EDIT: disabling VBS and rebooting simply worked, now I have microcode 12B :'P
THEBOSS, thank you and the others *so much* for your work and research. People like us have been a bit mistreated, but now we have proof that HX (13 and 14 gen) CPUs were affected by the issues.
I also downclocked a bit the ACLL value (actually a lot) a few months ago, now I'll try to see if I should "upclock" it a bit in case I'll have issues with the microcode.
Hello!
The installation of 129 went good, no errors even in Event, but HWINFO actually shows that I'm at version 113 just as earlier. Memory integrity protection is disabled already, I tried to reboot, and also to rename mcupdate_GenuineIntel.dll with cmd (admin) but seems that I'm not allowed to rename even if I was admin. If I do via GUI with explorer.exe, it says that I need authorization from TrustedInstaller or something like that Do we have any solution here?
It's strange that nothing is provided easily via Windows while Intel is about to provide the microcode update via simple packages on GNU/Linux OSs. I wonder if anything can be done from the WSL, but I know nothing of that system.
Thank you so much for your kind words, I really appreciate it.
now we have proof that HX (13 and 14 gen) CPUs were affected by the issues.
Exactly Exactly Exactly, It's time to
crusade against Intel... Intel is
lying & scamming to everyone... OEMs is also to blame too... Why OEMs not release the microcode for HX users like Dell & Acer did? Dell & Acer released 0x129 microcode with new BIOS update for Intel HX users... why not do it as a preventive measurement? why wait for it to happen? if the CPU is cooked then it is too late to fix it with microcode...
Good luck convincing OEMs to repair it for you for free when you are outside of warranty. Problems will appear years or months sooner or later & I bet OEMs will start to cover it up behind Intel statements.
What if OEM decline user repairs, should the customer then sit there with borked cpu? and even if they accept user repairs... you gotta splash out lots of $$$ & OEMs will charge you high prices for repairments (which they will replace the whole motherboard)
A respectable user in discord said something that opened my mind... Most companies would just rely on the lazy customers that wont do anything about it and accept their greediness and bullshit that the company offers.
The whole business model there and ppl who are sitting don't have ANY CLUE, maybe the engineers, but the representatives of Customer Care are just basic managers hoping that the customer will be lazy to argue with them and wont know their own rights.
It clearly shows how huge companies don't interact within their departments and have even huge misunderstanding between their departments, not even speaking about customer and Escalation/Customer Care relationship - all these can lead to awful decisions. We are into darker days for sure in 2025. Long story short... the shadow of future uncertainty is rooted so deep into the tech giants that actually makes them to simply
disregard everything for
maximum profits &
minimal loses
They just hopes that the customers will be lazy to discuss and therefore can be easily dropped off w/o any solution - sounds weird, but that's the reality, when a company is aiming for the profit, they will just
spit into the audience.
It took Intel 1+ years to admit it and start fixing there own pile of crap. Do you think OEM will analyze the issue and try to know the main cause? I doubt that... they will just simply replace the whole motherboard and move on and charge the user with high repair prices... it's win-win situation for OEMs but exchanging a motherboard every time is literally a waste and also hard procedure on their side to get the request accepted and so on.
The fact that Intel saying that they are not
affected will let OEMs an escape route & to use this as an excuse to not release any BIOS updates for Intel HX cpus or repair it and it simply it's up to OEMs to decide if they wanna release BIOS updates with the microcode or not.
I have talked to HP, XMG, ASUS, etc... through support & forums... do you know what bullshit excuse they all use? "No data indicates that it happened"... one of OEMs simply outright spitting crap of how much bullshit this statement when they say.. "
but but but Intel said they aren't affected" won't talk about it more for ASUS as it is a long story & I went in grinding & friction against them of how much incompetent & naive they are about this issue.
Dell/Alienware & Acer did it and released 0x129 microcode update for Intel HX CPU users
even while Intel admittly
lying & saying "They are not affected" publicly... OEM knew about it all along since day 1 & the day it happened and I bet they forced Intels hands to do not dare to say it publicly that HX are affected bec. if Intel did that... OEM will be the 1st to get hit and will be forced to replace every single motherboard since the CPU is embedded and second... sue cases all over against Intel for the damages.
What is more funny... is Intel put it in a PDF mentioning about HX being affected silently without doing any kind of announcements, I guess they hope people won't notice? that's the problem, it is all hidden under the rug. If they kept it hidden... sooner or later will happen, they learned that lesson with Desktop CPUs... now they are doing it again with HX users but with a lie... this PDF file should cause an outrage against Intel. Intel actions speaks volumes.
Intel throwing
HX users under the bus to avoid court cases from OEMs for the damage that will cause if Intel said that they are affected publicly. So It is easier to simply lie about it and say "Not affected" and release a pdf file
silently after months.
Good luck seeing that on any tech or media platforms... they will be all busy about Arrow lake. Nice timing choice Intel made... at least no body will notice... the perfect italian job crime, Remember... this is as public info as it gets... no body know what Intel is hiding but I bet you 100% they aren't saying the full truth here.
I just copied all those statements from my TechPowerUp
profile and put it here... sorry for the long rant
I'm just not happy at all seeing all this crime that is happening and evading without any consequences.
should work 
been saying that since day 1, specifically to ASUS mods who never cared at all about laptop users with Intel HX CPUs & simply outright removing any comments that doesn't fit ASUS public image 
