Noob Questions on Flashing the BIOS

[Oldgamer]

I was viewing my system information on my motherboard which is an ASUS P5E3 Deluxe board, and it showed BIOS: AMI (OEM) 1404 08/26/2008

Now I know the saying, "don't fix what ain't broken", but I was wondering how do you flash the BIOS and get it up to date?

I went to the ASUS site to view this information here: http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/P5E3_PremiumWiFiAP_n/#support_Support_CPU_Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (rev.C1,3.00GHz,1333FSB,L2:2X6MB,4 cores)

It states "If your motherboard BIOS version number is greater than the BIOS version listed above, then you will not need to flash your BIOS. However, if your BIOS version is smaller than the version listed above, then you will need to select and download the latest BIOS to update your system."


The version they are referring to is the number 0204? and does that correlate with the number 1404 shown on the information I above?

I am learning all this on my own, reading some books as well. Any advice, suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[tweakboy]

If it ain't broken don't fix it. Especially if this is your first time flashing.

Not worth the stress,,, gl

 

[guskline]

Is there some problem with your present system? Did you add new hardware? I would CAREFULLY read what the newer BIOS improves before going down that route.

 

[Oldgamer]

Is there some problem with your present system? Did you add new hardware? I would CAREFULLY read what the newer BIOS improves before going down that route.

No I haven't had any issues, and was unsure if I needed to do this. I am not very familiar on BIOS settings and honestly at this point wanted to find out if this is something done, like upgrading.. or just making sure its settings are current.

At this point I don't think I would attempt to do anything like this until I have more knowledge and know how.

 

[guskline]

I agree. If you don't have problems AND you haven't added hardware don't mess with the BIOS

 

[starfireone]

It has been my experience that a Bios upgrade does not fix what you want fix and seems to introduce new issues to boot.

 

[Jacky60]

Leave the bios alone, unless you have serious problems that need fixing it's an unnecessary risk for no reward.

 

[grimpr]

I agree. If you don't have problems AND you haven't added hardware don't mess with the BIOS

This, there was a time when i upgraded to latest versions around but since the global economic crisis came i realized that the industry as a whole cheapened out, making cost cuts everywhere even in bios programming, q/a and support. Here goes the gold IBM saying that "if it aint broke, dont fix it"