I was under the impression microcode (and most "firmware" in general) was ephemeral.
--Stephen On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 09:15:26AM +1100, Aaron Mason wrote: > I've had this happen under Winders - my son's Ryzen 5600G-based PC > started doing space heater impressions after a microcode update > attached to a Radeon driver came through. If I changed the CPU to one > that hadn't received the update it worked again. > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM Lloyd <ng2...@proton.me> wrote: > > > > Quincy Lawd wrote: > > > > > I've never had any issue like this before. I even unplugged everything > > > and put them back in, and still it's not POSTing > > > > FWIW I have, but under Linux, so it's not unheard of. The Ubuntu installer > > (if we are naming and shaming) ran a friendly 'firmware update' at its > > conclusion, after which was the last time that machine ever POSTed. At the > > time I wrote it off as corrupting EFI somehow but I'm not so sure anymore. > > > > If anyone knows what makes some Intel boards so susceptible to bad firmware > > updates, or which chip is getting overwritten (are they being > > misidentified?) > > I'd like to know. I got a free doorstop out of the experience. > > > > > -- > Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict > I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse >
