Intel Skylake prime numbers bug squashed with BIOS update (Updated)
Manufacturers are starting to roll out fixes to kill the Intel Skylake bug that caused systems to crash while running complex workloads. ASRock is one of the first vendors to step up to the plate with a BIOS update for all its Intel 100 series motherboards.
Motherboard vendors are in the midst of rolling out fixes for the Intel Skylake bug that caused systems to crash while running complex workloads.
Updated on 29 January 2016: Gigabyte has chimed in with BIOS updates of its own to fix the problem. They can be downloaded here.
Originally published on 26 January 2016:
Remember the bug that caused Intel Skylake processors to crash while calculating prime numbers or other complex workloads? That just got squashed with a BIOS update from ASRock, and other manufacturers are likely to follow up with updates of their own soon.
The error was first discovered by users of Prime95, an application commonly used to stress test CPUs by pushing them to their limits through the execution of complex prime number equations. Average users probably never even noticed that there was a problem, but the BIOS update should provide a peace of mind that everything is working as intended.
The ASRock BIOS update applies to all its Intel 100 series motherboards. The company says that updated systems will now be able to run Prime95 with no hiccups. The BIOS update can already be downloaded from the company's support page here.
We'll update this piece as other motherboard vendors release their own updates.
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