How Often Should Gamers Update Their BIOS?

[@ZachsTechTurf]

How often do you update your BIOS?

[@Starfish9394]

Only when zach oils up with the ryzen 4070 and carterpcs does the thug shake with tiny racoon like ryzen 4070s with overclocked case fans

[@Mostlyplanes-ER]

I update my BIOS if my pc is having issues since I have a B660M pro rs and a intel core i5-12400F cpu and gpu. I love your channel Zack!

[@imagamershorts]

Nope

[@imagamershorts]

Just like gpu drivers

[@peely356]

I check every week to see if its updated or not

[@freddyfax]

Zach please bring back answering pc questions in one word

[@Robocamper510]

Yes please

[@VayunManchanda]

Yes

[@Cezzer0]

no it wont give good elaborated answers

[@Opp3679Extra]

Ryzen 4070

[@mraphid]

Yes

[@Insany_Doggo]

Last time my pc had its BIOS updated was when the flintstones gamed on it

[@1ns3m1nat0r]

Rocking that Celeron, huh? 😂

[@yusuf_1440]

I don't even know if my PC has a BIOS.🤣🤣

[@mohanadelsabagh9534]

@@yusuf_1440 well you're needs a BIOS to work.

[@lolxdog0672]

I haven’t updated a single bios since I started using pc’s, not because I don’t want to, but because power shortages are super common in the area I live in, having even 3 a day, even with a psu I fear that my bios would get corrupted

[@jonathanparker123]

I never update my bios. Too risky lol

[@zadarthule]

It's not really risky. Most Mainboards have dual BIOS. So you always have a working chip

[@dr_diddy]

​@@zadarthulemy dumb ass corrupting both boots 😭

[@famousfighter2310]

You should because that can cause issues if its to old

[@priyanshumaurya007]

​@@famousfighter2310 What do you mean too old? I've a PC from 13 years ago working fine even when gaming lol

[@famousfighter2310]

@ i was having blue screens from an outdated bios

[@MultiShane4]

I don't even think I updated my bios when I built my PC. My friend told me as long as the PC ran on the current bios with no issues that I shouldn't risk updating it. For context, I'm a pretty new builder, I custom built my first PC back in October and was probably overthinking every single step if the process lol

[@MultiShane4]

To follow up with this: is it worth me trying to update my bios right now since it hasn't been touched any, or should I not bother until about a year passes like Zach mentions

[@thisfeelingcalleddespair]

updating my bios made the bios boot time go from 45s to 15s, but maybe thats only exclusive to my motherboard/ motherboards made by the same brands

[@MultiShane4]

@thisfeelingcalleddespair I didn't consider that either. The motherboard I ended up going with was a Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX. I'm not sure if that changes whether I should or not

[@thisfeelingcalleddespair]

​@@MultiShane4 im not sure, try searching up online, and look at your boot time in too to see if any change can really be made or not. if youre at like 20s boot up time i guess there would be no need for a bios update since i dont thgink it can get any faster than 15 or 20 etc.. but i only updated my bios because i was facing multiple issues, and because the bios update was relatively easy to do with the bios flash option. so, i guess if youre facing issues, a bios update could fix multiple issues, that is, if you are facing any in the first place. but i guess your friend is right. if everyuthing is working perfectly, then i guess you could justr leave it as it is.

[@andrewszombie]

There's microcode and performance improvements in BIOS updates so you should do it ASAP. I've updated several motherboards BIOSes this year without issue as long as you're not doing it during a thunderstorm you should be fine. 2-3 minutes and it's worth it. BIOS updates also protect your system at the PCB level and can have other improvements for Memory aswell as protecting your components - 13th and 14th Gen Intel CPU issues. 2-3 minutes updating is better than having to RMA or refund/replace components you've spent alot on money on! Update your BIOS!

[@breakthrough12]

I Think They Should Update Their Bios Until They Get Sudden Power Cut with No Backup

[@flyinghigh1868]

If you have dual BIOS, bios flashback or any bios flash button on your motherboard, it almost always means that you have some sort of safety feature in case of corruption. So It's perfectly safe. However, on cheaper motherboards, you may not have that feature.

[@priyanshumaurya007]

For cleaps one it's not worth it imo for me atleast! Especially in an area with a lot of power outages and low voltage issues!

[@andrewszombie]

Update your BIOS!!! Especially if you have 13th or 14th Gen. Update your BIOS ASAP. Dont leave it to chance and you have the headache of replacing components and your system is out of action bc of voltage issues. Update your BIOS!

[@c73w]

BIOS update should be in the settings with other updates to be clear instead of going to search what is better for you which is frustrating, and it should be automatic whenever you are online and ON then it just asks you if you want to download it now or should it remind for later on, this would be simpler

[@Nick-79]

I used to nearly shit my pants when updating my bios until i realized how easy it is to flash a new bios to it using a eeprom flasher

[@shotgunmasterQL]

I just bought parts for a new PC and I was extremely happy to see that the BIOS version was dated like a month ago, meanwhile different reviews and discussions online mentioned different RAM compatibility issues and Ethernet and WLAN problems on the release drivers. Didn't need to touch that stuff at all 🙏

[@DanielFernandez-vf4nr]

One time my brother was updating the Bios and told my other brother to specifically NOT to turn off the computer, goes to say that computer became the blue dead screen 😂😂

[@DARKHEARTEDWICKEDNESS]

Built an AM5 PC, updated BIOS, PC stopped working. Never updating BIOS again.

[@r1pbuck]

I was having problems with my game crashing and decided it was a bad Windows update. In preparing to reset Windows, I decided to do a BIOS update as well. Suddenly my 13th Gen Intel system straightened up and flew perfectly. Only then did I hear about the 13th-14th Gen degradation problems. Fortunately my system doesn't seem to have taken any damage.

[@Ether_Void]

If the BIOS/UEFI supports capsule updates it can get updates via the Windows update mechanism or via fwupd on Linux anyways. Especially on Laptops that seems to be very common nowdays.

[@spetsu1]

Depends on some systems, every time a new one releases, thats normally for PC's that are open to the public like private game servers, as for my personal PC, normally whenever I think to check.

[@fred7837]

I think i Never did a bios update in 3 years😂

[@CCR1402]

I updated it when my PC couldn't see an SSD but while the bios update was at 95% I started praying to my PC and it turned off and I was sweating for like 5 min and then it came back to life

[@ekayn1606]

My Bluetooth stopped working, and I remembered this video. I checked, and my bois was from 2022😅 Now she's up to date, and a BUNCH of little issues were fixed! Thank you for the reminder!!!

[@MateusGSM]

I didn't even know there were BIOS updates ;-;

[@montecorbit8280]

And if you have a motherboard with a 1700 socket supporting an Intel 13 or 14th, gen CPU....you should update it a long time ago!!

[@joshygaminghub7428]

I always update my BIOS whenever there's an update released. When I'm bored, I sometimes unplug the PC from the outlet while the BIOS is updating so my brother can't use it. Reflashing the BIOS using an EEPROM is very easy, though. I also have a lot of replacement BIOS chips.

[@Pixiuchu]

I only updated my bios once in my life. I had to do it because for some reason my laptop's audio just stopped working. After basically a month of trying to fix it, I tried updating the bios and that finally did the trick. lol Granted I only have a mid-tier gaming laptop and I don't really use it for extensive gaming that much.

[@eric7591]

I check my mobo's website almost every week to see if there is a new bios. I don't use beta updates though. I also have a UPS, and bios flashback, so I'm not worried about the power going out.

[@corie_1032]

Every time there's an update, I do it.

[@Jay_See_Ess]

No it's not, no need to do it unless you need to.

[@eric7591]

It depends on the circumstance. For instance, 13th-14th gen Intel it was very important to update. Every system is different.

[@MrDeadYeti]

@@eric7591 Just like he said. No need to do it unless you need to. In the case of those chips, it was practically mandated.

[@TheHypogriphQc]

People just don't read and post crap everywhere. There are toilets, post that there.

[@Teh_Monk]

I usually update mine once per year, sometimes more. Depends on what the new revisions include or address.

[@Ringo_ChanSan]

I had an issue with SAM not working because of "outdated" bios, it was less than a year old, now I update every 6ish months.

[@sabatory]

As soon as I see that a new one is available in my Gigabyte app, it's also really easy to update the bios with that!

[@VormirBlas]

When my EVGA Mobo died, I got an MSI Board and it took over a minute to get through POST. I updated the bios and it’s down to sub 17 seconds.

[@BananaBaconyt]

"When should you update your BIOS?"... me asf: whenever there is an update 💀

[@dr_diddy]

me: updates?

[@BananaBaconyt]

@ lmao

[@xWatexx]

I don’t ever upgrade it unless there’s something critical which needs to be addressed immediately.

[@FishBoneCh]

ive only ever done 1 bios update in the last 10 years and it was to solve some performance issues. surprisingly it worked. i dont ever do anything sketchy with my computers so i dont worry a lot about it.

[@pyranitar]

I was updating my BIOS and system turned off at the start. I think this was supposed to happen, but my heart DROPPED.

[@IXxKratosxXI]

Im building my PCs for close to 2 decades and never updated my bios once. Not because it's risky or anything like that, but because I'm lazy 😂

[@rafaelfabian7049]

update if you have a intel CPU 13 AND 14 GEN. BEFORE IT dies.This will slow down your cpu

[@David95853]

I updated my BIOS and sped up my computer's boot time.

[@johngangemi1361]

I keep my UEFI/BIOS up to date. These often also have Microcode updates for the CPU which will load during boot up.

[@runikwolf7755]

The only time I’ve ever updated my BIOS on *any* computer was about two weeks ago when I swapped from LGA1200 to an AM5 motherboard. Never needed it on my laptops nor my desktop prior to upgrading it.

[@Freddie_06]

I updated my bios for the first time a few days ago since I built the pc 4 years ago

[@BBBeanie855]

Please Rate a 4070 plus a i5 14600k, you have helped me a ton in PC and how I understand them!

[@goldentalon557]

I update my bios about every 2 months as long as Florida weather is not acting up

[@juliashenandoah3965]

The upgrade to Zen 3 Ryzen made BIOS update necessary. Before updating I asked in a forum if it is safe to update: "Yes 100% safe, NOTHING can happen, nothing can go wrong..." Made a thumbdrive with the BIOS on it, restarted the PC and the BIOS update suddenly got stuck after five minutes of updating... after two hours I restarted the PC, and you can guess what happens next, I had to disassemble the whole computer to send the bricked mainboard back. A year or so later AMD made a cool feature called SAM which made another BIOS update necessary. I looked at my bank account - ah good enough money to buy a new mainboard today after it fails again, in this case I can risk another BIOS update or otherwise I will not be able to use Radeon 6000series and AMD SAM. Luckily this time the BIOS update worked flawless, but I have not updated since that day ever again because I cannot risk wasting 200-300€ every time some nonsensical small BIOS update is made from 1.1.1.34.Alpha to 1.1.1.34Beta to 111.34.2Alpha and so on every two months. The BIOS is updated only if ABSOLUTELY necessary to continue the PC being functional. ;)

[@mmartti2k116]

It’s been years since i worked with desktop because i moved to laptops. But back in the day i did not never update bios if not really needed for better cpu etc. And if there were some kind of performance issues known. But as long as it did work out of the box i let it be like that.

[@shikoikurogami8480]

My situation is that my BIOS is refusing to update(motherboard is B650 aorus elite AX AM5), even though I’ve tried everything. From GCC update, going into BIOS directly, and even using a flash drive to try and update. Even tried updating to the next instead of latest update. Ends with my bios saying F20 instead of the next F21 or current F30.

[@onomatopoeia162003]

If I recall some brands can be like that. Do that one. Then the newest one. Might have been gigabyte. But I'm not sure.

[@leonardrhodes1958]

I update the bios as soon as a new one is released. Same with the firmware and drivers. Unless its says beta then I wait until the finished version is released.

[@Buzzlityear18]

Don’t have pc yet but will after Christmas

[@cringeylazy]

i updated mine yesterday for my 5700x3d coming today :)

[@John_Alter]

I haven't updated my Bios since I built my PC 4 years ago. I'm still on AM4 using a 3900X and will be upgrading my PC soon to AM5. Already got some of the parts and I'm only missing the CPU.

[@jintusarma4961]

I was getting stutter in games,I updated bios after 5 years and now it's running games smoothly

[@scumbaggaming9418]

I just recently upgraded my BIOS in an attempt to fix a green screen of death I kept getting. Updating the BIOS was one of the suggestions, so I tried it

[@officialkykats]

I once powered off during a bios update. (Severe thunderstorm rolled in) i still play daily on my tomahawk z590 motherboard no problems

[@Stixk-g3d]

I’m not updating my bios I can build computers but bios is what really scared me

[@Mr_Lesbian]

Every time I have issues, same with GPU drivers. I do basic troubleshooting steps, then GPU driver update, then BIOS update, if that fails I live with the issue. Don't fix what ain't broke, imo.

[@ChrigamingDK]

"How often do you update your Bios?" Well.. i dont know how to 😂

[@helloweener2007]

How often do I update my BIOS... For my old PC: never. It was used and there was no new BIOS out. For my new AM5 System. I put the new ones on it that were not beta. Never had an issue with BIOS or Firmware updates. And I did firmware updates on my GPU and CD-ROM drives in the past. Yes, this was a thing in the late 90's.

[@skye.is.everywhere]

Im upgrading to a 5700x from a 3600 and had to update my BIOS a few days ago and it was terrifying. first update ever and in 4 years of having my pc

[@NickB_864]

I'm going to update today after seeing this 😂

[@ComputersandOtherStuff]

My friend just built a new PC, and it was working for a week when all of the sudden it wouldn’t turn on and the DRAM light would stay on. Turns out the BIOS needed to be updated because it had a bug when it came out of the factory

[@andrewszombie]

I always tell people & do it as soon as they become available/youre aware of any updates. Same with windows updates and Chrome and Firefox updates. ASAP.

[@manoloorz]

Unless youre like me, stuck with an OEM pre build with a proprietary motherboard and no bios update support 😢

[@henry789]

only when theres a big vulnerability like logofail or the update gives me a feature i would want

[@provencefang1329]

I didn't know I had to update BIOS, never even heard of it.

[@juanford55]

Ill say like 2 times a year, as long the PC works fine i dont worry too much about updating the bios.

[@OctagonalSquare]

Updated the bios on my Alienware just over a year after getting it. Bricked the MOBO. Thankfully it was under warranty and I was paying for Dell support so they sent someone out to replace it for free

[@Mutrax4706]

i mightbios when seeing an article stating i should because xyz improvements, and will try when encountering an issue thats likely caused by motherboard

[@karajatv]

I have had a pc for almost 3 years. And have I never updated the bios😭🙏 I need to update it for my little brother because he’s getting the pc and I’m building a new one! Thanks for the reminder though🔥

[@hahnshane8884]

Getting banned from your discord for quoting a kids movie is actually wild lmao

[@JonnygamingTv]

I didnt upgrade bios for a few years (2018-2024) 💀, I upgraded bios when I was about to upgrade CPU and ram

[@astrominer11]

I'm afraid of updating my BIOS due to potential blackouts. I will update only after i get better cpu

[@MegaNUT711]

I bought my prebuilt 3 years ago and haven't upgraded my bios

[@ColeDaNerd]

I do it once I notice a performance drop

[@Sloma45]

My PC updated my bios out of nowhere during a windows update. Pretty cool!

[@Hurricane_GT_vr]

I didn’t know about updating my bios until my Ethernet started being weird and then I found that I was in a 2021 version of my bios and I updated it as fast as I could didn’t resolve the issue with my Ethernet but at least I updated my bios

[@tjcrooms]

I think updated my bios before I installed my Ryzen 7800x3D and that was at the end of last month for my Asus board.

[@myabss8336]

I updated my bios when I first got my pc. But after, never cause I never got any issues. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Too risky for me to do a bios update with all the things that can go wrong

[@miladtirdad584]

got my pc 2 years ago and haven't updated since. got a b660 and 12400 with 6800xt. honestly it's terrifying cause i don't have a ups. not gonna update till i have one or just jump to am5 in a couple of years.

[@a7xzombiekiller-130]

Me watching this with a three year old pc and never having updated it…. Types in “how to update my bios” after watching this video lol

[@bikemanAMDR7]

Well with my Former I7 10700 PC, i updated it every 6 months or so. My NEW AM5 Build in July i updated it 3 times since then. Not sure if installing next one when its final or not yet, but since it has A.G.E.S.A 1.2.0.2b i might update it once final from MSI For my B650 VC WIfi Motherboard. Though i have Ryzen 7 7700X Processor, so if its only for Ryzen 9000 series, maybe i'll update Bios less than i was at first

[@PhoenixAscension554]

My bios was from 2022, while updating it I also realized my ram wasn't set to the rated speeds either (was supposed to be 3200mhz)

[@Violator-D]

18 months ago. Asus B550 and even then I had to since I upgraded my AMD GPU and SAM wasn't working with my ryzen cpu. BIOS update fixed it.

[@hokiesrex9599]

Haven't updated it since I got the pc back in 2022 💀. Still works great on my end atm

[@Endlessfin]

I’ve read in the comments in past videos flashing the bios is the safest option and now I’ll be buying a MB with a flash bios dedicated port lol I am planning on buying the x670e Msi gaming plus or the tomahawks(if there is some discount)

[@Mr.Morningstar.y]

Haven't updated mine since i bought it (5 years ago) and I don't have any plans to do so

[@timometsanoja9666]

Like never... Though if I plan on staying on this AM5 platform for a while I probably should look into this... As the new CPUs will likely demand a newer Bios version.

[@dizesias]

How often? Probably only one time when i had some problems because of a compatibility issue. For old platforms like am4 or intel (10th and 11th gen), i don't see the reason to update it more than once every one or two years if you have the will.

[@gigalar1248]

My motherboard is not on its manufacturer's website (AsRock B75M Dash), so I can't get any BIOS image to flash. There are in-Windows update tools (for this OEM PC on the OEM website, it's been repurposed and upgraded), but I don't really trust them (Windows might just decide to crash) and it has been running fine so why risk it?

[@juliolopez-z4q]

Convence my parents to let me work for 7 7800x3d and rtx 4060

[@BrownFoxWarrior]

As often as I actually remember to do it, so not very often.

[@DesicYT]

"when are you supposed to update your BIOS???" When theres a fucking update

[@Vinsazz]

I'ma be honest... I've learned a lot about PCs since getting mine and I want to continue learning but... Haven't gotten to the bios part. Idk how to even open it.

[@bernardolibertucio5483]

I never updated mine, and I don't plan in doing it soon, the memes scared me too much ☠️

[@hdexplicit5721]

I’ve only updated my bios once and it was 6 years after i built the pc

[@Alien437]

I just updated my bios for the first time in 12 years.

[@tizzi91able]

Updated a lot of time. The scariest one was on my laptop. After I resume from sleep I shut it down and the fucking windows update had downloaded a bios update and start flashing. For my luck I had the power brick near and I immediately plugged in. Windows is real shit with this update policy

[@Leadwing85]

Funny and timely, just updated my b450 2 says ago from the update in 2017 lol

[@spyder5876]

I didn't even know they updated, let alone not automatically I guess

[@Zambini845]

The last time my motherboard's BIOS was updated it was being flashed at the factory

[@v_cpt-phasma_v689]

only ever done it once, when upgrading from 5600x to 5700x3d, top10 scariest moments of 2024