I cant find it either, but that doesn't mean it didn't update. I am going into auto updates for Asus and look
Oh I don't doubt for a second the M8F is going to get it, just a matter of time. And ain't going to flash immediately. Going to let the M8E do the testing
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Do you have the Extreme or the Formula?They haven't pushed it for the Maximus VIII Formula, apparently. Same goes for the Maximus VIII Hero, etc. It looks like the Maximus VIII Extreme is the first to get it this time around which could be a good thing or bad. At least I finally got the Intel ME updated since it was included in the 3801 BIOS update.
The 3801 changelog is a bit vague but given the date I expect that it contains the "finalized" Spectre microcode update. When I say finalized I mean more like the microcode that Microsoft pushed in KB4090007.
Do you have the Extreme or the Formula?
For some odd reason I thought we had the same board, I wonder if the Extreme BIOS would be the same for the Formula, they are both basically the same board and nothing on them is different that involves the BIOSThe Extreme. That image I posted of CPU-Z is from my system.
For some odd reason I thought we had the same board, I wonder if the Extreme BIOS would be the same for the Formula, they are both basically the same board and nothing on them is different that involves the BIOS
The Formula even has built in wifi. The only difference has to do with the water-cooling built in fittings.I had wanted the Maximus VIII Formula when I went to build my system but it was impossible to locate the board for a sane amount of money. I don't know if they had ceased production or what. So, I instead got the Extreme which gave me built in wi-fi, etc. Far cheaper than the going price for the Formula. In the long run it was really the better choice.
In theory I'd agree about the BIOS but I also wouldn't gamble on it. LOL
The Formula even has built in wifi. The only difference has to do with the water-cooling built in fittings.
Note: The release date is from earlier in April so it predates Microsoft's new release of Update to enable mitigation against Spectre, Variant 2 (KB4078407).
- 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 April 2nd, 2018, they announced that processors that have not yet been patches will never be patched. Their full statement is available in this PDF document. In that document, Intel specifies which of their many processors do have patches and which of their more recent processors will never receive updated firmware. Now that the industry has this information, this 8th release of InSpectre incorporates that list of CPUIDs and displays whether microcode firmware updates exist for the system's Intel CPU.
InSpectre Release #8 (2018-04-11): https://www.grc.com/inspectre.htm
Changelog: <snip>
Note: The release date is from earlier in April so it predates Microsoft's new release of Update to enable mitigation against Spectre, Variant 2 (KB4078407).
There's no connection or relevance of one to the other at all for these two pieces of information.
I'm pretty certain KB4078407 doesn't do anything on it's own, it just clears a flag in the registry some people might have set to tell windows not to bother with Spectre variant 2 mitigation even if it's available.