Athlon powered computer stop working after last update?

[ancient_mariner]

Apparently the latest windows security patch can stuff your system: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/08/microsofts_spectre_fixer_bricks_some_amd_powered_pcs/

 

[MatBin]

That'll stop it getting hacked, novel approach to rectifying a bug.
Matt

 

[Mr Bump]

Wow ADM Atlhlon how old are they?

 

[Byker28i]

Wow ADM Atlhlon how old are they?

Might be knocking about with some old XP machines?

 

[Mr Bump]

Might be knocking about with some old XP machines?

yeah for sure I did used to have an Athlon 64 as a games machine years ago, pretty beefy at the time.

 

[ancient_mariner]

Pretty old, certainly, but there's likely a few still in circulation.

 

[Steeps]

Depends on the generation, but AMD "Athlon" processors are still available (and advertised as being compatible with Win10), some Athlon X4 processors were only launched in the summer. I would assume it's for an older generation that MS have tried to patch by looking for a part of the (older) CPU that doesn't exist, fails and crashes.

 

[redsnappa]

There is 7 year old AMD CPU powering desktop PC I use for all my editing etc. If I don't finish this sentence you know the update has just instal...