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Caliente, Thanks very much for taking notice of the i160/i165 BIOS update security concerns. I am very grateful for your and the team's engagement. There is a broader debate afoot in the security community about Intel Management Engine (ME) in particular. See Wiki reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine#Security_vulnerabilities Also past concerns regarding "Spectre" and "Meltdown" vulnerabilities. Many complexities involving Intel microcode that are an industry-wide frustration. There are no perfect solutions, but coordinating with MSI to bake-in the latest Intel security updates to BIOS is a good start. Thanks again for Corsair's engagement. For USA-based staff, please have a great and reflective Memorial Day weekend.

Bump to the top. When can we expect BIOS updates?

Bazwelle is probably right that we should go formal with tech support tickets to get the matter more front-and-center. In the meantime, I would like to chime in to "bump" this thread. The lack of clear response to Azureblood2 in his linked thread begging for BIOS security updates is very concerning to me. I'll take this opportunity to re-up his main point: Corsair, if you elect to fork and customize a BIOS, you assume a due diligence corporate responsibility to maintain and patch said core system component. You will lose customers and sacrifice future sales as it becomes clear you do not take that responsibility seriously. Please escalate this matter internally and rectify it.

Thank you very much Azureblood2, this is a clear and comprehensive response. I had indeed noticed other complaints out there about the MSI Live Update software. It is helpful to have this additional perspective from the standpoint of a CORSAIR ONE user. From an observational standpoint, in case it is helpful to anyone else reading this--Corsair did at least modify the UI of MSI Live Update 6.1.035. They placed their logo on it. Azureblood2 you're probably right it is otherwise identical under the hood, but it introduces confusion to the end user when manufacturer software is tweaked like that. This UI quirk and other forum posts about customized CORSAIR ONE BIOS is what further contributes to my confusion about what off-the-shelf MSI updates I can apply vs. what I need to get straight from CORSAIR to avoid making my system unstable or even "bricking" it, as you say. I must confess I am annoyed there are ANY sort of nonstandard firmware or software implementations on CORSAIR ONE. The reason I bought it was because of a perception that it was simply (more or less) top shelf gaming/power computing parts assembled in a nice compact form factor tower--theoretically giving the end user lots of control and use of standard factory-direct drivers. I do remain very impressed by the tower and its clever engineering of using fins for the heat sink. But I feel as if I'm back in the boat of being a Dell user if their "enterprise" (for lack of a better word) update software for the motherboard--the guts of the entire system--is just some gummed up repackaged version of MSI. Corsair, if you're going to run any custom software/firmware patching software, it has to be maintained, otherwise don't install it at all! Also, be clear to us about what is customized by you vs. what are normal factory direct drivers.

Hello, I am running CORSAIR ONE i165, and MSI Live Update 6 throws a "no internet connection" error when attempting to check for updates. However, my internet works fine. I tried a workaround from MSI company website forums that entails disabling ipv6 on my wifi adapter. Sure enough, it works fine after that. However, I don't want to run my adapter permanently with this setting disabled. Is Corsair running a customized version of MSI Live Update? It has the Corsair logo on the user interface, and is version 6.1.035. I know that version 6.2 is the latest available direct from MSI. Everyone on MSI forums say the bug is fixed by updating to 6.2, but I don't want to download direct from MSI if CORSAIR ONE is utilizing some sort of customized motherboard loadout. I.e. I don't want the factory-direct MSI update client to "pick up" the wrong BIOS updates, etc. As far as downloading MSI Live Update direct from Corsair, I think the latest version uploaded to Corsair's download section is even older than the 6.1.035 that came direct with my machine? I can't tell and don't want to install anything older and even less compatible. Basically, is it safe to use the updated Live Update 6.2 client direct from MSI, or does Corsair need to post its own? If Corsair needs to get its version of 6.2 up, when might this be?