Intel confirms that their Spectre Patch has problems - new updates incoming

[WYP]

Haswell and Broadwell-based systems are affected by reboot issues.



Read more about Intel's Spectre firmware woes.

 

[AlienALX]

Oh god no. My PC has been acting so strangely lately. Programs refused to run after the patch and I had to uninstall them and find alternatives. I had it BSOD on me once, then refuse to start (well, boot into Windows) and etc. Last thing I need are more bloody patches causing more sodding issues.

 

[WYP]

Oh god no. My PC has been acting so strangely lately. Programs refused to run after the patch and I had to uninstall them and find alternatives. I had it BSOD on me once, then refuse to start (well, boot into Windows) and etc. Last thing I need are more bloody patches causing more sodding issues.

These issues are due to firmware updates, not patches. Not that many consumer motherboards have BIOS updates yet, aside from Skylake or newer platforms.

 

[AlienALX]

These issues are due to firmware updates, not patches. Not that many consumer motherboards have BIOS updates yet, aside from Skylake or newer platforms.

I've not flashed the bios. I've had my rig running since last July. I've never had as single issue with it. Until the patches rolled out last week. Coincidence? not really.

It could have been the meltdown patch causing those issues. In fact, that may explain why apps just died and refused to run. Maybe they were using certain paths to the CPU.

God knows, but I'm not really in any mood for any more of it. Last time I checked I was still vulnerable to Spectre.

 

[Darkdayzzz]

I've not flashed the bios. I've had my rig running since last July. I've never had as single issue with it. Until the patches rolled out last week. Coincidence? not really.

It could have been the meltdown patch causing those issues. In fact, that may explain why apps just died and refused to run. Maybe they were using certain paths to the CPU.

God knows, but I'm not really in any mood for any more of it. Last time I checked I was still vulnerable to Spectre.

AlienALX - what OS of windows are you running?

If its win10 pro (since you can stop updates in the other windows easily lol) I can tell you what to change within GPEDIT (group policy editor) to stop Windows10 from updating at all, no more forced updates. And this is also do-able on Windows10 home as well I just need to remember how to add GPEDIT into it.

Let me know, happy to help if I can. To be fair - meltdown and spectre will need a very skilled person or group to even use them and then if they know how to use them they certainly won't be going after a normal person like you or me (typically).

 

[AlienALX]

Yes it's Win 10 pro. I don't want to change anything on the PC if it works.. However, I am upgrading another PC and will not care so much about that one as it won't have any payment stuff stored on it etc.

So cheers for that, will hit you up in a couple of weeks

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Intel now included identical issues for newer CPUs, including Kaby and Skylake, as well, according to tweakers.net (Dutch).

 

[hellboy99]

Intel tells users to stop installing chip patches

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42788169#

 

[Dawelio]

Haha, I am actually so amused by this. Intel, the biggest CPU maker in the world, who has been for decades, have actually totally shot themselves in the foot here.

Especially after making CPUs for so long that you'd thought they knew what they were doing, apparently not...

Even AMD hasn't gotten this much issues lol...

 

[NeverBackDown]

Haven't even updated anything. Not even windows. Nothing I do would get me these malware anyway.