Gigabyte Instrument Stops DRM-Secure Video games From Stalling on Intel Alder CPUs

Intel remains to be running to deal with incompatibility problems between its Alder Lake CPUs and dozens of DRM-protected PC video games. However within the intervening time, motherboard maker Gigabyte has launched a brief repair. 

The Taiwanese supplier issued(Opens in a brand new window) its “DRM Repair Instrument” for house owners of Gigabyte’s Z690 motherboards. The device purposes as a Home windows app and offers consumers a very simple method to quickly close down the “Potency cores” on Intel’s twelfth era ”Alder Lake” Core processors.

Recently, the chips combat to run 45 DRM-protected video games on Home windows 10 and 18 video games on Home windows 11 as a result of Denuvo’s anti-pracy DRM device errors the hybrid structure at the Alder Lake CPUs as two PCs making an attempt to run the sport on the similar time. In truth, the processor’s “Efficiency cores” and “Potency cores” are processing the sport in tandem. 

When Intel first detailed the DRM incompatibility issues, the corporate discussed it was once making ready a workaround(Opens in a brand new window) that may contain hanging the Potency cores on standby. However not one of the main motherboard manufacturers had the workaround able to move. 

Gigabyte now says it is advanced Intel’s authentic workaround by way of taking out the wish to alter the motherboard’s BIOS settings and use the Scroll Lock key (Scr Lk) at the keyboard to close down the Potency cores. As a substitute, house owners can position the Potency cores on standby during the newly introduced Home windows app.

The checklist of Gigabyte motherboards that may use the device.
(Gigabyte)

However to make use of it, consumers will wish to first replace their Z690 motherboard’s BIOS, which calls for a number of steps(Opens in a brand new window). This comprises downloading the brand new BIOS model from Gigabyte’s buyer reinforce pages(Opens in a brand new window).

Different motherboard distributors, together with Asus and MSI, also are growing their very own brief workarounds to mend the DRM incompatibility problems with Alder Lake. However the corporations have not begun to mention after they’ll arrive.

Within the intervening time, Intel has been running with recreation builders to completely get to the bottom of the issues. The checklist of affected video games has shriveled from 51 to 45, and some other 11 video games, together with Mortal Kombat 11 and General Warhammer 1, are anticipated to be patched later this month.