anybody tell me please, does firmware (IME) fixes affect vulnerabilities from spectre or meltdown?

Nope,
meltdown : Microsoft Patch via windows update
spectre : microcode inserted in bios

THNX! how then to explain that the write speed on ssd dropped after the firmware update?

the mei firmware as nothing to do with the enhanced speed of a ssd or hdd, maybe when you run the test your machine doing something in background and vice et versa.

no! all conditions are the same

Ok, so it's good news if your write speed dropped after upgrade, i can't tell you why an upgrade of mei firmware improve ssd speed.

Zitat von Walls im Beitrag #3941

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Ok, so it's good news if your write speed dropped after upgrade, i can't tell you why an upgrade of mei firmware improve ssd speed.

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Ok, so it's good news if your write speed dropped after upgrade, i can't tell you why an upgrade of mei firmware improve ssd speed.

No, it's not a joke, i wonder why a mei firmware have to do with write speed enhancement.
a drop of ssd speed is plus a ssd driver update, firmware update change IDE mode to AHCI

You upgrade mei firmware from version.......... to........????

Zitat von Walls im Beitrag #3943

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Ok, so it's good news if your write speed dropped after upgrade, i can't tell you why an upgrade of mei firmware improve ssd speed.

No, it's not a joke, i wonder why a mei firmware have to do with write speed enhancement.
a drop of ssd speed is plus a ssd driver update, firmware update change IDE mode to AHCI

You upgrade mei firmware from version.......... to........????

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Given that we're never got any changelog about the mei firmware, it's really hard to know.
I guess you've used the latest driver too. One more question about the driver you've installed it with the installer or via the device manager???

The update of the ME firmware corrects a vulnerability Intel SA 00086 but not Spectre or Meltdown
To "patch" Spectre or Meltdown is the microcode Intel update, which impacts the performance of the disks (4k write)

Zitat von Walls im Beitrag #3945

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Given that we're never got any changelog about the mei firmware, it's really hard to know.
I guess you've used the latest driver too. One more question about the driver you've installed it with the installer or via the device manager???

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You've got several inside disks ???

Zitat von Walls im Beitrag #3948

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You've got several inside disks ???

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