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Z77 Extreme6 Microcode update

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Topic: Z77 Extreme6 Microcode update

Posted By: wannagofast
Subject: Z77 Extreme6 Microcode update
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 7:03am

" rel="nofollow - 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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Z77 Extreme6 - i7-3770K @ 4.4 GHz - 8GB GSkill 1866
MSI GTX 970 4GD5T OC - Samsung 850 Pro 128 GB SSD

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Posted By: badbri
Date 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.

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Posted By: wannagofast
Date 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

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Z77 Extreme6 - i7-3770K @ 4.4 GHz - 8GB GSkill 1866
MSI GTX 970 4GD5T OC - Samsung 850 Pro 128 GB SSD