OT: Weird Hardware Problem

Valeri Galtsev galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu
Tue May 19 14:52:13 UTC 2020



On 5/19/20 9:38 AM, Jerry wrote:
> On Tue, 19 May 2020 14:59:48 +0100, Arthur Chance commented:
>> I've got an i7-4790K (I presume you missed the K) in my desktop and
>> Intel announced the CPU had problems with the TSX instruction set
>> extension shortly after I got it, and that those instructions should be
>> disabled in the BIOS. Other than that I've seen no suggestion anything
>> else is buggy.
> 
> Have you checked to see if an updated BIOS has been issued for your
> machine?
> 
Arthur's and Jerry's suggestions almost certainly cover everything. Were 
there not for them I would suggest to also open the machine and 
"re-seat" SSD or hard drive whichever device you have. (and RAM unless 
it is soldered to the system board). I know the contacts are gold plated 
but still they manage to oxydate somehow (not that much). Probably gold 
plating is porous sometimes, not contiguous layer of gold.

Valeri
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