Hi @jen11. In Jan 24, you posted cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000F2_2023-01-02_PRD_86DC342B on this post.
I’m trying to cross-reference that MC, and I’m only being pointed back here. Can you let us know where that one came from? I’m updating an older Dell with an i5 6500 CPU.
Thanks
EDIT 1:
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║ MC Extractor v1.101.0 r305 ║
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║ Intel ║
╟───┬───────────┬───────┬──────────────┬──────────┬────────────┬───────┬─────────┬────────┬──────╢
║ # │ Type │ CPUID │ Platforms │ Revision │ Date │ State │ Size │ Offset │ Last ║
╟───┼───────────┼───────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼───────┼─────────┼────────┼──────╢
║ 1 │ Microcode │ 506E3 │ 36 (1,2,4,5) │ DC │ 2020-04-27 │ PRD │ 0x19800 │ 0x0 │ No ║
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[[OFFER] Intel CPU Microcode Archives]
506E3 Skylake-S, Skylake Xeon E3 v5
cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000DC_2020-04-27_PRD_65F0B5D1
cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000E2_2020-07-14_PRD_FD2D8E22
cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000EA_2021-01-25_PRD_84B6F8F9
cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000EC_2021-04-29_PRD_D912FEAB
cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000F0_2021-11-12_PRD_D39CBFD5
cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000F2_2023-01-02_PRD_86DC342B
It’s possible that the version F2 is a repackaged DC. Looking for cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000F0_2021-11-12_PRD_D39CBFD5. I’ll check it and will follow up when found.
Edit 2: I found F0
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║ MC Extractor v1.101.0 r305 ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════╝cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000F0_2021-11-12_PRD_D39CBFD5.bin (1/1)
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║ Intel ║
╟───┬───────────┬───────┬──────────────┬──────────┬────────────┬───────┬─────────┬────────┬──────╢
║ # │ Type │ CPUID │ Platforms │ Revision │ Date │ State │ Size │ Offset │ Last ║
╟───┼───────────┼───────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼───────┼─────────┼────────┼──────╢
║ 1 │ Microcode │ 506E3 │ 36 (1,2,4,5) │ F0 │ 2021-11-12 │ PRD │ 0x1AC00 │ 0x0 │ No ║
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I think F0 needs to be the latest, and F2 discarded.
Edit 3: Downloaded F2 again and ran it through MC Extractor:
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║ MC Extractor v1.101.0 r305 ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════╝cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000F2_2023-01-02_PRD_86DC342B.bin (1/1)
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║ Intel ║
╟───┬───────────┬───────┬──────────────┬──────────┬────────────┬───────┬─────────┬────────┬──────╢
║ # │ Type │ CPUID │ Platforms │ Revision │ Date │ State │ Size │ Offset │ Last ║
╟───┼───────────┼───────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼───────┼─────────┼────────┼──────╢
║ 1 │ Microcode │ 506E3 │ 36 (1,2,4,5) │ F2 │ 2023-01-02 │ PRD │ 0x1AC00 │ 0x0 │ Yes ║
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I must have extracted my current DC microcode and saved it as cpu506E3_plat36_ver000000F2_2023-01-02_PRD_86DC342B.bin.
Edit 4: I don’t know how long it takes Intel to officially post updated microcodes on their Github site, but this is what I’m seeing now:
and …
I’ll be applying the F0 microcode until I get good info on the F2.
The file attached below contains the “F0” microcodes from the Intel and platomav Github sites, and they are hex editor identical.
Ver F0 and 06-5e-03.zip (214.4 KB)
EDIT 5: The F2 microcode is being covered by Dell under their OptiPlex 5050 System BIOS.