** Custom BIOS F9i with Latest Intel Micro Code, 0xEA **
Credit:
@Elias64Fr
Elias has done it again! He has inserted the latest Intel Coffee Lake microcode from Apple's most recent firmware update (part of Big Sur 11.4) into the Gigabyte Z390 Designare F9i BIOS. The latest microcode is version
0xEA and applies to the CPUID 0906 family of 8th and 9th generation Intel Core processors.
Even though the new microcode was released with Big Sur 11.4, it applies to the Intel processor itself and not to any particular operating system. All versions of macOS, Windows, Linux, etc. are compatible.
The resulting file is called
Z390DESI_modMC_01052021_0906_Rev_0xEA.F9i, and it's attached below.
As always,
the decision to use or not use this BIOS is up to you. It is entirely optional. I have tested the new BIOS for half a day now with no issues.