Is a bios update worth it?

Yeah my bios can screenshot to usb
But then once I am in the new bios
Can't see the screenshots
Could plug the USB into my tablet or phone I guess
But I just prefer to snap a phone picture
Doesn't matter if its bad
Just has to be readable

Can even save my bios profile
To usb
But you can't load them back onto
A new bios version
So bit of a pointless feature really
 
My bios settings tend to be mainly static between releases so i just have a folder on my laptop with the screenshots and display them when I'm updating the bios on my desktop.
 
Unless you need it due to X no examples include
  1. security updates
  2. compatibility updates (for new cpus or more ram support)
  3. feature updates(things like resizeable bar support)
 
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Tythus said:
Unless you need it due to X no examples include
  1. security updates
  2. compatibility updates (for new cpus or more ram support)
  3. feature updates(things like resizeable bar support)
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Better compatibility with my CPU would be the main reason.
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
Yeah it's a PITA that saved profiles
Won't work
If you update the bios
Especially if you've really tinkered with
Ram settings
And cpu overclocking/curve optimiser etc
Usually I photograph all my settings
Then re apply them after update
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That's what I needed to do for my Gigabyte board, no settings able to restore EXCEPT for fan profiles. That's with my Z690 board.

going back quite a while but, iirc, at one time my Gigabyte Z390 board used to be able to restore settings between BIOS versions, but with later revisions that was prevented.

Of course I always forget where the damn menus for the settings are, so many menus and sub-menus...!
 
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I kept getting lost in the settings menu structure so created a text file with the menu structure of my settings. That with the screenshots makes bios upgrades just about painless. It's all a bit of a fag to begin with but once documented it makes life so much easier.
 
Ozymandias said:
I kept getting lost in the settings menu structure so created a text file with the menu structure of my settings. That with the screenshots makes bios upgrades just about painless. It's all a bit of a fag to begin with but once documented it makes life so much easier.
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Great idea. I'll have to get my head around that one. But it does seem perfect to my needs :)
 
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gjbf1 said:
Better compatibility with my CPU would be the main reason.
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The main bios to have is F6, in my opinion, since it supposedly protects the CPU on a hardware level. Whatever enhancement F9 may have is nice, but F6 potentially prevents catastrophic damage to the board/CPU.
 
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