Basically, like with my laptop and my Lenovo all in one, it's not going to happen.

I believe Microsoft has only released the ones for the last 3gen CPU(Skylake thru coffee lake), but that is only a patch really, best is when the motherboard OEMs provide an update.

Click the link to the PDF in my post above and read the header;)

New InSpectre release #8: GRC

Release #8 — Now shows whether an Intel microcode patch is (ever) available for Spectre.
Intel has finished designing microcode update patches for its processors. On...

Good I had absolutely no problems since they were applied, on any of my three PCs or VMs:)

Nope it shows all:



AMD Server CPUs Vulnerable To Spectre
AMD Workstation + Desktop CPUs Vulnerable To Spectre
AMD Mobile CPUs Vulnerable To Spectre
Apple CPUs Vulnerable To Meltdown /...

The Complete List Of CPUs Vulnerable To Meltdown / Spectre Rev. 7.0 - Tech ARP

Amazing!
And scary too.
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Every single one of my CPUs are vulnerable!
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Does anybody else think, that maybe, HP should rethink the name of this laptop?
HP Spectre x360 | HP® Official Site

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:thumbsup: Good one John!, Damn these non-rep-able threads:(
But know now, a rep for you is in my heart:chuckle:

I have a licence;)

But as I showed, Regedit does the job well enough, the other two(Aida64 and CPU-Z were just to prove the point that you don't need extra software to do it with).

By the way, if anyone is curious and want to know their microcode revision, just run the validation in CPU-Z and it will show it here, when the validation is finished and your default browser opens:...

I had to change my avatar to Meltdown.
A melting 8700K:p

original size

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Download Deployment and Administration Guide for Surface Pro 3 from Official Microsoft Download Center

Maybe the Surface has an integrated Bios updater? Surface Firmware Tool.msi

Ok John I think I found the answer to my question:

Bypassing Intel Boot Guard Embedi

So is it microcode applied after BIOS(hardware check), during the CMOS phase(applying hardware settings), or during the OS load phase?
I like learning new things:)

Here is Shawn's tutorial on verifying TPM, you could also click some of the links in the tutorial to learn more: Verify Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Chip on Windows PC Hardware Drivers Tutorials

Just as a guide, here is mine from ROG:
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The newer Intel chips, come with integrated TPMs.

In BIOS you can select between PTT(intel integrated) and dPTM(discrete PTM) which is an extra chip you buy and plug into your motherboard.

Go...

Phew! I switched over to Coffee Lake just in time it seems:D
And my other two PC's are at an age, where they won't be getting a new BIOS, so..:p.(they are just back up systems anyhow).

An alternative would be, restart Windows, so the fast startup is no used, then as soon as you get to the desktop, before all background services, and 3rd party software is loaded, use the SA86...

dencal try running the SA 00086 tool in safe mode.

That's for the Z170(skylake/kaby lake) boards.
It looks like they are getting to the older chipsets finally.

One thing one should always remember:
If you are updating BIOS, and have overclocked your CPU, set you BIOS back to defaults, by clicking the option to set to OS optimal settings(normally in the...