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Old January 13th 16, 01:03 PM posted to comp.sys.intel,alt.electronics
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Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by a software BIOS update? Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in the circuits?

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Old January 13th 16, 02:01 PM posted to comp.sys.intel,alt.electronics
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
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Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by a software BIOS update? Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in the circuits?


Microcode updates.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode
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Old January 13th 16, 02:05 PM posted to comp.sys.intel,alt.electronics
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:01:40 -0000, Trent .****of wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
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Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by a software BIOS update? Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in the circuits?


Microcode updates.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode


So the bug was in the firmware of the CPU, not the physical circuitry?

I've never heard of or done a CPU firmware update. Are they included with motherboard BIOS updates?

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Old January 13th 16, 08:57 PM posted to comp.sys.intel,alt.electronics,uk.rec.driving
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Mr Macaw wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:01:40 -0000, Trent .****of
wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
Message id: :

Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by
a software BIOS update? Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in
the circuits?


Microcode updates.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode


So the bug was in the firmware of the CPU, not the physical circuitry?

I've never heard of or done a CPU firmware update. Are they included
with motherboard BIOS updates?



Just add it to the long list of other things that you have never heard of,
PHucker.
Such as getting a job, meeting a woman.
You are A ******.


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Old January 14th 16, 12:37 PM posted to comp.sys.intel,alt.electronics
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:05:47 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:01:40 -0000, Trent .****of wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
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Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by a software BIOS update? Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in the circuits?


Microcode updates.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode


So the bug was in the firmware of the CPU, not the physical circuitry?

I've never heard of or done a CPU firmware update. Are they included with motherboard BIOS updates?


Yes, the manufacturer of the MB releases a BIOS update to correct the
issue. For this particular errata, Intel has given the MB manufacturers
the information needed to do this.
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Old January 14th 16, 03:29 PM posted to comp.sys.intel,alt.electronics
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On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:37:56 -0000, Trent .****of wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:05:47 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:01:40 -0000, Trent .****of wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
Message id: :

Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by a software BIOS update? Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in the circuits?

Microcode updates.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode


So the bug was in the firmware of the CPU, not the physical circuitry?

I've never heard of or done a CPU firmware update. Are they included with motherboard BIOS updates?


Yes, the manufacturer of the MB releases a BIOS update to correct the
issue. For this particular errata, Intel has given the MB manufacturers
the information needed to do this.


I've read in MB BIOS update instructions that it fixes X to do with the CPU, but I always assumed that was a motherboard fault where it didn't work with new types of CPU etc.

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Old January 14th 16, 06:51 PM posted to comp.sys.intel,alt.electronics,uk.rec.driving
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On 1/13/2016 11:57 AM, The Brain wrote:
Mr Macaw wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:01:40 -0000, Trent .****of
wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
Message id: :

Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by
a software BIOS update? Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in
the circuits?

Microcode updates.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode


So the bug was in the firmware of the CPU, not the physical circuitry?

I've never heard of or done a CPU firmware update. Are they included
with motherboard BIOS updates?



Just add it to the long list of other things that you have never heard of,
PHucker.
Such as getting a job, meeting a woman.
You are A ******.


It's probably a cock-a-roach, knowing how you live like a porcine swine!
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Old January 18th 16, 10:30 PM posted to comp.sys.intel,alt.electronics,uk.rec.driving
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"The Brain" the wrote in message
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Mr Macaw wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:01:40 -0000, Trent .****of
wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
Message id: :

Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by
a software BIOS update? Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in
the circuits?

Microcode updates.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode

So the bug was in the firmware of the CPU, not the physical circuitry?

I've never heard of or done a CPU firmware update. Are they included
with motherboard BIOS updates?



Just add it to the long list of other things that you have never heard of,
PHucker.
Such as getting a job, meeting a woman.
You are A ******.


He was never quite the same after being abducted by zombies.

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Old January 18th 16, 10:33 PM posted to comp.sys.intel,alt.electronics,uk.rec.driving
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On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 21:30:08 -0000, Ian Field wrote:



"The Brain" the wrote in message
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Mr Macaw wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:01:40 -0000, Trent .****of
wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
Message id: :

Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by
a software BIOS update? Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in
the circuits?

Microcode updates.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode

So the bug was in the firmware of the CPU, not the physical circuitry?

I've never heard of or done a CPU firmware update. Are they included
with motherboard BIOS updates?



Just add it to the long list of other things that you have never heard of,
PHucker.
Such as getting a job, meeting a woman.
You are A ******.


He was never quite the same after being abducted by zombies.


Says the guy with "gang probing" in his email address.

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Old January 18th 16, 10:41 PM posted to comp.sys.intel,alt.electronics,uk.rec.driving
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"Mr Macaw" wrote in message news
On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 21:30:08 -0000, Ian Field
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"The Brain" the wrote in message
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Mr Macaw wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:01:40 -0000, Trent .****of
wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:03:30 -0000 "Mr Macaw" wrote in
Message id: :

Just out of interest, how does a hardware bug in a CPU get fixed by
a software BIOS update? Isn't the bug a physical misconnection in
the circuits?

Microcode updates.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode

So the bug was in the firmware of the CPU, not the physical circuitry?

I've never heard of or done a CPU firmware update. Are they included
with motherboard BIOS updates?


Just add it to the long list of other things that you have never heard
of,
PHucker.
Such as getting a job, meeting a woman.
You are A ******.


He was never quite the same after being abducted by zombies.


Says the guy with "gang probing" in his email address.


I threw you back.

 




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