Hi, for the record: I had the Q9000 (not Q9100) running in my Thinkpad T500 for a few weeks now without microcode updates and did not encounter any issues so far.
Cheers, Daniel On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 12:25:18 -0500 "taii...@gmx.com" <taii...@gmx.com> wrote: > It varies as per CPU revision, some have newer/older onboard microcode > than others. > > You won't know until you try it, or someone else with the exact same cpu > model/revision posts back (might take a long time) > > I would check the errata spec sheet to see if there is anything bad that > is addressed by later microcode updates post-your cpus onboard version. > On 11/12/2016 07:12 AM, Daniel Kulesz via coreboot wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am considering upgrading my Coreboot'ing Thinkpad T500 with a Core2Quad > > Mobile Q9100 [1] (which requires some hardware modifications but is > > doable). My question is: Does this CPU require the microcode updates or > > will it run without? Practical experience from someone running this or a > > simular CPU from the same family (Q9000, Q9300) would be appreciated! > > > > Cheers, Daniel > > > > [1] > > http://ark.intel.com/products/37033/Intel-Core2-Quad-Processor-Q9100-12M-Cache-2_26-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB > > > -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
