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Is a bios update worth it?

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I've trying to get my ram running at its rated speeds for ages and am finally considered updating my bios.

Im using a ryzen 5 2600x and a msi b350 tomahawk.

I want to know the risks of a bios update and if it would be worth it

 

thanks in advance

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Absolutely yes, especially on Ryzen. AGESA updates fix bugs and patches security holes so it's important to keep your BIOS updated.

 

Also assuming you don't suffer power cuts there's really no risk, the board won't flash an incorrect BIOS. Just DO NOT use a Windows based utility to flash, use a FAT32 flash drive, reboot to UEFI and do it through Q Flash.

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do it, just be sure you don't have drives in RAID trough the BIOS/motherboard.

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20 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Absolutely yes, especially on Ryzen. AGESA updates fix bugs and patches security holes so it's important to keep your BIOS updated.

 

Also assuming you don't suffer power cuts there's really no risk, the board won't flash an incorrect BIOS. Just DO NOT use a Windows based utility to flash, use a FAT32 flash drive, reboot to UEFI and do it through Q Flash.

Why not use the windows installers. Security issues?

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10 minutes ago, unsungheroist said:

Why not use the windows installers. Security issues?

Possibility of bricking the board is exponentially higher as Windows software can override the built in security measures and (unconfirmed/anecdotal) flash reliability is also lower through Windows.

 

9 times out of 10 when you see a bricked board because of a bad flash it was done through Windows software.

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I knew there is a reason I like dual bios. Thanks gigabyte 

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With a Ryzen yes it is worth it. I'm rocking a Gigabyte B350 board and since the latest bios update, when at stock settings, my cpu will boost to 4199 MHz on 3 cores. It could never achieve that before this update.

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11 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Possibility of bricking the board is exponentially higher as Windows software can override the built in security measures and (unconfirmed/anecdotal) flash reliability is also lower through Windows.

 

9 times out of 10 when you see a bricked board because of a bad flash it was done through Windows software.

Yep, bricked my first X370 board doing a BIOS update from Windows.  Luckily, Amazon didn't ask any questions and sent me a new one.  Have always done BIOS updates from inside the BIOS ever since.

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