The microcode updates can also be loaded via your OS if they are not installed via a firmware update. This happens before the OS itself is loaded early on in th

The microcode updates can also be loaded via your OS if they are not installed via a firmware update. This happens before the OS itself is loaded early on in the boot stage. See [0] for Linux and possibly [1] for Windows. Not 100% sure if Windows does handle this via Windows Updates or not. [0] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Intel_microcode https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Intel_microcode [1] http://www.overclock.net/forum/5-intel-cpus/1633419-how-update-intel-microcode-windows-7-x64-bootup-skylake-kabylake-others.html http://www.overclock.net/forum/5-intel-cpus/1633419-how-upda...