Acquired June 2025. Based on the system's records, it was active as early as April 2025.
This model specifically:
https://psref.lenovo.com/Detail/Legion_5_16IRX9?M=83DG009RUS
Current BIOS version is the latest one available on Lenovo's support site: NMCN31WW from 16 May 2025.
FFXI Random Crash To Desktop
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FFXI random crash to desktop
Aquatiq said: » Do you see any other non-ffxi event logs of level critical/error/warning correlating with the crashes? And any particular spam or very high rate of other event logs regardless of severity level? Simple googling reveals this isn't a malicious background activity—it's just garden-variety Windows stuff. But is there any way to keep it from affecting other applications? Edit: me dumb. This is actually evidence of a crash report, not a cause for trouble. If anyone in the future encounters this issue, Raptor Lake CPU instability is the culprit. Depending on your motherboard manufacturer, a BIOS update may not treat the issue—but here's what worked for me.
You have: - Intel i9 13th gen or 14th gen CPU (i9-13xxx or i9-14xxx) - Desktop or laptop Symptoms include: - Apparent stability on a new CPU for several weeks; in other words, the issue comes "out of nowhere." - FFXI crashes inconsistently after launch, anywhere from seconds to hours. - FFXI crashes irrespective CPU/GPU/RAM load (i.e. standing in Mog House vs. standing in Mhaura). - FFXI is more stable with fewer addons/plugins, especially memory-intensive ones (FindAll) but fully disabling nonessential Windower functions does not resolve the issue. - GearSwap (or other complex Lua) work as intended, but Windower generates random and unusual Lua errors where no problems actually exist. - Possibly other applications reporting memory errors, such as STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION in Chrome... - ...however, RAM tests report no issues with memory. What to do: - First, update your motherboard BIOS. Some motherboard manufacturers took care of this issue already. But if that doesn't work... - Download the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel XTU). - Underclock your Performance Core Ratio by two points. In my case, I have a 5.2Ghz processor (52x) and I underclocked by 200Mhz (50x). - Apply, and configure Intel XTU to start automatically when Windows starts. Undervolting may work for some, but I could not get a stable system after extremely modest voltage adjustments. Underclocking is a compromise that costs me little in terms of CPU processing power in exchange for stability. I don't know if this is a long-term fix. This may only forestall the inevitable. However, for those who need a stable system in the short run, I can attest this worked.
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alamihgo said: » If anyone in the future encounters this issue, Raptor Lake CPU instability is the culprit. Depending on your motherboard manufacturer, a BIOS update may not treat the issue—but here's what worked for me. You have: - Intel i9 13th gen or 14th gen CPU (i9-13xxx or i9-14xxx) - Desktop or laptop Symptoms include: - Apparent stability on a new CPU for several weeks; in other words, the issue comes "out of nowhere." - FFXI crashes inconsistently after launch, anywhere from seconds to hours. - FFXI crashes irrespective CPU/GPU/RAM load (i.e. standing in Mog House vs. standing in Mhaura). This is interesting. It lines up exactly with a problem I've been having with a laptop using Raptor Lake, except that my computer worked fine with Final Fantasy XI for well over a year before the crashes to the desktop started. I had purchased Dell premium support for this laptop and after about a month of talking to Dell support I convinced them to replace the motherboard, which should happen soon. In the meantime I've been using a different computer for FFXI. My laptop is working without crashes again after getting the motherboard replaced. It has a 13th generation Intel Core i9. If the problem ever comes back, I'll try the fix that alamihgo described.
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