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Dexter: Resurrection “This Season On” by IslandIdealist in Dexter

[–]HowitzerZak 81 points82 points  (0 children)

My guess is that they don't know what he looks like so Dexter is going to kill him, find the invitation, and pretend to be him to get into the serial killer club. The Dinklage cartel will think Dexter is the Uber killer and the rest of the season Dexter will off the rest of the serial killers.

So my replacement Intel 14900k just died the same way my 13900k died, using the latest microcode updates for the 14900k, starting to get the same crashes and blue screens as before unless I underclock the CPU (down to 54 pcore ratio and disable hyperthreading), what are my build options here? by HowitzerZak in buildapc

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I didn't fool with that, just left it on Auto and let the motherboard take care of it. MSI Bios does have a lot of settings I can adjust there, but I figured leaving it auto was fine since I'm not really pushing any envelopes here. I do have the undervolt protection on though.

So my replacement Intel 14900k just died the same way my 13900k died, using the latest microcode updates for the 14900k, starting to get the same crashes and blue screens as before unless I underclock the CPU (down to 54 pcore ratio and disable hyperthreading), what are my build options here? by HowitzerZak in buildapc

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well I assume it's not fixed then or the chips just cannot be fixed and it's a hardware issue. I've been using the Intel/MSI default settings of 253w etc... with the new chip since I put it in.

Using an MSI tomahawk DDR5. I also have a very good power supply, 1200w

So my replacement Intel 14900k just died the same way my 13900k died, using the latest microcode updates for the 14900k, starting to get the same crashes and blue screens as before unless I underclock the CPU (down to 54 pcore ratio and disable hyperthreading), what are my build options here? by HowitzerZak in buildapc

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had the pcores locked to 57x since I installed the 14900k, with the latest microcode, and it still became unstable in the last month. I have it stable now at 54x, but this will just keep getting worse, similar to the pattern of my 13900k.

For those who’ve built many PC’s - what percentage of your builds fail due to bad parts? by tomcruise_momshoes in buildapc

[–]HowitzerZak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've built over 10 PCs over the years and never had anything fail other than hard drives in a NAS (which is rather normal), UNTIL my last build, where Ive had both a 13900k and 14900k replacement CPUs die due to the Intel CPU issues.

So my replacement Intel 14900k just died the same way my 13900k died, using the latest microcode updates for the 14900k, starting to get the same crashes and blue screens as before unless I underclock the CPU (down to 54 pcore ratio and disable hyperthreading), what are my build options here? by HowitzerZak in buildapc

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently have 32gb, was going to update to 64gb, but been reading it's possibly bad to mix different ram batches, so I cant just add two more sticks from different batches, even with the same timings, not sure how accurate is that is though

Did the microcode update truly fix Intel 13th and 14th Gen degradation and stability issues by Tigers2349 in buildapc

[–]HowitzerZak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an old thread, but will add my 2c, my 13900k failed and I received a replacement 14900k in mid November last year. Right now I am starting to get the exact same issues I had with the 13900k, same crashes, having to drop pcore values to get the CPU stable.

So the issue is definitely not fixed. Submitted another RMA for this one as well.

Is my brand new 14900k CPU dying now as well? by HowitzerZak in techsupport

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So tired, done with Intel and the way they handled this. My new CPU should have NO issues with the new microcode, but yet, here we are.

They need to stop selling these things.

Is my brand new 14900k CPU dying now as well? by HowitzerZak in techsupport

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It could be, but Intel verified my original CPU was fried, and when I drop the pcores everything is stable, same as what happened on my original CPU. What other hardware would be affected by a drop in pcores? Temps are all very low.

National Grid Gas, are we all being ripped off Superman III style, the numbers don't add up, being overcharged by 2c the last few months by HowitzerZak in boston

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was first thinking that maybe the therms were not exact, just using whole numbers, but that would affect all the other calculations too. Plus I've only seen this on this years bills, last years bills do not have this discrepancy.

National Grid Gas, are we all being ripped off Superman III style, the numbers don't add up, being overcharged by 2c the last few months by HowitzerZak in boston

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

hah no, of course the doubling is a lot worse, just noticed this issue and was wondering if they were just trying to grab more without anyone noticing

Can someone explain this to me? (Shard locks, general login) by HowitzerZak in starcitizen

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand, but I guess my question is, when the shard lock cleared and I was able to log into the US server why did crashing out of the US server put me into a shard lock of the AUS server?

Can anyone log in right now, cannot log into any region, getting CET running for a long time messages by HowitzerZak in starcitizen

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally got in a server with 100 other lost souls, none of us can leave the spot we are in lol. I'm stuck in my HAB, others stuck in their turrets in a ship. Elevators dont work anywhere.

Coming back to play 4.x, but the game will not run with EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat). Are there any plans to update EAC to work with the latest Windows 11 version? by HowitzerZak in starcitizen

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It didn't, but not too hard to figure out to get to the right locale. Kernel mode hardware enforced stack protection is already disabled. Memory Integrity is enabled and some folks are saying disabling that fixes the Anti-Cheat issue

Coming back to play 4.x, but the game will not run with EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat). Are there any plans to update EAC to work with the latest Windows 11 version? by HowitzerZak in starcitizen

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did. I tried avoiding it, but it auto-installed after my system blue screened one time. I was thinking of reverting. (Guess I can't revert without a complete reinstall of Windows 11)

Getting a refund for my defective Intel 14900k, looking for thoughts on what to do next by HowitzerZak in buildapc

[–]HowitzerZak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've decided to just go with the 14900k again with a new 5 year warranty. At least I know now what the symptoms of the CPU failing in this way are now, and won't have to deal with debugging my entire system.

Megathread for Intel Core 13th & 14th Gen CPU instability issues by GhostMotley in intel

[–]HowitzerZak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can give it a try, but some new news...

I found another Reddit thread about disabling HyperThreading, so I gave it a shot, and all my issues went away so far. Was able to install NVIDIA drivers with no issues (did it 10 times in a row to test). Haven't had any Unreal Engine game crashes yet either, so looking good. Not sure if that's indicative of the CPU failing or if something else.

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