News Latest AMD AGESA Firmware Inadvertently Disables Cores On Some Ryzen 5 7600X CPUs

[Admin]

AMD AGESA ComboAM5PI 1.0.0.4 firmware allegedly disables some cores on Ryzen 5 7600X processors with a dual-CCD design.

Latest AMD AGESA Firmware Inadvertently Disables Cores On Some Ryzen 5 7600X CPUs : Read more

 

[helper800]

D'oh!

 

[-Fran-]

You would think they've tested all known CPU configs for AM5 so far, as there aren't many.

Come on, AMD. Do better.

Regards.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Boffins Bork Cores

much better title

ah I miss the old British tech sites

 

[TechieTwo]

Asrock only had the AGESA 1.0.0.4 up as a Beta BIOS so it's no surprise it is still being evaluated before it becomes a permanent validated BIOS update. It's understood that a Beta BIOS may have issues.

 

[ClowReed]

And Asus...? It was a surprise for me that some 7600X come with dual CCD. Interesting.

 

[jkflipflop98]

And Asus...? It was a surprise for me that some 7600X come with dual CCD. Interesting.

yes, that doesn't really make much sense.

 

[Coffee Fueled Curmudgeon]

AMD were previously rumoured to be using a defective Ryzen 9 chipsets where only a single core was operable and classifying them as Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 parts. Were quite a few articles at the time after Der Bauer came across one. Reducing waste etc etc

 

[RodroX]

lol... how many people went out for vacation on AMD at the same time?
... or Is someone on AMD using chatGPT to finish work faster and go get some snacks?

 

[Thekobk]

The latest bios version also makes the 5950 unstable with any undervolting, matter of fact I had to increase all cores by 10 in curve optimizer.

 

[TR909]

No matter the reason, it is unacceptable for such a big company to have so poor QA.

 

[watzupken]

That's why while some people praise AMD for being very active in improving their BIOs, I actually feel it is a double-edged sword. The more people fiddle with something that is not broken, the more they will break something. It is just a matter of the seriously of things they break. Therefore, I would also recommend that people don't upgrade their BIOS with some promise of improvements. If nothing is broken, then don't fix it.

 

[watzupken]

No matter the reason, it is unacceptable for such a big company to have so poor QA.

But there are many companies that are big, and still fail QA/ QC. It is a numbers game. The more they try to fiddle with it, the higher the chance something will break.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

That's why while some people praise AMD for being very active in improving their BIOs, I actually feel it is a double-edged sword. The more people fiddle with something that is not broken, the more they will break something. It is just a matter of the seriously of things they break. Therefore, I would also recommend that people don't upgrade their BIOS with some promise of improvements. If nothing is broken, then don't fix it.

This is my stance as well, and has always been. I don’t change it unless I am experiencing a specific problem that the new version fixes or if I’m adding new hardware that’s supported. And others say security is an issue but that’s not really a big issue.

 

[Amdlova]

Why not enable core unlocker... miss old days

 

[jkflipflop98]

Why not enable core unlocker... miss old days

For a guy named "Amdlova" that's a lot of intel systems in your signature.

 

[JamesJones44]

Quick, someone get AMD some QA for their software developers. First it was drivers that overclocked your machine, now they are disabling functionality with a firmware update.