Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> [11-01-17 20:52]: > On Monday 17 January 2011 20:19:04 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> [11-01-17 20:16]: > > > On Monday 17 January 2011 18:21:48 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have two questions: > > > > 1) Do I have to enable microcode updates in the BIOS of my > > > > Crosshair > > > > > > > > IV Formula to activate microcodes push in the CPU by the > > > > module > > > > "microcode" ? (AMD Phenom X6 1090T) > > > > > > you ALWAYS have to activate that! This way the bios updates the > > > microcode with the latest version it is carrying around. Not activating > > > that option is really, really stupid. For many reasons. It is also > > > (almost) completely unrelated to that blob. > > > > > > That blob is for the OS so you can upload an even more recent version of > > > microcode. In case your bios sucks. For example. > > > > > > > 2) Does anyone know, what these microcodes do? They are fixes > > > > for... > > > > > > > > ...what? > > > > > > the CPU. All CPUs use microcode. For decades. Google, or go straight to > > > wikipedia. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode > > > > Cool down. I know for waht microcodes are good for. > > > > My question means: What specific bugs/features of my CPU get fixed, > > when I use the microcde included in the recent microcode update??? > > nobody knows. >
So...why should I try unknown code patched into my CPU. It looks like "install this virus" from the security point of view, doesn't ist?
