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ASRock AMD and Intel PCs now have Windows 11's Dynamic Lighting native RGB sync and control

Sayan Sen — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:56:01 +0000

Microsoft released Windows 11's native RGB control feature called "Dynamic Lighting" with 22H2's Moment 4 update. Today, ASRock has announced that it is the first motherboard maker to support it. Read more...

AMD Ryzen 7000 (Zen 4) allegedly failing to boost and clock past DDR5-5200

Sayan Sen — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 19:16:01 +0000

There has been a rumor floating that AMD is facing firmware issues regarding Ryzen 7000 and socket AM5. According to a new report, the reported issues are related to DDR5 speeds and boost clocks. Read more...

Microsoft revises Intel microcode updates for Windows 10 as mitigation against Spectre

Hamza Jawad — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 08:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has re-released the Intel microcode updates for different versions of Windows 10. The revised version adds support for more processors and is available to download via Windows Update. Read more...

Spectre variant 2 mitigation now available for the Windows 10 April 2018 Update

Florin Bodnarescu — Wed, 16 May 2018 14:00:01 +0000

An update for the latest version of Windows 10 now mitigates Spectre variant 2 on systems running the April 2018 Update with Coffee Lake, Kaby Lake, Skylake, Haswell, and more processors. Read more...

Microsoft releases Intel's Spectre and Meltdown microcode via Update Catalog

Rich Woods — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:00:01 +0000

Microsoft, with a blog post today, announced that it will begin providing Intel's new Spectre and Meltdown mitigations through the Microsoft Update Catalog, and will continue to push further updates. Read more...