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