Subj : Intel: Once mighty, now f
To : ARELOR
From : Cougar428
Date : Tue May 20 2025 12:20 pm
-=> Quoting Arelor to Cougar428 <=-
Ar> Re: Intel: Once mighty, now f
Ar> By: Cougar428 to ARELOR on Mon May 19 2025 08:41 am
> I think the fix was to download the update and reboot the system. Of
> course I may be wrong about how it was done, but you update drivers for
> different hardware all the time. At every OS update.
Ar> First of all, we are not talking about a driver. We are talking about
Ar> a bellow OS operation so it is a serious affair even if it seems
Ar> clicky-clicky.
Ar> Second, you may upgrade your drivers all month log, but how many
Ar> upgrades are designed to prevent your hardware from catching fire?
Ar> I check the changelogs of the stuff I run quite often and I must say
Ar> updates aimed at preventing catastrophical failure exist in the realm
Ar> of astronomically unfrequent events.
Ar> Seriously, if I was running production on a specific CPU model and it
Ar> caught fire mid-operation, and the Intel representative told me that
Ar> it is ok because it is not a hardware problem, that it only takes a
Ar> UEFI update to fix, I would shove a whole rack full of servers up that
Ar> guy's ass.
I get your point. Just like AMD, they tried to one up the competition
and push the silicon too far past its limits. Intel is not the lone ranger
in this regard.
I understand your reasoning. People are angry they had problems with
their CPU/Mobo. However, that doesn't change the fact that it was a
micro code issue, not a hardware issue. Your whole line of reasoning is
subjective. Sometimes you have to be objective, step back and look at
the big picture. Yeah, your mad and angry that Intel hardware you paid
good money for screwed up your system. But the underlying cause was not
hardware, it was Intel trying to get their hardware to be better than
the competition. With the code.
Not assuming you had one of these, just stating.
You have a great day Arelor!
... Well, to be frank, I'd have to change my name.
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