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The thread discusses Microsoft’s Meltdown/Spectre security updates and a resulting boot problem affecting certain older AMD processors, where some devices became unbootable after installing the patches. The key question/answer is why this happens and what to do: Microsoft determined some AMD chipsets didn’t meet the documentation used to build the mitigations, so Microsoft temporarily paused sending specific KB updates/rollups to impacted AMD devices to prevent bricking. Overall sentiment is cautionary/concerned but informational, focusing on identifying affected systems and the reason for the update block.
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Recently the updates released by Microsoft to combat Meltdown and Spectre have caused some boot issues for those running with certain AMD processors. (this issue is only affecting older AMD cpu's apparently)

Microsoft has reports of customers with some AMD devices getting into an unbootable state after installing recent Windows operating system security updates. After investigating, Microsoft has determined that some AMD chipsets do not conform to the documentation previously provided to Microsoft to develop the Windows operating system mitigations to protect against the chipset vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown. To prevent AMD customers from getting into an unbootable state, Microsoft will temporarily pause sending the following Windows operating system updates to devices with impacted AMD processors at this time:
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January 3, 2018—KB4056897 (Security-only update)
January 9, 2018—KB4056894 (Monthly Rollup)
January 3, 2018—KB4056888 (OS Build 10586.1356)
January 3, 2018—KB4056892 (OS Build 16299.192)
January 3, 2018—KB4056891 (OS Build 15063.850)
January 3, 2018—KB4056890 (OS Build 14393.2007)
January 3, 2018—KB4056898 (Security-only update)
January 3, 2018—KB4056893 (OS Build 10240.17735)
January 9, 2018—KB4056895 (Monthly Rollup)

Ref:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...urity-update-block-for-some-amd-based-devices
 

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