Worth updating BIOS?

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This is my current set-up

MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU -
AMD Phenom II X4 955 45 °C
Deneb 45nm Technology
RAM -
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 2678MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard -
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA785GT-UD3H (Socket M2) 31 °C
Graphics -
X223W (1680x1050@60Hz)
AMD Radeon HD 7870
Hard Drives -
298GB Western Digital WDC WD3200AAJS-65VWA0 ATA Device (SATA) 35 °C
596GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-00A7B2 ATA Device (SATA) 37 °C
Optical Drives -
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7261S ATA Device
Audio -
High Definition Audio Device


The BIOS for the MB is version F2.

According t the Gigabyte webpage version F9B is available:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3154#bios


How risky is it updating the BIOS?

Is it worth doing in this case?

Cheers.
 
kration said:
How risky is it updating the BIOS?

Is it worth doing in this case?

Cheers.
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If it was me, I would do it, there seems to be a number of fixes and improvements.

But theres also the old motto of "if it ain't broke........don't fix it"


As for the risks, well your board has DualBIOS chips so the risks are significantly reduced.
 
you will need to use @BIOS for larger bios files due to qflash not being able to flash large bios files,once updated however it will also update qflash and you can go back to using it
 
wazza300 said:
you will need to use @bios for larger bios files due to qflash not being able to flash large bios files,once updated however it will also update qflash and you can go back to using it
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Sure about that?

The BIOS chip capacity remains the same so the BIOS file should be made to fit it, even the Gigabyte forum say to use Qflash - http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=8655.0
 
yeah pretty sure,larger bios files need @BIOS for a one off flash,then you can go back to using qflash

It is also highly recommend that you use q-flash for all flashing. But there are always exceptions to the rules. When gigabyte added 3tb hdd support the file size of the bios changed from 1.0MB to 2.0MB. Q-flash does not like the file size change. This is where you need to use @BIOS.

^^ from tweaktown forums
 
wazza300 said:
yeah pretty sure,larger bios files need @bios for a one off flash,then you can go back to using qflash

It is also highly recommend that you use q-flash for all flashing. But there are always exceptions to the rules. When gigabyte added 3tb hdd support the file size of the bios changed from 1.0MB to 2.0MB. Q-flash does not like the file size change. This is where you need to use @bios.

^^ from tweaktown forums
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Have you seen the BIOS file sizes for that board?

They are all like 0.69 - 0.74MB
 
nope,idk if there smaller for amd,i just mentioned it incase he couldnt flash with qflash,that would be the reason why
 
Look at the link for the BIOS page, the sizes are all listed, I also cant see anything about 3TB+ support in any of the descriptions.
 
Is it working? If it is, leave it. If not, update it. Even Giabyte say only update if you're having issues.
 
WJA96 said:
Is it working? If it is, leave it. If not, update it. Even Giabyte say only update if you're having issues.
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Thanks for all the feedback. As the quotd poster and a couple of others have indicated - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

So I decided not to update the BIOS.

I always keep my GPU drivers slavishly up-to-date - but the rest I just don't bother with. Thought I'd check if I needed to update any others.
 
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