Your Question: When Should One Flash the Bios?
Contents in General, You Shouldn’t Need to Update Your Bios That Often. Installing (Or “Flashing”) a New Bios Is More Dangerous Than Updating a Simple Windows...
In general, you shouldn’t need to update your BIOS that often. Installing (or “flashing”) a new BIOS is more dangerous than updating a simple Windows program, and if something goes wrong during the process, you could end up bricking your computer.
When should you flash your BIOS?
Flashing the BIOS
- support for newer processors (this comes in handy especially for custom computer builds), the BIOS is tweaked to allow processors up to a certain speed, thus if the processor is upgraded or overclocked, the BIOS may need to be flashed.
- support for larger hard drives and solid state drives. …
- BIOS bug fixes.
3 апр. 2011 г.
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How do I know if I need to update my BIOS?
There are two ways to easily check for a BIOS update. If your motherboard manufacturer has an update utility, you’ll usually simply have to run it. Some will check if an update is available, others will just show you the current firmware version of your present BIOS.
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