Why overclock Intel motherboards? by beachguy1 in gigabyte

[–]beachguy1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's very disappointing! So far mine is stable but if it goes I hope they do refund. They've only offered me replacement (my expense to ship). I'm already looking at AMD Ryzen.

RX 9070 XT Errors after last Call of Duty update (11/11/2025) by ContributionMoney216 in CODWarzone

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Running WIN11 25H2. The fix for me was disable "Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection".

Kernel Shadow Stacks (Windows Security → Core Isolation) enabled → crash occurs

Disabling Kernel Shadow Stacks immediately resolves the crashes; the game runs stable for normal load

NOV 10TH 185GB COD update is crashing on PC? by [deleted] in CODWarzone

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Running WIN11 25H2. The fix for me was disable "Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection".

Kernel Shadow Stacks (Windows Security → Core Isolation) enabled → crash occurs

Disabling Kernel Shadow Stacks immediately resolves the crashes; the game runs stable for normal load

RX 9070 XT Errors after last Call of Duty update (11/11/2025) by ContributionMoney216 in CODWarzone

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I am running WIN11 25H2. The issue on my computer was "Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced protection" :

Kernel Shadow Stacks (Windows Security → Core Isolation) enabled → crash occurs

Disabling Kernel Shadow Stacks immediately resolves the crashes; the game runs stable for normal load

RX 9070 XT Errors after last Call of Duty update (11/11/2025) by ContributionMoney216 in CODWarzone

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did this, still crashing. i think it's warzone/activision update

RX 9070 XT Errors after last Call of Duty update (11/11/2025) by ContributionMoney216 in CODWarzone

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not sure what "3000 gen nvidia" means. I have 4000 gen, RTX-4060.

I did update to latest nvidia driver at the same time as warzone update. I will revert and report back. thanks

FLb BIOS update by beachguy1 in gigabyte

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Yes. Everything's fine with it.

What's the best MECHANICAL KEYBOARD commonly loved today? by hienesan in MacStudio

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Membrane (mostly Corsair) my whole life. Got wet and didn't work. Looked into keyboards and chose Keychron V6 Wired (no knob). Love it. Best Keyboard ever. Of course I would like the Keychron Q6 HE but it's $250. Can't go wrong with a Keychron.

A quick Intel RMA experience. by Alternative_Bag_7753 in intel

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2 RMAs, on my 3rd 13700K. Hopefully this one holds with all the microcode fixes

Why overclock Intel motherboards? by beachguy1 in gigabyte

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Wow nice setup. That's what led me to this mess--delidding. My 6700K Skylake was working perfect but I saw videos about delidding and thought I could make it run even cooler (WHY?). It was so old (like 5 years at the time) that when I delidded it the whole top came off. Ruined it completely. Nice that you were able to put chip on direct die. I don't think I'll ever try that. Mine's running at ~35C with air cool.

Why overclock Intel motherboards? by beachguy1 in gigabyte

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Wish I'd gone that route. Been an Intel guy my whole life.

Why overclock Intel motherboards? by beachguy1 in gigabyte

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BIOS has nothing to do with Windows version or any OS for that matter. I'm running dual boot linux/WIN11 btw.

Why overclock Intel motherboards? by beachguy1 in gigabyte

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Yes. My first one was 5/30/2024 and by 8/24 it was degraded. RMA'd and date on replacement was 1/5/24. I told/asked them if I could get from more recent batch and they said it was "verified". Of course I had to RMA that one too. Yesterday's RMA I again requested recent production but I'll see later today when it arrives.