AMD: brief statement on Spectre/Windows Update issue
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kruno
Well what is new here, AMD gets always fuc**d even when they did nothing wrong:D:D
Alessio1989
Wasn't the update patching the Spectre variant 2, aka branch target injection (CVE-2017-5715)?
They ignore how their CPU are built (dispatching wrong technical information to Microsoft) and they ignore what are the issues too.
Oh it's AMD PR marketing, never mind...
RzrTrek
The more I read about these security flaws the more I want to change to Ryzen.
Agent-A01
Every device has some form of vulnerabilities. It's just a matter of time when it's unveiled.
WareTernal
So, how will these users receive and apply the patch on non-booting systems?
kruno
Reformat and fresh install of Windows , non-booting refers to OS not PC
gdmaclew
We are sorry that the patch we applied to your new car has destroyed your engine...you will have to rebuild your engine.
So sorry.
gdmaclew
Those who have valid backups will just restore. Others...?
airbud7
bingo^....or install windows on a new hard drive and then extract needed documents off of old hard drive.
it still sucks that a windows update broke s***
kruno
I am seeing multiple post across internet from people saying that patch borked system restore,and that nothing besides fresh install helps.
That is for both AMD and Intel based systems.
rl66
Agree, none system are 100% safe, whatever brand of the CPU.
Sergio
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/01/08/fix-windows-7-bsod-0x000000c4-after-installing-kb4056894/
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/7ode4s/problems_with_windows_7_quality_rollup_kb4056894/
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-update/stop-0x000000c4-after-installing-kb4056894-2018-01/f09a8be3-5313-40bb-9cef-727fcdd4cd56?auth=1&rtAction=1515190079156
sammarbella
Tinfoil on
Wintel never dies
Tinfoil off
Shit happens...
Hellraiser
My Fx~8350 is running better than ever 😛
tensai28
I've stopped caring about all of this. No one is really going to lose performance and the media is really trying to make this into more than it really is.It's really not a big deal for the home user. This exploit has been around for 10 years. Just install the patches and move on. Nothing more to be seen here.
nz3777
Can someone just briefly please explain what it is exactly that is going on? Is this only a performance hit on the Hardware side of things or will it affect programs and apps also? Thank you.My Windows 10 has been running like crap for the past 3-4 months so I was wondering if this was tied into that? Fx 8320 e (e is efficcient ) or Eco lol?
kruno
You probably want be affected because you have relatively new hardware,we are talking here about AM2,2+ era CPU's.For Windows running like a crap , well is there any other way that Windows can run besides like a crap ?? 🙂:)
It is probably just Windows mixed some settings or what not, try system restore or fresh install
nz3777
Thank you sir Appricate you taking the time.The Phenom-era cpu huh?
kruno
Upgraded from one of them couple months ago to FX
waltc3
It's only logical, really--fundamentally, the Intel cpu designs are much older than the Ryzen designs--or even FX, really. Something sort of really stinks about all of this, though--it's like Y2K panic all over again--much ado about very little, imo. Statements I've read from AMD flatly state there are no exploits for any of this seen as of yet, and that AMD hardware is exempt from variants 2 and 3--which are the hardware vulnerabilities in the Intel cpu circuit designs. Variant 1 is the software-only component--which seems to be giving Microsoft a hard time--but that's not unusual at all. Microsoft has managed to brick things with just normal OS updates--but to be "fair," it's mainly been their own hardware they've bricked like that....:D
http://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution
