Flashing BIOS Really Worth It?

scottmane · 27 Jul 2007 at 13:43

As the title really, is BIOS flashing really worth it? never done it in my life.

what benifits are there from it? i have this board,

Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi Intel P35

any tips helpers?

Angleboy · 27 Jul 2007 at 14:00

the stock bios on that mobo will throw up an error on any G0 chip - update bios, and its all fixed - the ranges for some of the voltages/memory timings ect were also increased when my mate flashed his.

scottmane · 27 Jul 2007 at 14:49

So how do i flash the mobo then? do i put it onto a ubs drive and hit alt F2 at the start?

Angleboy · 27 Jul 2007 at 14:55

Asus (and most other) boards have a utility that will do it from inside windows (though i allways do it from inside the bios using the ez flash thing)

the shift-F2 thing should work fine

or install asus update (should be on your mobo driver cd) and do it with that

just dont have your system any anything other than stock when u do it - allways better safe than sorry wen doing things like this

Shimmy · 27 Jul 2007 at 15:06

I flashed my mobo to the latest bios as soon as I got it, didn't mess with any settings and flashed within bios screen.

I did it from a floppy disk, was very easy and self explanatory really (although I'm using a gigabyte board). I thought this way it would be the most reliable method, whereas doing it from within windows is considered a big no no.

No regrets from doing it, sorts out any gremlins and has allowed me to overclock by 80% on stock volts and cooling

Zefan · 27 Jul 2007 at 15:07

Only bother doing it if you'll gain anything from the extra features of the new BIOS.

scottmane · 27 Jul 2007 at 15:13

right so do i need to download anything else apart from the ez flash thing onto a usb stick?
has anyone got a linky for it for my mobo?

never overclocked before either read the overclocking guide 4 times pritty confusing, when ive overclocked the CPU to its max, with regards to ram do i need the ratio to be 1:1 or do i leave it? etc