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Looking for which hardware is affected, I only found a statement form AMD [0] tldr, Ryzen CPUs are fine > "AMD is aware of an issue with some older generation
by amadeusw 9y ago
Looking for which hardware is affected, I only found a statement form AMD [0]
tldr, Ryzen CPUs are fine
> "AMD is aware of an issue with some older generation processors following installation of a Microsoft security update that was published over the weekend. AMD and Microsoft have been working on an update to resolve the issue and expect it to begin rolling out again for these impacted shortly."
[0] http://www.techradar.com/news/meltdown-and-spectre-windows-patch-halted-for-amd-pcs-after-it-causes-boot-failure http://www.techradar.com/news/meltdown-and-spectre-windows-p...
- korethr 9y agoIt would be nice to know which older CPUs are affected. Do I have to worry about my Fam 10h processors getting bricked, or just my K-7 and K-8 systems?
- Osiris 9y agoI'm surprised by this because I know that Microsoft has a test lab with various hardware configurations and software to help verify that updates don't break existing software. Doesn't Microsoft have the resources to run automated tests on enough hardware configurations to have caught this?
- sitharus 9y agoThey do, but there’s a huge number of possible configurations of both hardware and software to choose from and they’re always going to miss some.
- bluedino 9y agoHow far back do the machines in Microsoft testing lab go? I heard the chips having the problems were Athlons from 2005-2006, which are 12-13 years old now. Apple doesn't have to worry about this kind of stuff when they patch OS X because they are able to drop support for anything they want after a certain time.