[QUOTE=chalsall;422489]Just now reading back to this...

Yes, please feel free to ignore me. I often make stupid statements and stupid mistakes.

[B]My goal is to be at least 50% useful..[/B]..[/QUOTE]

I have a sneaking suspicion that you accomplish this goal. Occasional crabbiness is to be expected in times of stress. :smile:

[QUOTE=kladner;422495]I have a sneaking suspicion that you accomplish this goal.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. But please don't blow sunshine.

Where I came from if one don't make the grade one is blown out the airlock without ceremony...

(That's meant to be funny, and serious, at the same time.)

[QUOTE=chalsall;422501]Thanks. But please don't blow sunshine.

Where I came from if one don't make the grade one is blown out the airlock without ceremony...

(That's meant to be funny, and serious, at the same time.)[/QUOTE]
Comprendo.

Y yo también comprendo, pero sometimes it's not so clear to newcomers.

[QUOTE=chalsall;422485]It was in this [URL="http://mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=419446&postcount=171"]post[/URL] in this thread.[/QUOTE]

Thank you chalsall. In the meantime people can use the previously attached [url=http://mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=422335&postcount=368]mcupdate 0x6A[/url] to update their system either through BIOS firmware modification or using software at the OS level while waiting for the manufacturers fix.

[QUOTE=Zero;422511]Thank you chalsall. In the meantime people can use the previously attached [URL="http://mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=422335&postcount=368"]mcupdate 0x6A[/URL] to update their system either through BIOS firmware modification or using software at the OS level while waiting for the manufacturers fix.[/QUOTE]
Or better get it from the source?
(not that I say yours is not clean, but if I would want to upgrade my bios, I won't take ROMs posted by some/any/body, some/any/where, that just to avoid further "discussions") :smile:.

Not to mention this forum doesn't (yet) use HTTPS.

[QUOTE=chalsall;422485]It was in this [URL="http://mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=419446&postcount=171"]post[/URL] in this thread.

Specifically, a PM or an email sent to "tha" via back-channels when people at Intel first starting getting interested in this issue.[/QUOTE]


Alright! Sorry, I had even read that. But what I particularly meant was "in the linked image". Because my CPUID is the same and I still got the freeze.

So:
a) How to exactly identity your microcode?
b) Where to get it from source?
c) What if Bios version won't want to play with rolled-back MC version?
d) What's wrong with "Let's encrypt?" :)

Ok, so you can find out microcode version e.g. with Sisoft Sandra.

Also, this might be interesting for some, suggesting that version A6 won't fix the issue completely:

[url]http://www.overclock.net/t/1568154/asus-north-america-asus-z170-motherboards-q-a-thread/2960#post_24786280[/url]

[QUOTE=pegnose;422577]Ok, so you can find out microcode version e.g. with Sisoft Sandra.[/QUOTE]

Be inquisitive. Run tests.

Testing what?

Just wanted to say that I was lazy (apologies) and finally answered my own question.

EDIT: In case you mean for the Skylake/768k bug: I did, but I get a freeze and no worker error. I already asked here about this difference, but gut no answer.