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Is it necessary to update your bios?
Because I recently just reformatted my computer and was wondering should I update my bios? I think the last update it had was last year of October.
It's an Asus P6T Deluxe mobo.
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Yes always have the latest BIOS in my opinion.
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Okay, I have the CD for my motherboard and how would I update my bios?
I installed the Asus Update thing to my computer and I'm confused on what do next.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, I got this:
idk which one to exactly download
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If you're not experiencing any problems there's no reason to upgrade your BIOS.
It's totally unnecessary unless your PC is having problems and a BIOS flash will fix those bugs.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| What do you mean " BIOS flash" ?
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Encrypted wrote: | | What do you mean " BIOS flash" ? |
Flashing the BIOS is basically upgrading the BIOS.
When I said upgrade, I meant to refer to flash.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| So it will automatically update itself? -confused
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Encrypted wrote: | | So it will automatically update itself? -confused |
No, lol. What I was trying to point out is that it's not necessary to flash/upgrade your BIOS unless your experiencing problems/bugs with your PC that would be related to your BIOS.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| How would I know I'm experiencing problems/bug with my bios and not other hardwares?
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| saf wrote: | | Yes always have the latest BIOS in my opinion. |
God, no.
Never ever update your BIOS unless you reeeeeallly need to for some reason. Not worth the risk of turning your mobo into a paperweight because the planets aligned and something stupid happened.
Most modern mobo's have a spare BIOS which will be flashed if you somehow hose the original, but it's still not something to fuck with if you don't need to. If it works, just leave it.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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I looked at the BIOS updates and it actually has some general fixes with it, so it would be useful to him.
But if the man wants to have an updated BIOS, let him.
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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2nlzkngnmn
then if you extract it directly to C: then:
*Windowskey+R
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*cd c:\ (enter)
*AFU236U.exe afudos /i P6T-ASUS-DELUXE-1606.rom
*(Not sure which one works) AFU236U.exe /i P6T-ASUS-DELUXE-1606.rom
* DO NO TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER, OR CLICK the mouse or anything let it sit)
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Its what i think your suppose to do, as I have only updated my BIOS once and it was like a year ago.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| slovach wrote: | | saf wrote: | | Yes always have the latest BIOS in my opinion. |
God, no.
Never ever update your BIOS unless you reeeeeallly need to for some reason. Not worth the risk of turning your mobo into a paperweight because the planets aligned and something stupid happened.
Most modern mobo's have a spare BIOS which will be flashed if you somehow hose the original, but it's still not something to fuck with if you don't need to. If it works, just leave it. |
Alright thanks slovach
Guess I won't download the link provided by saf
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| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| slovach wrote: | | saf wrote: | | Yes always have the latest BIOS in my opinion. |
God, no.
Never ever update your BIOS unless you reeeeeallly need to for some reason. Not worth the risk of turning your mobo into a paperweight because the planets aligned and something stupid happened.
Most modern mobo's have a spare BIOS which will be flashed if you somehow hose the original, but it's still not something to fuck with if you don't need to. If it works, just leave it. |
At least flashing mobo bios' isn't nearly as painful as flashing router bios'. I've accumulated about 3 $50 paperweights thanks to that.
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