https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:29:33 +0000 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 12:18:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8842 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8842&PID=52190&title=z77-extreme6-microcode-update#52190 Author: wannagofast
Subject: 8842
Posted: 03 Jun 2018 at 12:18pm

Went and reread the info at GRC and saw what I had missed.

Thank you for the reply and the info.


peace
Wanna]]> Sun, 03 Jun 2018 12:18:08 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8842&PID=52190&title=z77-extreme6-microcode-update#52190 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8842&PID=52186&title=z77-extreme6-microcode-update#52186 Author: badbri
Subject: 8842
Posted: 03 Jun 2018 at 10:56am

According to GRC you need both BIOS microcode update and Windows patch for Spectre. Meltdown only needs a Windows patch.  If your machine does not do any Internet work then you do not need any patches since both vulnerabilties need full web access to a machine to fully exploit that machine afaik.
]]> Sun, 03 Jun 2018 10:56:45 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8842&PID=52186&title=z77-extreme6-microcode-update#52186 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8842&PID=52162&title=z77-extreme6-microcode-update#52162 Author: wannagofast
Subject: 8842
Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 7:03am

Greetings
I just updated my Z77 Extreme6 motherboard with the newly released 2.90 Beta Bios.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme6/index.us.asp?cat=Download#BIOS
All went well with the update and I have returned everything to previous settings.

I thought this was supposed to patch the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilitys
without the need for the Microsoft patches that slow down performance of CPU.

But the InSpectre tool it still says I am not protected if I disable the patches.
And enabling them results in it reporting that my system performance is slower.

Am I confused as to what this bios update was supposed to accomplish?

peace
wanna


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