trying to run microcode_ctl however it gives me an error stating that the module doesn't exist: sudo /etc/init.d/microcode_ctl start Applying Intel CPU microcode update: FATAL: Module microcode not found. ERROR: Module microcode does not exist in /proc/modules [FAILED] running it by hand gives the following: # microcode_ctl -u -f /etc/firmware/microcode.dat microcode_ctl: writing microcode (length: 265216) microcode_ctl: cannot open /dev/cpu/microcode for writing errno=19 (No such device) I confirmed that the file exists: # ls -l /dev/cpu/microcode crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 184 Nov 17 12:15 /dev/cpu/microcode I also insterted into /etc/modprobe.conf: alias char-major-10-184 microcode what am I missing? Thanks...