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Intel Spectre/Meltdown Fix pulled!

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Category: Technical Support
Forum Name: Intel Motherboards
Forum Description: Question about ASRock Intel Motherboards
URL: https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7425
Printed Date: 02 Aug 2025 at 9:03pm
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Topic: Intel Spectre/Meltdown Fix pulled!

Posted By: jclausius
Subject: Intel Spectre/Meltdown Fix pulled!
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2018 at 11:38pm

" rel="nofollow - I see where the UEFI/BIOS fix from intel for Spectre / Meltdown has been causing random reboots:

- http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7175&PID=43779&title=bios-update-for-spectre-and-meltdown-for-older-mbs#43779

- http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-spectre-reboot-update-tested,36378.html

I believe intel has recommended all mobo vendors pull their UEFI/BIOS fixes from respective websites, and that ASRock is no exception. However, in my case I was able to grab and install the UEFI update for my x299e-itx/ac (v 1.40) on the day of its release a week or two ago.

Now, I've patched the BIOS without issue and have not experienced any random reboots, in fact the system has been plain solid. Again, the x299e-itx/ac is only capable of running Skylake-X CPUs. My plan is to go forward using the version I have installed now, and not downgrade my UEFI. Any thoughts this is the wrong course of action?

TIA