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There was a time when I bought something I owned it and could do anything I wanted with it. That time is clearly gone.
by brillenfux 11y ago
There was a time when I bought something I owned it and could do anything I wanted with it. That time is clearly gone.
- Tepix 11y agoNo one is forcing you to install the BIOS update.
- Retric 11y agoI have been 'required' to install BIOS updates before. PS3 lost capability's at one point in an update and new games forced that update without mentioning it on the packaging. "Note that Intel paired this with a bug fix for the freezing during Prime95 - if you want the bug fix, you have to let them lock down your clock. "
- Tepix 11y agoYou are using an undocumented feature of the CPU, from Intel's point of view it's an unintended loophole. Also you can try to separate the Prime95 bugfix from the clock lockdown. Good luck :-)
- jsheard 11y agoThey could theoretically push the microcode out via Windows Update as well, which combined with Win10s enforced updates would make it difficult to avoid. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3064209 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3064209
- Tepix 11y agoThat's nasty - but isn't Microsoft to blame there?
- gcb0 11y agoupgrading the OS, which you are required for security reasons, will also upgrade the micro code. in fact, i don't remember the bios ever being relevant for that
- gcb0 11y agoto the geniuses downvoting... don't even know why i bother: "While microcode can be updated through the BIOS, the Linux kernel is also able to apply these updates during boot." -- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode now, do you update your kernel more or less often than the BIOS?
- brillenfux 11y agoIt's best to develop a decent level of ignorance when it comes to social media dynamics :)