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| Thread ID: 145730 | 2018-01-15 19:07:00 | BIOS Updates for the Meltdown and Spectre Patches | Lawrence (2987) | Press F1 |
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| 1444848 | 2018-01-16 06:27:00 | "Intel issued a microcode update that provided extra features that operating systems could use to protect against Spectre. But after reports of crashes, the company is now warning not to install it on systems with Haswell and Broadwell processors. If your motherboard or system vendor has an updated firmware with the new microcode, don't install it" From: arstechnica.com |
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| 1444849 | 2018-01-16 07:07:00 | Also be very cautious where you get the patches from, this malware is in German at the moment but might soon appear as an English version. news.softpedia.com |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1444850 | 2018-01-16 19:08:00 | "Intel issued a microcode update that provided extra features that operating systems could use to protect against Spectre. But after reports of crashes, the company is now warning not to install it on systems with Haswell and Broadwell processors. If your motherboard or system vendor has an updated firmware with the new microcode, don't install it" From: arstechnica.com Interesting Article Dave - :thanks had a couple of people call asking about the problem, not really a lot you can do at the moment hardware wise. Seems the software is being updated /patched. BUT hardware any computer no matter the OS is open for attack. Had one lady call, she wanted me to update her BIOS to patch it, but said she had read of all the failures on other forums, but wanted a guarantee from me that if I did it, it would work --- Errrrrrrrr-- NO, not if Intel recommend not to do it ;) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1444851 | 2018-01-16 19:16:00 | Looks like 75% of systems will go unpatched as Board manufactures will not support BIOS upgrades on older Boards Wouldn't be waiting any sweetners to upgrade either |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1444852 | 2018-01-16 20:08:00 | Interesting Tool from Gibson Research Corporation Inspectre www.howtogeek.com Tell's me my system is like Trump (sh-t),tells me the Meltdown patch that was applied has slowed comp down due to age and offers to disable the Meltdown patch till a better one is offered Hard to tell of any performance hit as did not Benchmark prior to applying Patch LGA775 Q6700 Windows 10 64bit |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1444853 | 2018-01-16 22:49:00 | had a couple of people call asking about the problem, not really a lot you can do at the moment hardware wise. Seems the software is being updated /patched. BUT hardware any computer no matter the OS is open for attack. Had one lady call, she wanted me to update her BIOS to patch it, but said she had read of all the failures on other forums, but wanted a guarantee from me that if I did it, it would work --- Errrrrrrrr-- NO, not if Intel recommend not to do it ;) Allways is some risk with bios/firmware patches/updates . A small but real chance the PC will be bricked . Bios updates make me nervous. If bios updates brick a customers hardware, you will of course get the blame :annoyed: Windows patches dont 'fix' all the holes . "What they dont' address: Spectre variant 2, branch target injection (CVE-2017-5715)" blog.barkly.com The real disgrace is that this has been known about for 6 months. 6 months to address the issue, but no. Wait till its leaked and then rush out buggy patches . Win & browsers should have been patched months ago. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1444854 | 2018-01-18 01:10:00 | meltdown doesn't affect me (AMD) but I'm vulnerable to spectre apparently. Suppose I should think about a bios upgrade, but I have had bad experiences with some of those in the past (argh!) and even bricked a couple of modems the same way - firmware updates spectre risk is pretty minimal really tho, so I think I'll wait a while first anyway, make sure the fix is a well proven one first |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1444855 | 2018-01-18 21:00:00 | The bad news: Intel has previously warned that the microcode update it issued to provide some processor-based mitigation for some kinds of Spectre attack was causing machines with Haswell and Broadwell processors to reboot. It turns out that the problems are more widespread than previously reported: the chip company is now saying that Ivy Bridge, Sandy Bridge, Skylake, and Kaby Lake systems are affected, too. From: arstechnica.com |
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