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Re:Intel to shut down renegade Skylake overclocking with mic... by gcb0 on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @11:08AM (#11073619)
upgrading the OS, which you are required for security reasons, will also upgrade the micro code. in fact, i don't remember the bios ever being relevant for that
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Re:Intel to shut down renegade Skylake overclocking with mic... by gcb0 on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @10:09PM (#11077991)
to the geniuses downvoting... don't even know why i bother:

"While microcode can be updated through the BIOS, the Linux kernel is also able to apply these updates during boot."

-- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode

now, do you update your kernel more or less often than the BIOS?

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Re:Intel to shut down renegade Skylake overclocking with mic... by brillenfux on Thursday February 11, 2016 @12:23AM (#11078389)
It's best to develop a decent level of ignorance when it comes to social media dynamics :)
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