Microsoft Stops Patching AMD’s Spectre And Meltdown Vulnerability, PCs Not Booting

The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities found in modern processing chips currently have the industry in a frenzy to patch the holes. While not as bad as Intel’s case, AMD is also trying to make sure that its own systems are secure. However, Microsoft has currently stopped distributing these fixes after reports of PCs not booting started popping up.

After its forums were flooded with complaints from angry users about PCs not starting up after installing the security patch for AMD computers, Microsoft decided that it would be best to halt the rollout for now. In response to the issue, the software giant blamed the documentation that AMD provided. A spokesperson for Microsoft told The Verge as much.

“Microsoft has reports of customers with some AMD devices getting into an unbootable state after installing recent Windows operating system security updates,” the spokesperson said. “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.”

For now, all AMD PCs are prevented from receiving updates until this issue could be resolved. The two companies are still working together to ensure that the booting problem can be addressed. A swift resolution would be in AMD’s best interest, as well, because the matter has caused its stocks to decline.

As Business Insider reports, AMD’s shares have fallen after it was announced that Microsoft was halting the distribution of the patch updates for its systems. The company has largely avoided the fallout from the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, which is absolutely hammering Intel. However, a well-publicized security issue like the one circulating the web has now placed AMD in the crosshairs of anxiety from investors who are becoming increasingly jittery about the matter.