A Beginners Guide: How to Update Your Motherboard BIOS

Ever wondered why you'd want to update your Motherboard BIOS/UEFI? Or are you contemplating updating your motherboards BIOS/UEFI but have never done it before and want to know where to get an update for your motherboard, what the risks involved with updating it are and how to do it? In this video I cover all of these questions. Starting with Why someone might want to update their BIOS/UEFI, what risks are involved with a BIOS update and finally give an example of what you'll need to search for to download an update for your board as well as an example of how a BIOS update is usually executed. I hope you find the information in this video helpful and help you decide whether updating your BIOS is something you need or even want to do. Thanks for watching. Cheers. :)

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - What is a Motherboard BIOS?
0:54 - What does BIOS mean?
1:31 - What are the reasons to update my BIOS/UEFI?
3:33 - Risks involved with a BIOS/UEFI update
4:24 - Using a UPS is a good idea
4:58 - One last warning before we begin
5:15 - Identify your motherboard manufacturer and model
5:37 - Go to your motherboards product/support page
6:03 - Where to download your motherboards BIOS
7:27 - I recommend using rear USB ports
7:50 - Updating the motherboards BIOS/UEFI
10:07 - Do Not interrupt the update process!
10:51 - Restoring BIOS/UEFI settings after update
11:54 - Update complete, install hardware
12:12 - Thanks for Watching! Like, Share, Comment & Subscribe! :)

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Wanna skip to a particular part of the video? Use the Time Stamps. :)

Time Stamps

0:00 - Intro
0:32 - What is a Motherboard BIOS?
0:54 - What does BIOS mean?
1:31 - What are the reasons to update my BIOS/UEFI?
3:33 - Risks involved with a BIOS/UEFI update
4:24 - Using a UPS is a good idea
4:58 - One last warning before we begin
5:15 - Identify your motherboard manufacturer and model
5:37 - Go to your motherboards product/support page
6:03 - Where to download your motherboards BIOS
7:27 - I recommend using rear USB ports
7:50 - Updating the motherboards BIOS/UEFI
10:07 - Do Not interrupt the update process!
10:51 - Restoring BIOS/UEFI settings after update
11:54 - Update complete, install hardware
12:12 - Thanks for Watching! Like, Share, Comment & Subscribe! :)

[silverlime]

Saved my pc! Had the wrong bios for my CPU and had no way of knowing default settings (had friend set it up for me) and this simple tutorial fixed all of my problems, went from crashing every 30 minutes when gaming to not once in a whole 5 hour session, really happy :>

[eliherring]

wish me luck i may never return here
edit: we did it bois the pc didnt explode

[gambit]

I found you via Google as I'm trying to update my cpu from and i5 to i7. You're very concise, informative and knowledgeable. Thanks for the help

[heliumhunterr]

this didn’t solve my particular issue but i do appreciate you teaching me how to update my bios! it helped me narrow the issue and has gotten me closer to the solution. :)

[lukatodoroski]

when he made the lightning storm sounds that scared the living s***t out of me

[bigorangeboy]

Haven't tried anything yet, but this tutorial still holds up 2 years later. Thanks for the great tutorial!

[darkyysonic]

2 years late to the party BUT I can safely say that I have updated my BIOS thanks to this video! Cheers 🍻

[Daniela_Ulrika]

I am currently studying Networking that's why I came across your video and I am so glad. This is just the greatest tutorial I ever watch, thank you.

[silentsoul]

I love the idea that you explained carefully why and why not update the BIOS coz I'm slightly new to this kinds of things. Thank you.

[molgorp]

I just built my pc, my friend who also built his pc just before kept telling me to be sure to update my bios. Everything I have is working completely fine and I have no complaints. Taking your advice into account have decided to let it be for now, because I don't absolutely need an update.
Edit: I found this video by looking up how to update my bios.

[chrisbomber]

built a new pc from nothing and needed to know where to start when it comes to getting drivers and bios updates sorted on a 100% virgin system build... dont even have windows on it yet lol, good video thank you

[tylerhelton]

Its my first pc build, played xbox most of my life and i finally switched over, i got too say 60fps feels good.

[lachlore]

Cheers for the help mate, was in need up getting my motherboard updated for my Ryzen 5. Found you for exactly this need

[southvizions]

DUDE YOU SAVED MY LIFE!!! Never knew upgrading to a RTX 3080 would be this complicated. 😭😭😭😭

[JackyWillGamingeTI]

I came here because I need update my bios on a Asus Prime A320M-K to make tests with Athlon 3000G, I was using a Athlon 200GE and wanted to compare them on tests, your video was very helpful, thanks for the video! ^^

[gabe]

Thank you for the solid info on bios and how the update process goes. I am new to building pc's and your explanation was flawless, probably gonna watch the rest of your stuff too

[shanecobb]

I am upgrading to new ryzen 7 5800x3d this was very helpful thank you. You made it very easy to understand the process involved with preparing my PC for the new processor.

[gamer_wolf]

Thanks a million man.
let me tell this first, I'm Iranian so, "sorry for my bad english."
I bought a sound card and PC won't post when I installed it. the pcie card was OK and I test it on other computers. the pcie slots also were OK, I was so confused. then after 2 days of thinking and watching youtube videos, I realize that maybe this card have some incompatibility to my motherboard. then I went to my motherboard webpage for bios . say to my self " why should i do bios update where as the new beta bios has nothing to do with my problem". last night I saw your video on youtube that mentioned a tip about compatibility of new hardware's on older motherboard's. that moment I remember the description of new beta bios of my motherboard that says "improve new high end graphics card compatibility", then say to myself "hey, GPU card is pcie, and you have a pcie incompatibility problem for pcie x1 sound card".
earlier this morning I updated the bios and install my sound card and PC booted to windows and everything is OK now.
Your video was very very helpful to me. I watched all 13:40 min. full of useful tips for me. I update bios for the first time.
Thanks.

[frappiecoco]

I just search in youtube how to update bios and click your vid. I want to know how to update bios before I upgrade my processor. It's a big help. Thanks a lot!