Intel's Official Restrictions Cracked by Enthusiasts: Pure Big-Core CPU Successfully Boots Windows on Z790
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The Bartlett Lake-S modification project on the Overclock.net forum has achieved a significant breakthrough, with a modder successfully booting an Intel Core i9 273PQE processor into Windows on an ASUS Z790 motherboard. Previously, the modder had rewritten the BIOS with AI assistance and supplemented missing modules, enabling the motherboard to recognize the processor, but failed to complete the operating system boot. The latest progress shows that CPU-Z, AIDA64, and ASUS TurboV Core software have all successfully launched and recognized the CPU, with the GPU also being detected, hinting at potential future gaming performance tests based on this 12-big-core processor. The official specifications of the Intel Core i9 273PQE are 12 cores and 24 threads, all of which are performance cores with no efficiency cores, a maximum turbo frequency of 5.9GHz, 36MB cache, and a base power consumption of 125W. Originally positioned for edge computing and embedded applications, rather than consumer desktop platforms, this processor is physically compatible with consumer motherboards but lacks official support for use on standard LGA 1700 motherboards due to the absence of corresponding BIOS support. Successfully booting into Windows is a major milestone, but system stability, device compatibility, microcode, and actual benchmark performance still require further validation.