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Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> [11-01-17 20:16]: |
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> On Monday 17 January 2011 18:21:48 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > I have two questions: |
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> > 1) Do I have to enable microcode updates in the BIOS of my Crosshair |
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> > IV Formula to activate microcodes push in the CPU by the module |
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> > "microcode" ? (AMD Phenom X6 1090T) |
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> you ALWAYS have to activate that! This way the bios updates the microcode with |
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> the latest version it is carrying around. Not activating that option is |
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> really, really stupid. For many reasons. It is also (almost) completely |
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> unrelated to that blob. |
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> That blob is for the OS so you can upload an even more recent version of |
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> microcode. In case your bios sucks. For example. |
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> > 2) Does anyone know, what these microcodes do? They are fixes for... |
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> > ...what? |
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> the CPU. All CPUs use microcode. For decades. Google, or go straight to |
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> wikipedia. |
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode |
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Cool down. I know for waht microcodes are good for. |
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My question means: What specific bugs/features of my CPU get fixed, |
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when I use the microcde included in the recent microcode update??? |
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