Intel 700 and 600 series motherboards and 14th /13th Generation Desktop PC will be released soon in coming weeks by the end of August.
