
How to test your PC for the Skylake bug
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Intel has confirmed a bug in some Skylake CPUs could cause them to lock up under "complex workload conditions" but noted that a fix is on the way. The bug initially was reported only with the Core i7-6700K desktop CPU with Hyper-Threading enabled, but Intel’s confirmation seems to indicates it impacts more CPUs in the lineup.
In a post on Intel's forums, an Intel community manager wrote: "Intel has identified an issue that potentially affects the 6th Gen Intel Core family of products. This issue only occurs under certain complex workload conditions, like those that may be encountered when running applications like Prime95. In those cases, the processor may hang or cause unpredictable system behavior. Intel has identified and released a fix and is working with external business partners to get the fix deployed through BIOS."
The bug has apparently been stewing for weeks on forums at hardwareluxx.de and then Mersenne.org which created the software, Prime95, that is used to induce the bug. Prime95 is used to find prime numbers and is also very popular with performance and the overclocking community as a stress and performance test.
(Read the full article at PCWorld.com to know how to test your PC for this bug.)
Source: PCWorld