Gigabyte Releases BIOS Update To Squash Intel Skylake Bug

[heirdeux]

Gigabyte is the second OEM to release a BIOS update that should eliminate the bug on Skylake CPUs that causes the system to freeze or crash when running complex workloads.

Gigabyte Releases BIOS Update To Squash Intel Skylake Bug : Read more

 

[Gam3r01]

No fire this time around?
Step up your game Gigabyte.

Jokes aside, glad to see another manufacturer has updated their platform.

 

[Ronnie Dean Davidson]

And???
Aren't you going to tell us just what the "fix" does?
I mean...at $255 a pop (for the i5-6600) does the fix disable something were paying for?
If so...then drop the prices of these CPU to make up for it...if not...then tell us how it fixes the problem!

 

[notsoswift1]

SO when is ASUS releasing the fix?

 

[hobbsmeerkat]

And???
Aren't you going to tell us just what the "fix" does?
I mean...at $255 a pop (for the i5-6600) does the fix disable something were paying for?
If so...then drop the prices of these CPU to make up for it...if not...then tell us how it fixes the problem!

The issue is related to very specific calculations involving "prime numbers" (3,5,7,11,13,17... etc.) that may occasionally cause the system to freeze or crash unexpectedly. It currently affects all current Skylake CPU's from the Core and Xeon E3 lines.
However, it does not affect 99% of people running Skylake systems under normal conditions, and the update doesn't "disable" any features, or hurt performance, it just implements a fix to prevent crashing when running those specific kinds of complex calculations & workloads. (or those stress testing with Prime95)

You can read more about the Skylake Bug here.

 

[Paul NZ]

SO when is ASUS releasing the fix?

Have you updated the BIOS to see if the BIOS on the site fixes it?

 

[farlandprince]

fix or no fix no one likes to buy a buggy CPU ...

If I buy a new Machine today it would be X99 with Haswel-E CPU ..

 

[eltoro]

This bug comes into effect when the CPU is heavily stressed.
I'm curious if all of the released bios updates (first by Asrock, now by Gigabyte) to eliminate this bug do so by slowing the rate in which commands reach the CPU, thus lowering the performance too.

 

[Non-Euclidean]

SO when is ASUS releasing the fix?

After they come up with their acid motifed graphic!

 

[SpAwNtoHell]

Yes assus did it also i done it myself on both skylake mb last week, tho was not in the news section, or maybe it did not cover all motherboards just yet. So best is to check your mb support page.

 

[notsoswift1]

SO when is ASUS releasing the fix?

Have you updated the BIOS to see if the BIOS on the site fixes it?

Looks like ASUS has released a BIOS Update.
"Z170-PREMIUM BIOS 1602
"Update Microcode and improve system compatibility."
"
http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170-PREMIUM/HelpDesk_Download/

Looks like I can run some benchmarks now.

 

[none12345]

So where are the reviews on the performance impact of this bug?

Ya ive heard the only affect some people under high load. And ive heard the intel line that it wont affect performance.

But, id really like to see some benchmarks to see what the performance impact is.

 

[firefoxx04]

CPUs are good at one thing, adding numbers. They can add positive numbers and add negative numbers.. yet intel just couldnt get it right. Billions of dollars spent on R and D yet they cant seem to get a couple numbers right.

 

[Alpesh_Shroff]

"More New Generations More Bugs"
Often I see the posts related to new bugs with every latest generation, No doubt Motherboard companies have to fix their BIOS to rectify. Coz, they have a big problem of working with such CPU's, Because they can't opt out of their business Ha Ha.. But Seriously Intel should work on its R&D before releasing new generations on he market. Don't see much threads on this major issue like people blaming the competition AMD for their shortcomings. Wake up members