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It's bad enough Intel have created the ultimate trojan, but their detection tool can't even fix the problem! The tool rightly points out that my desktop consum

It's bad enough Intel have created the ultimate trojan, but their detection tool can't even fix the problem! The tool rightly points out that my desktop consumer system is vulnerable (from the list, no Intel CPU manufactured in the last 5 years isn't), then suggests I contact the manufacturer for an update. Here is what the tool says my system manufacturer is: Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M. I will get right on that and bug "To Be Filled By O.E.M." for an update! It's an ASRock motherboard, by the way. But with this approach they are not going to patch even 5% of personal computers out there..

kw71 9y ago
This isn't uncommon. You're not wrong to expect that, if they did not do their job when configuring these data, they will not do anything to support you postsale. Their lifecycles are so short maybe your product is several generations old now. Some of the board vendors do a better job, but usually still not as good as "namebrand computers." There is a lot of engineering work that goes into integration. It's not readily visible to endusers/consumers and therefore difficult for us to appreciate it or evaluate it for completeness or accuracy. I hope that someone does a survey of computer and board vendors' support for this problem. I would like to see who abandons products last.