Boot loop after install on Windows 10 17074
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:50 pm
PrimoCache version: 3.02
Cache Settings:
Windows OS: 10 17074 (Insiders Preview, Slow Ring)
Hardware Information (CPU/Motherboard/Memory/Harddisks): Dell Inspiron i5557, 128 GB M2 Storage, 1 TB 5400 RPM HDD
Description:
Before anyone answer by a quick "but you are using preview software"! I've ALWAYS been using insider preview version of Windows 10. Without any problem. And with 17074 Microsoft introduced the Meltdown / Specter mitigation, which includes Kernel VA Shadow (KPTI on Linux for the one more familiar). I strongly believe this is the culprit.
First I tried update from 17025 to 17074 and wasn't able to. In the middle of the upgrade Windows Update was just reverting to the previous version with a cryptic error. I then suspected Primocache so I de-installed it and boom! Upgrade to 17074 works! Super. I re-install Primocache reboot and I get into a boot loop. Reset my PC, which removes Primocache. Works again.
I have no direct proof what is the real culprit. But for sure it's Primocache that cause this. And I'm pretty convinced, given the extensive changes mitigiation for Meltdown / Specter brings to Windows, that Primocache is incompatible with these mitigations.
Cache Settings:
Windows OS: 10 17074 (Insiders Preview, Slow Ring)
Hardware Information (CPU/Motherboard/Memory/Harddisks): Dell Inspiron i5557, 128 GB M2 Storage, 1 TB 5400 RPM HDD
Description:
Before anyone answer by a quick "but you are using preview software"! I've ALWAYS been using insider preview version of Windows 10. Without any problem. And with 17074 Microsoft introduced the Meltdown / Specter mitigation, which includes Kernel VA Shadow (KPTI on Linux for the one more familiar). I strongly believe this is the culprit.
First I tried update from 17025 to 17074 and wasn't able to. In the middle of the upgrade Windows Update was just reverting to the previous version with a cryptic error. I then suspected Primocache so I de-installed it and boom! Upgrade to 17074 works! Super. I re-install Primocache reboot and I get into a boot loop. Reset my PC, which removes Primocache. Works again.
I have no direct proof what is the real culprit. But for sure it's Primocache that cause this. And I'm pretty convinced, given the extensive changes mitigiation for Meltdown / Specter brings to Windows, that Primocache is incompatible with these mitigations.