ASRock is the first motherboard company to develop a BIOS that partially addresses the Specter and Meltdown vulnerabilities in Intel processors.
We have been with Specter and Meltdown up and down for almost a month and to this day, there is no definitive and functional solution, even Intel, who is the most affected by this problem, has said that updates are not installed, because they do not work and cause problems. While a final solution arrives, ASRock has released a new BIOS for users, which modifies the microcode of this, to solve the problem of random reboots of Intel equipment, after integrating a Specter and Meltdown patch.
ASRock has released this BIOS update, which addresses the SA-00088 vulnerability and is available for motherboards with Intel 8/9/100/200/Z370/X99/X299 series chipsets. This BIOS update is available on the company's website, allowing users to download and install it quickly and easily.
There is no data from the rest of the motherboard manufacturers, but it is possible that we will soon see how they launch BIOS for their motherboards in the coming days. This is very important, because it solves one part of the problem, but there is another part that must be solved by Intel and effectively, not as before, which is based rather on botched patches, not tested in depth.
It should be noted that ASRock has long been considered a not one of the best brand, but more and more, this is confirmed as something that is not a reality, since the company offers motherboards of great quality and performance for a very reasonable price . It is gaining a public and a name in a very complicated market and more and more users are betting on its products, which in no way have to envy those of other manufacturers.