If you are talking about clearing the CMOS to perform a reset, I want to reserve this as a last resort. I may even rollback to the previous firmware before I try a hard reset.
Since Windows 11 loads without any issues and Arch loads with C-States disabled, I just want to rule out faulty BIOS...
Hey Condobloke, thanks for the reply.
Secure boot status was one of the first things I checked after flashing the BIOS. It remained off after the flash to new firmware.
Secure boot set to off is the default state on my motherboard. I had to turn it on when I built the PC.
However, fast boot was...
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I own an Intel Core i9-13900K, installed on my home PC. There was recent news that indicated mysterious hardware failure affecting the Raptor Lake CPUs, specifically the unlocked Core i9s from the 13th and 14th generations. Although the sources that first reported this issue were using...