Microsoft fix bricks some AMD PCs
 

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'Bricked' is probably the wrong word in the article as it is sometimes causing boot up issues from what i understand.

I patched my Intel yesterday with the Kaisen Patch for Meltdown, just hope my smart phone and tablet gets a patch as it is old!

Re: Microsoft fix bricks some AMD PCs
 

I have updates block on my windows 10 machine until i see that Microsoft have not messed up. When i have seen that the patch does not mess up Intel based windows machines then i will let it update. As Microsoft have a track record of issuing messed up patches they can go forth in short jerky moments for now.

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Not had any issues here luckily so far, i don't play games on the PC so not sure how much of a slow down it will cause, but i would rather be patched for the sake of a few frames and speed on SSDs etc and god knows what else Nvidia graphics cards possibly?

I have a bios update from Asus to install also but holding off for now as i hate doing that.

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Nvidia requires an update.

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answ...tail/a_id/4611

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/product-security/

Comodo and Avast are confirmed to be ok, so it is ok to install the MS patch.

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I have no intention of installing any patch from Microsoft until it is confirmed they work by the users. They have a track record of botching updates and i have been hit by one of them in the past. Never again

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I don't blame you which is why i waited a good few days for confirmation from users which told me i needed to make sure my AV was compatible and it also requires a specific registry key in the registry which i did have, not sure when that got there though.

I think this patch is going to drop today on windows update.

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My pc is turned off and i am at work, but thanks for the heads up, i have updates blocked but i will boot the PC when i get home and watch to see if microsoft have tried to circumnavigate the blocks people have on updates. You may think i am being a bit funny about this update but Microsoft have had to rush this because the news broke early so i don't trust them to have got it right first time.

Re: Microsoft fix bricks some AMD PCs
 

Microsoft are not the only ones caught out by this - rushing out patches with issues.

The latest Linux kernel updates for Centos 6 & Centos 7 have hit problems as well.

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And that is why i block updates till they are reported clear

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Oh dear .....
not their fault of course .... :erm:

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We don't seem to have a dedicated thread for the Meltdown Spectre vulnerabilities so i will add this here.

For people on affected Mobiles/Tablets, it looks like some of us will be abandoned as i have an LG G3 and after a web search this mobile won't be getting anymore security updates..... not happy at all.

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My Win10 box tried to patch then errored. Trying to restart took an hour to shutdown then tried and failed to patch again and got stuck in a loop. Eventually returned to a restore point just before patching attempt and now stable. Update shows patch available with button to apply. Not going to push it.

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Make sure your AV is compatible.

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Norton says it is.

Re: Microsoft fix bricks some AMD PCs
 

Some Googling needed for you then, as these issues are too serious not to patch.