msi liveupdate

[rajhouston]

Does it update your bios automatically? or we have to do it manually?
any msi motherboard owner here

 

[Ike0069]

You can flash your BIOS in Windows if that's what you area asking.

What exactly do you want to do?

 

[rajhouston]

suppose my boot up screen says that i have 1.9 bios version and on this link says that latest version is 1.A Do i need to update bios? what is flashing bios? updating is same as flashing? or does the msi live update automatically update the latest bios version for you?
i am sorry for dumb question.. im eager to learn more about it
please reply
thanx
raj

Originally posted by: Ike0069
You can flash your BIOS in Windows if that's what you area asking.

What exactly do you want to do?

 

[Ike0069]

Ahh, I just realized you have an X2 with this board.

Does Windows load up fully? If so then no need to update at his time. I'm not aware of any fixes in the latest version, but I stopped at 1.8 since I'm using a single core CPU.

MSI Live update will scan you BIOS and chipset drivers and compare them to the latest available. Then it will give you the option to D/L them.
After they are D/L'd, you just double click the file and follow the on screen instructions.

When "flashing" the BIOS (updating it to a new revision), make sure to follow the instructions EXACTLY. In the past, you had to Flash in DOS using a floppy, but the MSI Windows flashing utility works well if used properly.

 

[rajhouston]

kool thanx,
i have not gotten the parts yet, im waiting for them to arrive at home, meanwhile im reading manual and learning to set up everything in advance

 

[Ike0069]

Ok. Well if it comes with 1.9 BIOS, I'm fairly certain that supports dual core chips, so you shouldn't have any problems.

If you do a search in the Motherboard section for Neo2, you will see alot of threads that might answer some questons that you will have during the install.

It's a great board, but can give people trouble sometimes. Good news is that there are a lot of people here on AT that have this exact board and can help you out.

Best of luck with the build.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

1.9 supports dual core, actually that's the latest for k8n neo2 i think