New Haswell microcode to block overclocking on non-Z87 mobos

Stefan Mileschin · 29th July 2013, 08:17

Officially, Haswell overclocking requires two things: one, a K-series variant of the processor, and two, a motherboard with a Z87 chipset. Several motherboard makers have recently circumvented the second requirement, enabling Haswell overclocking on H87, B85, and H81 mobos via a firmware update. Unfortunately, it looks like that workaround may not be available for much longer. The folks at Hardware.fr asked Intel about the workaround last week, and they received the following statement.

"WW30'13" seems to be shorthand for week 30 of this year, which is this week. It's not clear how quickly the update will be rolled ...

http://techreport.com/news/25138/new...-non-z87-mobos

29th July 2013, 08:17	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,618	New Haswell microcode to block overclocking on non-Z87 mobos Officially, Haswell overclocking requires two things: one, a K-series variant of the processor, and two, a motherboard with a Z87 chipset. Several motherboard makers have recently circumvented the second requirement, enabling Haswell overclocking on H87, B85, and H81 mobos via a firmware update. Unfortunately, it looks like that workaround may not be available for much longer. The folks at Hardware.fr asked Intel about the workaround last week, and they received the following statement. "WW30'13" seems to be shorthand for week 30 of this year, which is this week. It's not clear how quickly the update will be rolled ... http://techreport.com/news/25138/new...-non-z87-mobos

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