squEEzer Posted May 1, 2013 Member ID: 230 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 4 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 1 Achievement Points: 32 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 20, 2015 Birthday: 09/04/1960 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Hi Peeps, I was wondering if flashing my bios would help my 3 year old 64 bit Windows 7 computer any, or would doing that just destroy my system. I read through a lot of the forum topics until my eyes hurt, and I did not see anything about flashing bios. So I went online and so far, cannot find any positive feedback on this subject. Can anyone tell me anything about this subject? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyQuest Posted May 1, 2013 Member ID: 1965 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1176 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 1082 Achievement Points: 8599 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 15, 2016 Birthday: 02/11/1969 Share Posted May 1, 2013 its a tricky buisness...you have to know what you are doing....basically you have to reformat your comp...you can store most of important items and use a flash drive to flash your bios..or a bootable c.d with new bios on it....not something for the computer iliterate like myself...i tried it once and effed everything up...basically if it ain't broke don't fix it...is my new attitude...ive had this bios from day one...never updated it yet...and it's from 2009....do yourself a huge favor and get a ss drive...and only put your important games on it...the rest store it on a portable h.d....and make sure your downloads go to the portable drive...no need to flash a bios unless you have important updates for your hardware via the mother board...don't do it...lol...just clean up your h.d and put the crap on another hard drive....good luck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattlewolF Posted May 1, 2013 Member ID: 2028 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted May 1, 2013 What motherboard do you have some have a flash tool what you can download it is not risky just read good But why you need to flash if you pc runs it is good flashing bios is mostly if you have a newer cpu what is not compitable with your version what you have on your motherboard now So do not do it, no use to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted May 2, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 295 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4466 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3627 Achievement Points: 36490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted May 2, 2013 Hi Peeps, I was wondering if flashing my bios would help my 3 year old 64 bit Windows 7 computer any, or would doing that just destroy my system. I read through a lot of the forum topics until my eyes hurt, and I did not see anything about flashing bios. So I went online and so far, cannot find any positive feedback on this subject. Can anyone tell me anything about this subject? yes Johnny Quest correct on if not know what doing leave it or own a paper weight, door stop first what MB have and its Revision (if have one) not bios Version for are totally different things for MB revision for same model name but are using different vendors chips on MB so if flash wrong bios you get a blank screen, trying to shove a chevy part in a ford another thing should flash in DOS ....command prompt once you got correct bios file for your MB (Rev:1.2 / Rev1.5) best find out what MB have and go to manufactors site and check bios up dates to see if any pertain to you like cpu update, ram issues , stability , video if onboard etc most all MB manufactors have utility's to up bios on your MB drivers disk the reason is you don't see any info on flashing bios, 99% first timers mess it up they aborted operation rendering brain dead cmos Never loose power when updating bios any questions ask Damage_inc- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
6FtUnder Posted May 3, 2013 Member ID: 830 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 96 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 31 Achievement Points: 792 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2021 Birthday: 01/07/1969 Share Posted May 3, 2013 however you will not have to reformat your drive. and most boards flash now with a simple program that will do it threw windows. But you should only flash if the update bio,s if it will fix any problems that you are currently having and you most goto website of the board you have and get the correct one or you will destroy your board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Murda Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 5841 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 608 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 699 Achievement Points: 4384 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/02/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 29, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Yea, just let us know which model MB you have and if you know the current bios version. TBH 95% of bios flashes are safe and cause no problems but at the same time if you're not careful you can of course give yourself problems. If you can give the above info though we can look at and let you know if it's worth doing. Sometimes they just simply add support for a newer CPU. Sometimes they make more RAM compatible, sometimes fix GPU issues, other times nothing you would care about or want. I have seen some give performance and stability increases and some decrease. It just depends. I have flashed probably a thousand bios in my life so far (can you tell I work in IT lol) and so far I think I have only had 2 fail and in one of those cases was a result of my own mistake. That said, some systems are very very easy to flash, others a tad more complicated. In the case of laptops, it's generally recommended to keep them up to date because they modify things such as cooling curves and other algorithms that regulate temperature. In some cases they can even modify voltages slightly. These sort of changes can increase the life span of the components depending what's being done and why. Anyway, just let us know and we can give you recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I would only risk it if your mobo has dual bios setups. If you brick one it will fallover to the backup. Why fix something if it aint broke though? Bios has mostly to do with bootup. (unless it's a laptop in which case you can sometimes get things to be more power efficient / cooler ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPapaDean Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1197 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6520 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63383 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted May 6, 2013 Okay I have some questions here too. This week I am upgrading my cpu to this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284 from an AMD Phenom II 4x 965 and the present bios is P1.50. Can anyone tell me if I am going to need to flash my bios? And what link do I use to get the correct BIOS and how big of a flash drive is needed for this? If I remember it only requires a 256 flash drive to do this with am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
google Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 1270 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 149 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3861 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 4542 Achievement Points: 34156 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 03/22/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18 Birthday: 04/12/1969 Device: Windows Share Posted May 6, 2013 I made 3 update to the motherboard..using the manufacturer utility..no boot cd or other drive boot...under Windows... Damage_inc- and inciuciuna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
google Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 1270 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 149 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3861 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 4542 Achievement Points: 34156 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 03/22/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18 Birthday: 04/12/1969 Device: Windows Share Posted May 6, 2013 Okay I have some questions here too. This week I am upgrading my cpu to this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284 from an AMD Phenom II 4x 965 and the present bios is P1.50. Can anyone tell me if I am going to need to flash my bios? And what link do I use to get the correct BIOS and how big of a flash drive is needed for this? If I remember it only requires a 256 flash drive to do this with am I right? what motherboard you have??model..??more info..beech.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1197 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6520 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63383 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted May 6, 2013 (edited) All I can find is ASRock 970 Extreme3 and that is all I find and I don't know where the box went and hid! Edited May 6, 2013 by BigPapaDean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Damage_inc- Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted May 6, 2013 (edited) id guess most manufacturers give you a bios update program like gigabyte does.youu run the program ir connects to there server it checks revision and u then walk away till it says its done.do not shut it off before it tell u to unless you need a paperweight or boat anchor.if its more complicated then that then just dont bother .period. Edited May 6, 2013 by Damage_inc- google 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 295 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4466 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3627 Achievement Points: 36490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted May 6, 2013 id guess most manufacturers give you a bios update program like gigabyte does.youu run the program ir connects to there server it checks revision and u then walk away till it says its done.do not shut it off before it tell u to unless you need a paperweight or boat anchor.if its more complicated then that then just dont bother .period. yes Asus, AsRock, Giga-Byte, MSI all have an update utility to keep your drivers, firmware current Please take the time to look @ motherboard for its Rev: X.XX that printed on MB near #1 video slot or lower left corner of MB so not to fall in trap as someone above thinks all MB are same model when Rev's of MB's change vendors chips MB keeping same model # manufactors are getting better @ flashing apps but still look for it's Rev: number pappaDean: you can get CPU-Z to ID your MB and its current BIOS with out opening the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted May 6, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 295 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4466 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3627 Achievement Points: 36490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted May 6, 2013 iThinks squEEzer has bite the dust with all the replys and not returned any input on the issue if You fubar'd the flash, then you need to HOT FLASH it ..... Note not for novice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Pressa Posted June 3, 2013 Member ID: 6925 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 180 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 177 Achievement Points: 1730 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/10/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 11, 2014 Birthday: 07/22/1968 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I agree ..... never update bios ifits works fine ..... you maybe got big trouble after updait . same your grafidcard ... dont update iff nessery..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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