But Riot says it is considering implementing a BIOS requirement for all players valiantThe highest competitive ranking levels (Ascendant, Immortal, and Radiant), where much can be gained by working around anti-cheat software. And Riot anti-fraud analyst Mohammed Al-Sharifi says similar restrictions could be implemented League of LegendsHowever they are not currently. If users are blocked from playing by Vanguard, they will need to download and install the latest BIOS update for their motherboard before being allowed to launch the game.
The new PC is being patched; Older PCs probably won’t
The motherboard features an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D with a 500-series chipset. It’s unclear whether these somewhat older systems need patches or whether they will get patches.
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This vulnerability is known to affect the four largest PC motherboard manufacturers: ASRock, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI. All four have released updates for at least some of their new motherboards, while updates for other boards will come later. According to the vulnerability note, it is unclear whether systems from OEMs like Dell, Lenovo, Acer or HP are affected.
ASRock’s security bulletin about the issue states that it affects Intel boards based on 500-, 600-, 700-, and 800-series chipsets; MSI only lists 600- and 700-series chipsets. Asus also doesn’t have an 800-series, but says the vulnerability also affects boards based on older 400-series Intel chipsets; Gigabyte, meanwhile, covers 600- to 800-series Intel chipsets, but is also the only vendor to mention patches for AMD’s 600- and 800-series chipsets (in short, any motherboard with an AM5 socket).
Collectively, all of these chipsets cover Intel’s 10th generation Core processors and newer, and AMD Ryzen 7000 series and newer.
It’s unclear whether boards and chipsets that aren’t mentioned by each vendor are not getting the patch because they don’t. need A patch, if they will be patched but are not being mentioned, or if they are not getting a patch at all. Bulletins at least suggest that 400- and 500-series Intel chipsets and 600- and 800-series AMD chipsets can Those affected will be affected, but not all vendors have promised patches for them.
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