https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Should-I-RMA-my-13900KF/m-p/1619756#M75401 <P>Hi, as with most people who own a 13th or 14th gen CPU I experienced a crash playing a Unreal Engine 5 game (Tekken <LI-EMOJI id="lia_smiling-face-with-sunglasses" title=":smiling_face_with_sunglasses:"></LI-EMOJI> with the out of memory error. I'm concerned whether the chip has suffered any damage due to these instability problems currently plaguing Intel.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have enabled Intels default power profiles and since then I haven't experienced any more crashes but I'm still concerned about the CPU potentially dying in the future.</P><P>I've also updated to the latest BIOS but I'm just not sure whether I should begin the RMA process for this CPU.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I know Intel will be releasing a Microcode update for these processors soon but I've read that even with this update it probably won't fix the issue if the CPU has already been damaged.</P> Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:18:13 GMT Stig783 2024-07-31T14:18:13Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Should-I-RMA-my-13900KF/m-p/1619756#M75401 <P>Hi, as with most people who own a 13th or 14th gen CPU I experienced a crash playing a Unreal Engine 5 game (Tekken <LI-EMOJI id="lia_smiling-face-with-sunglasses" title=":smiling_face_with_sunglasses:"></LI-EMOJI> with the out of memory error. I'm concerned whether the chip has suffered any damage due to these instability problems currently plaguing Intel.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have enabled Intels default power profiles and since then I haven't experienced any more crashes but I'm still concerned about the CPU potentially dying in the future.</P><P>I've also updated to the latest BIOS but I'm just not sure whether I should begin the RMA process for this CPU.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I know Intel will be releasing a Microcode update for these processors soon but I've read that even with this update it probably won't fix the issue if the CPU has already been damaged.</P> Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:18:13 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Should-I-RMA-my-13900KF/m-p/1619756#M75401 Stig783 2024-07-31T14:18:13Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Should-I-RMA-my-13900KF/m-p/1619760#M75403 If you have no issues, that is fine. Still, i suggest to wait for the update and make sure everything is set to intel default settinngs. Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:31:47 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Should-I-RMA-my-13900KF/m-p/1619760#M75403 Senkuchan 2024-07-31T14:31:47Z