Not sure why that would be as expected, Intel specifically sold the
'K' part to have unlocked multiplier. Any firmware upgrades ought to retain
the features people paid for.
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2018, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:19:42 -0000
> From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <1748...@bugs.launchpad.net>
> To: nan...@eskimo.com
> Subject: [Bug 1748543] Re: intel-microcode when installed on an i7-6850k based
> system running Artful breaks overclock
>
> For the record:
>
> Now that Microsoft started distributing the recent batch of Intel
> microcode updates, there are reports everywhere from Windows 10 users,
> that the Microcode updates do break i7-6850K over-clocking. As
> expected, really.
>
> The recommended action is to demand a firmware update from the
> motherboard vendor, for motherboards that were sold with over-clocking
> as one of their key features.
>
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> Title:
> intel-microcode when installed on an i7-6850k based system running
> Artful breaks overclock
>
> Status in intel-microcode package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I have an I7-6850k machine Asus X99-A motherboard, 128GB memory with
> Artful 17.10 installed. The official clock speed of this processor is
> 3.6 Ghz, I have it clocked at 4.3 Ghz, however, if I install the
> intel-microcode package, the machine ignores the BIOS settings and
> reverts to 3.6 Ghz. Since this package is necessary from a security
> perspective I'm stuck with either being insecure or losing an enormous
> amount of performance.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
> Package: intel-microcode (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-lowlatency 4.13.13
> Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-lowlatency x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: MATE
> Date: Fri Feb 9 13:04:14 2018
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-05 (280 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
> SourcePackage: intel-microcode
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-20 (112 days ago)
>
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