inSpectre Download v8
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kilyan
Are we sure this can be trusted? Sophos blocked the download, i had a virus alert
fantaskarsef
Well by what the program does itself it has got to be a positive, even if it's not malicious. But yes, the question remains to be answered...
On the other hand, Asus did not release an updated BIOS for my mainboard yet (R5E USB3.1), so not sure I'll ever get to test anything 🙄
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
Totally 100% trusted, this is from Gibson security research (Steve Gibson).
nevcairiel
If you just want to test if your system is protected, Microsoft has an official tool using Powershell - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073119/protect-against-speculative-execution-side-channel-vulnerabilities-in (see "Verifying that protections are enabled")
Note that it'll only show fully green if you already have an updated BIOS.
fantaskarsef
Thanks for the link, but I'm fairly aware I'm still vulvernable because Asus does not provide any updates for the Rampage 5 Extreme besides their stupid RGB everything version.
I'm actually rather pissed about it, that board cost a ton of money and they can't even give you a BIOS, yet they offer it for other boards with X99.
My board was their FLAGSHIP X99 board. And you don't get any BIOS updates... that's just a bad joke. If I could I'd take my revenge on them... 😡
kilyan
Ok i went to the source page and now i know who is. The one that made dnsbenchmark, so yes, guess it can be trusted
mbk1969
Just in case
https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/utility-for-mitigations-cve-2017-5715-and-cve-2017-5754-status-check.418918/
Caesar
Updated BIOSES for MSI
MSI Bioses: https://www.msi.com/news/detail/QBtu17JtU-SNqngsOFiiFbZZE0aYFIicVzCJZ7BDuyfHcZnxQNrE3uwkiUor437JtN5UyEv_PKbKx1DpEUNxNA~~
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Was looking for updated bioses on the motherboard's page but NOTHING NEw for X299-series, 200-series, 100-series and X99-series motherboards!
NOTE: MSI says: "Furthermore, MSI is preparing updates for its X299-series, 200-series, 100-series and X99-series motherboards. For these platforms, BIOS versions containing similar security patches are expected to be ready very soon. Keep an eye on the product pages to check for their availability."
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fantaskarsef
Wow, I have to say well done MSI, looks pretty comprehensive, at least backwards to X99. I wish Asus was this prompt...
Kaarme
Accoding to this ASUS page, a good bunch of Asus mobos will get the spectre fix. I don't see the bios version listed for my mobo available anywhere, so I assume it's still being verified. Good to know it's coming, though.
fantaskarsef
No fix for Rampage 5 Extreme. Tbh, it's a disgrace.
Kaarme
It would be pretty weird if they make a bios for two random X99s but leave the rest of the X99 mobos intact. Or is there something special about those two? Are they the last two with some new mobo architecture implemented?
fantaskarsef
I'm not sure but it could be that they were the last two boards that were released by Asus with the X99 chipset. But that's still not making any sense since the microcode update is the same for every X99 board, they'd just have to do the compiling more than twice. And there's yet no official statement of Asus to what's happening with the rest of the X99 line... they just said they'd fix everything by the end of January, but I remain sceptical, why would they announce those two boards and not the rest then?
XP-200
Anybody know what is the oldest Mobo MSI are supporting that bios update for?
Dragondale13
Lol! mbk1969 did it first, then Ashampoo utility.
I can bet I'll end up with more tools to remind me of upgrading, than one that actually FIXES THE ISSUE!
I'm hating Intel right now...but not that much..my cpu is running real good tbh! PC parts can smell the aroma of "replacement" 😀
TheDeeGee
Still nothing from Gigabyte for Z87.
mbk1969
Well, Microsoft did it first with their PowerShell script. And script is sky high cool. I just translated it to C# (to build standalone app) seeing many guys here having trouble with PowerShell.
Agent-A01
Hold your anger my young padawan.
There are no stable microcode updates for broadwell/haswell available so really an update is still required by intel.
LocoDiceGR
-> NO
-> YES
-> SLOWER.
Thanks M$.
TheDeeGee
So let me get this right for my 4770K.
1) Download UBU.
2) Download MMTool 5.0.0.7.
3) Download latest BIOS (F10e with MATS update).
4) Extract UBU in UBU folder.
5) Extract MMTool.exe in UBU folder.
6) Extract BIOS in UBU folder.
7) Start UBU.bat as Admin.
8) Type 7 to select CPU Microcode Updater.
9) Type 1 to show the list of Microcodes.
10) Type 23 (latest available code from November 20, 2017) to update Microcode.
11) Type 0 to Exit
12) Type 1 to save the BIOS.
