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>Oxidation issues? yes.
>The Via Oxidation issue currently reported in the press is a minor one that was addressed with manufacturing improvements and screens in early 2023.
>The issue was identified in late 2022, and with the manufacturing improvements and additional screens implemented Intel was able to confirm full removal of impacted processors in our supply chain by early 2024.
>However, on-shelf inventory may have persisted into early 2024 as a result.
https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Batch-of-14th-gen-CPUs-that-are-affected-by-oxidation-issue/m-p/1674231

We're in Aug. '25, and Raptor Lake is still in high demand. The problematic batches are unlikely to be sold by major retailers.
Here's a bit from the Q1 '25 earnings report
>Non-GAAP gross margin was 39.2%, approximately 3 percentage points above our guidance on much stronger-than-expected demand for Raptor Lake combined with improved cost for Meteor Lake.
https://download.intel.com/newsroom/2025/corporate/67s2p/Intel-Q12025-Earnings-Call-Comments.pdf

He's unlikely to end up with an oxidized 14600K.
He can check the batch code of his 14600K to confirm the chip was made in the second half of '23 or later.
https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/overclocking-tweaking/howto-read-an-intel-cpu-fpo-batch-code/td-p/73586

>Bios issues? yes. Microcode issues? yes.
You are describing ASRock BIOS and AMD AGESA, which are still killing a variety of AM5 Ryzen CPUs.
AMD is still replacing dead Ryzen CPUs with no questions asked, almost every day; it's as if they're admitting there's a flaw in their CPU or reference board design.