OT - Intel Core Duo microcode silent update Carlos 5/1/2007 4:56:00 PM This must just explain some BSOD's hanging out there. http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=33889730 The article states this "Around April 10th, 2007, Intel released a microcode update (BIOS flash to the rest of us) so resolve several major issues with how Intel Core 2 series processors operate. " Read the rest if you are interested. Carlos

Re: OT - Intel Core Duo microcode silent update "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie[ at ]mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> 5/1/2007 7:38:52 PM Yeah, I just got a critical update for the HP Server for that. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "Carlos" <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87998359-5EF0-47F0-9729-E7DE4629373F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > This must just explain some BSOD's hanging out there. > http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=33889730 > The article states this > "Around April 10th, 2007, Intel released a microcode update (BIOS flash to > the rest of us) so resolve several major issues with how Intel Core 2 > series > processors operate. " > Read the rest if you are interested. > Carlos

Re: OT - Intel Core Duo microcode silent update "pvdg42" <pvdg42[ at ]newsgroups.nospam> 5/1/2007 8:18:52 PM "Carlos" <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87998359-5EF0-47F0-9729-E7DE4629373F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > This must just explain some BSOD's hanging out there. > http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=33889730 > The article states this > "Around April 10th, 2007, Intel released a microcode update (BIOS flash to > the rest of us) so resolve several major issues with how Intel Core 2 > series > processors operate. " > Read the rest if you are interested. > Carlos Amazing! No real exposure or publicity on this that I can find. I'm guessing that if it were Microsoft fixing "major issues" in Vista, it would be in headlines worldwide.

Re: OT - Intel Core Duo microcode silent update "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling[ at ]dbREMOVEmail.dk> 5/1/2007 10:14:45 PM Interesting - anyone nosy can look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_Lookaside_Buffer apparently, the error is something that stops the OS correcting a predictable situation which it is supposed to handle, rather than a fix that stops the situation from occurring! Tony. . . "Carlos" <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87998359-5EF0-47F0-9729-E7DE4629373F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > This must just explain some BSOD's hanging out there. > http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=33889730 > The article states this > "Around April 10th, 2007, Intel released a microcode update (BIOS flash to > the rest of us) so resolve several major issues with how Intel Core 2 series > processors operate. " > Read the rest if you are interested. > Carlos