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Old January 8th 18, 11:58 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Default "Warning: Microsoft's Meltdown and Spectre patch is bricking some AMD PCs"

Lynn McGuire wrote:

"Warning: Microsoft's Meltdown and Spectre patch is bricking some AMD PCs"

https://betanews.com/2018/01/08/micr...ricks-amd-pcs/

Jumping out of the frying pan into the fire ? Or is this the ultimate
air gap ?


"error 0x800f0845 -- means that it is not possible to perform a
rollback"

Many users are too lazy to schedule regular image backups of their OS
partition (and that includes the MBR/UEFI sector) and also to create a
system backup right before committing digital surgery on their OS.
After they phuck up their system, mention backups and they look like
deer caught in headlights.

Typical users do not qualify as sysadmins, not even as newbie sysadmins.
They don't plan. They deliberately choose to remain ignorant. No, you
don't need to be a master mechanic to drive a car but you should be one
to replace the intake manifold gasket. For an OS, you have lots of
drivers that think they are mechanics.

If you don't do backups then you consider your system and data as
unimportant, disposable, or reproducible. Most users are like children
with loaded handguns: let's see what happens AFTER pulling the trigger.