Upgrading BIOS?

[Guest]

Hi All
Have come accross many articles about the do's and don'ts of upgrading the
BIOS. My question is, do I really need a BIOS upgrading. Have never done so
in the three years I have my computer and have never really had any
problems. Appreciate helpful opinions. Thanks.

OS Winxphome

 

[Malke]

Hi All
Have come accross many articles about the do's and don'ts of upgrading
the BIOS. My question is, do I really need a BIOS upgrading. Have
never done so
in the three years I have my computer and have never really had any
problems. Appreciate helpful opinions. Thanks.

OS Winxphome

If everything is working well, leave it alone. "If it ain't broke, don't
fix it" is the Golden Rule when it comes to updating your BIOS.

Malke

 

[Alias]

You can kill your motherboard with a BIOS update. The old adage, "If it
ain't broke, don't fix it" seems to apply to you.

Alias

 

[kurttrail]

Hi All
Have come accross many articles about the do's and don'ts of
upgrading the BIOS. My question is, do I really need a BIOS
upgrading. Have never done so in the three years I have my computer
and have never really had any problems. Appreciate helpful
opinions. Thanks.

OS Winxphome

No.

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[Ed]

do I really need a BIOS upgrading.

You are the only one that can answer that. Check the info on the
upgrade and see what it has to offer. If there is nothing offered in
the update that you absolutely can’t live without or need, then don’t
do it. Most Bios chips are hard wired (soldered) to the MB so if the
upgrade flash goes wrong, there usually is no way to reverse the
process since killing the Bios usually means killing access to the
drives which you would need to try another flash or try to flash with
the last good working version.

Regards,
Ed

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Everyone has answered NO. It is really "you" who can answer this. Read up
on the BIOS update in order to see "what" the update is giving you. Since
most updates usually give more processor configuration option or larger disk
size, it depends whether you need it or not.

 

[NobodyMan]

You are the only one that can answer that. Check the info on the
upgrade and see what it has to offer. If there is nothing offered in
the update that you absolutely can’t live without or need, then don’t
do it. Most Bios chips are hard wired (soldered) to the MB so if the
upgrade flash goes wrong, there usually is no way to reverse the
process since killing the Bios usually means killing access to the
drives which you would need to try another flash or try to flash with
the last good working version.

Regards,
Ed

Although it's true that most BIOS chips are sodered to the mainboard,
a competent shop can extract it and replace it fairly easily. It's
just usually not worth the cost.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi All
Have come accross many articles about the do's and don'ts of upgrading the
BIOS. My question is, do I really need a BIOS upgrading. Have never done so
in the three years I have my computer and have never really had any
problems. Appreciate helpful opinions. Thanks.

OS Winxphome

It's rarely necessary to update a BIOS unless you need the newer
version to fix a specific problem you're experiencing, or to provide
compatibility with new technologies or a newer OS. Given the great
potential that a botched BIOS-flash has for rendering a motherboard
completely and permanently useless, this is not something that should be
considered just so one can have the "newest and shiniest."


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[Lil' Dave]

Although it's true that most BIOS chips are sodered to the mainboard,
a competent shop can extract it and replace it fairly easily. It's
just usually not worth the cost.

Most motherboards made in this century use an EEPROM socket for the bios
chip. The bios chip may appear soldered in place by the inexperienced eye.
Some more recent motherboards may have two, one is backup. This is
removable by a manual puller designed for that, not soldered in place.

 

[Ron Martell]

It's rarely necessary to update a BIOS unless you need the newer
version to fix a specific problem you're experiencing, or to provide
compatibility with new technologies or a newer OS. Given the great
potential that a botched BIOS-flash has for rendering a motherboard
completely and permanently useless, this is not something that should be
considered just so one can have the "newest and shiniest."

Agreed. However sometimes the documentation for a BIOS upgrade does
not identify everything that has been changed with the new version.

I have encountered several instances where hardware compatibility
issues where resolved by a BIOS upgrade; and I recall from some years
back that with at least one brand of motherboard a BIOS upgrade
overcame a Y2K rollover problem even though the documentation for the
upgrade said nothing about this.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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[Plato]

Have come accross many articles about the do's and don'ts of upgrading the
BIOS. My question is, do I really need a BIOS upgrading. Have never done so
in the three years I have my computer and have never really had any
problems. Appreciate helpful opinions. Thanks.

Then you dont need a bios upgrade. Easy.