Do You REALLY Need To Update Your BIOS?

Is keeping your PC's UEFI BIOS up-to-date more trouble than it's worth?

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[JirxOnGames]

Pro tip: You don't actually have to mash the button to enter bios, you can simply keep the button pressed :)

[Fearagen]

If you want to reduce the chances of failure during the update, I highly recommend a UPS/Battery Backup. This is recommended in general if you're in an area with a crappy power Plant that constantly black outs, it will extend your computers life and of course, not cause the bios to corrupt while updating during a storm or something.

[austinverlinden]

You can suspend bitlocker instead of disabling. If you disable it will fully decrypt. If you suspend its only inactive for 1 reboot cycle. Just enough to perform bios update before going back into OS.

[GodmanchesterGoblin]

Not mentioned in the video... If you are overclocking - it's always safest to disable overclocks before re-flashing. I also put RAM back to standard timings while updating. While dual BIOS arrangements help minimise risk, some manufacturers implement dual BIOS quite badly which can make it hard to know which BIOS you are running from and / or which you are updating.

[writerpatrick]

Despite decades of computer experience, I still get nervous updating the BIOS. If I do it it's usually when the computer is new and it will often make a difference. Although it's best to do it while it's still under warranty.

[eriii]

Fun fact because of the Crosshair VIII in the beginning:
When pairing with a 5900x/5950x .2 or .3 agesa is the best. Check it yourself - higher voltages. Not really noticeable until you do CO and PBO-limits but it then is a noticeable difference. Like 100-200mhz per core.

Edit: so newer bios is not always better. Same on Gigabyte. Don’t know about MSI but since its agesa-bound…

[RageQuitSon]

I got a deal on the 5600x, but decided my x370 board was never going to get an update to support it. Got lucky with a new motherboard that had up to date bios (yay shortages keeping stock fresh) and about a month later AMD released the official x370 bios update for 5600x support. Sadness and wasted money.

[LifeWulf]

Considering the very first thing HP Support said to me when I was having issues with my PC appearing to go into sleep mode despite sleep being turned off was to update my BIOS, and that fixed it…

Yes.

[joshuakenyon]

Recommend updating your BIOS if you're running an AMD chip with fTPM enabled as the recent AGESA build fixes the weird lag stuttering that comes through occasionally

[austinverlinden]

I update mine regardless. Plus i needed it to fix that AMD TPM stutter issue. If you are on Windows 11 and have not updated your bios, your might have a bios update that provides support for windows 11.

[boboblio]

Disabling bitlocker isn't necessary. You can simply suspend it before updating the bios. If you're lucky, the update app will detect bitlocker and suspend it for you.

[potatochannel]

Kudos for Toshiba hard drive for writing this great episode of Techquickie.

[sakkasper]

When I received my first gaming laptop, I was not even aware of what a BIOS update was. It was updated as if it were nothing. Numerous bizarre things occurred on my laptop. I'm delighted it's still functional right now.

[richard-davies]

Considering how many bug fixes there or new features that may get added especially with Ryzen, BIOS updates are very highly recommended. Whether I use Intel or Ryzen I update my BIOS on every release.

[Davethreshold]

I use a UPS and I also do this: I have a 4 ft. power bar plugged into it for all my low voltage stuff, like external drives, HD Homerun recorders etc. I BYPASSED the power switch on it with Crazy glue. I put a very fine bead around it in the ON position. That way it can not turn the drives, (can wreck them) or OTA recorders off when they are supposed to be on.

[rQuilln]

Some latest version of BIOS removes the compatability for OLD Processor models especially to some AM4 motherboards. Read the descriptions carefully especially the warnings before upgrading the BIOS to the specific version that the old components still compatible to it.

[trevor]

I honestly can't be bothered updating BIOS unless something is broken.

[interstellartravel]

In some cases yes, I had huge issues running emulators on my motherboards old bios, after an update my fps improved from 28-32 to locked 75+ on BOTW. Android emulator performance also improved by a bit. General gaming performance on windows programs did not chage at all though. There was also a huge lag on bios mouse performance that went away after the update.

[EricGonzalo]

Literally after I updated my BIOS early this morning and also set my XMP profile too. Great timing and a good reminder, haha.

[MrWogle]

I’ve actually seen some instances where a very old system had SecureBoot enabled, but the certificate was expired and newer OS versions wouldn’t boot on it.