BIOS updates

[Walter_Kai]

Just wondering, is it important or necessary to even update the BIOS?

I have never updated a single BIOS in my life and it doesn't seem to have an effect on me, also I heard updating BIOS may introduce stability issues as new BIOS are not tested as thoroughly as the one shipped with the computer.

 

What does a BIOS update actually offer, is it really necessary to do it?

[NelizMastr]

Generally, I'd only update a BIOS in two scenarios:

 

1. To solve a specific problem the update promises to fix that affects me

2. To support new hardware or improve compatibility

[Walter_Kai]

2 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Generally, I'd only update a BIOS in two scenarios:

 

1. To solve a specific problem the update promises to fix that affects me

2. To support new hardware or improve compatibility

I saw on the 'quoted' details, it promise some security updates related to intel CPU or specific chips, some also quoted reduced heat and fan noise? Which sounds like performance throttling to me......

 

The computer used to bluescreen me once in a while but have stopped doing that for the past 2 to 3 months, so I suspect it to be Window's own issue, rather than my own BIOS, or software.

 

Kind of concern about updating the BIOS, don't want to risk making things worst, especially when my computer appears to be in working order at the moment. 

[LunaP0n3]

Only real reasons you'd want to update the BIOS:

• Bugfixes for certain hardware configs, or system instability.
• Support for new CPUs
• Fixes for the Spectre/Meltdown issues.

Failing that, I'd just leave the BIOS alone unless you'd like to live dangerously. A power outage during the flashing process can easily corrupt the BIOS, and unless you have one of those fancy dualBIOS boards or some feature that allows you to recover from a corrupt BIOS, I would avoid flashing a new BIOS unless you really need to. A dead BIOS usually means a bricked motherboard.

 

[Walter_Kai]

Thanks for the replies guys!

I will probably leave my BIOS alone unless something really pushes me to do it.