Do you keep your motherboard UEFI / BIOS up to date?

MartinPrince · 3 Apr 2019 at 22:01

pastymuncher said:
I used to when I had Asus boards but I am lagging behind a version with this Gigabyte as I need to steel myself before flashing and going back into the horrible bios to re-enter my settings.

In exactly the same position with one of my Gigabyte boards. I'm 5 bios' behind so I suppose I'll take the plunge. Gulp!

pastymuncher · 4 Apr 2019 at 13:57

@MartinPrince If you are having problems running your memory with the XMP profile on a Z390 board it has been fixed in the latest couple of bios releases so it's worth flashing now. There have been a lot of stability fixes as well. The correct memory slots for a pair of sticks is A2 and B2 according to the footnote at the end of the QVL list on Gigabytes website. Pity they couldn't be bothered to stick that vital information in the manual as it would have saved me a lot of bother!!

MartinPrince · 4 Apr 2019 at 21:59

pastymuncher said:
@MartinPrince If you are having problems running your memory with the XMP profile on a Z390 board it has been fixed in the latest couple of bios releases so it's worth flashing now. There have been a lot of stability fixes as well. The correct memory slots for a pair of sticks is A2 and B2 according to the footnote at the end of the QVL list on Gigabytes website. Pity they couldn't be bothered to stick that vital information in the manual as it would have saved me a lot of bother!!

Thanks for the heads up. I'm about a year behind so I think I will take the plunge. Just taking some snaps of my bios settings.

SupraWez · 4 Apr 2019 at 22:05

When building yes, once running and stable I tend to leave it unless the update offers something I want.

Phil2008 · 4 Apr 2019 at 23:07

No I only update it if I am having problems with stuff.. I find if you overclock your system and you update the bios, the overclocking settings are at different values, even though they are correct in the bios.

bledd · 6 Apr 2019 at 10:04

I do, but I tend to wait 3 or 4 weeks and let the lambs test it first

Terminal_Boy · 6 Apr 2019 at 10:29

Update to latest when building and then forget all about it unless I have issues.

Disco_P · 7 Apr 2019 at 00:19

I am on the one before the spectre meltdown fixes cause I don't want to lose the negligible performance nor deal with anything Asus deems as 'beta' - their software is shoddy enough as is!

Double07 · 9 Apr 2019 at 04:49

If I remember to, which is pretty much never

IT Troll · 9 Apr 2019 at 23:32

For a newly released board I tend to do the first three or so because they often feature a lot of stability and compatibility improvements. The first release on a new board can be a bit beta.

MissChief · 10 Apr 2019 at 01:04

I don’t think I’ve ever updated a BIOS on any PC I’ve had since my 48DX2/66. So no, never.

Glanza · 10 Apr 2019 at 11:20

Only if I start having issues and it will fix it, I had to update several times when I got my current board to get everything stable with Ryzen but haven't updated since.

labcoattech · 15 Apr 2019 at 10:14

Most recently I have noticed the updates are to resolve security issues.

an0nym0us · 17 Apr 2019 at 23:38

I update if there are security fixes and/or new features that I want.

Sin_Chase · 18 Apr 2019 at 09:06

Only if they offer an update / fix relevant to my hardware.

Avalon · 19 Apr 2019 at 21:14

That depends on many things. On a workstation or server I don’t usually rush in and do new BIOS updates after initially deploying unless it’s specifically relevant or a critical fix. That said part of my upgrade policy is to ensure latest BIOS is used and running fine prior to any hardware being upgraded or a system being stood down. For my play things, when Ryzen launched for example, it was a new and largely untested platform (outside of a lab), those early BIOS updates brought with them many minor fixes/updates/compatibility improvements and I regularly updated.

mods1965 · 20 Apr 2019 at 06:39

I never used to always update, but in recent years I have started to keep up to date due to the increasing security risks we see today.

Tee Hee Johnson · 23 Apr 2019 at 21:41

I do, but only when I have time to redo my OC settings.

Apone70 · 30 Apr 2019 at 20:59

If i'm not having any issues then no as i don't think its worth it

andy_mk3 · 30 Apr 2019 at 21:04

I've always updated BIOS where possible.