CPU/Mobo How often do we need a BIOS update?

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I recently bought my PC with a Ryzen 7600x processor on an ASUS Motherboard, happened to once update my BIOS last month (before that was a September update) cuz I ran into some BT driver issues and all and now its fine. Now I see there is another BIOS update available for Asus introducing Core Tuning features for AM5 chipsets. I've heard that it's a good idea to update our BIOS before switching to a better processor, but should I think about doing so frequently if ASUS publishes a new version, especially when I don't have any intentions to upgrade anything else?

Source - https://wccftech.com/asus-intros-co...latency-for-faster-performance-on-ryzen-cpus/

Am asking this because the update is for ASUS motherboards And am owning an Ryzen cpu with AM5 chipset. The BIOS feature is set to Auto by default within the AM5 BIOS panel and can be set to enabled by the user if they are willing to try it out to get benefits in terms of "gaming".

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Ideally, your system should be on the latest update.

Pragmatically, you should update about a week to a month after release, to make sure there aren't any glaring issues reported by more zealous users. If there are any issues, then the manufacturer usually responds by removing the update and issuing a new one and the cycle repeats.

In practice I update the bios of my systems when I take them offline for cleaning, so around monthly and only if the the update is more than a month old (so that I know there aren't any issues).

A lot of early USB issues on AM4 were resolved with bios updates that came over a year after release.
 
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You should update bios only if you are facing any issue and the update resolves it.
If everything is working as intended - stick to same bios version.

If you decide to update - do it after ta least a month or two after release as suggested above.
 
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rsaeon said:
Ideally, your system should be on the latest update.

Pragmatically, you should update about a week to a month after release, to make sure there aren't any glaring issues reported by more zealous users. If there are any issues, then the manufacturer usually responds by removing the update and issuing a new one and the cycle repeats.

In practice I update the bios of my systems when I take them offline for cleaning, so around monthly and only if the the update is more than a month old (so that I know there aren't any issues).

A lot of early USB issues on AM4 were resolved with bios updates that came over a year after release.
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yea looks like its still in the Beta version as per the article.
Also @rsaeon , a quick question. I have an old Dell laptop from 10 years and recently i have reinstalled the OS. I see the latest BIOS on the drivers page available but it shows for Windows 11 and I have it on Win 7 installed so should I update the BIOS or no ?
pra300 said:
You should update bios only if you are facing any issue and the update resolves it.
If everything is working as intended - stick to same bios version.

If you decide to update - do it after ta least a month or two after release as suggested above.
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Agreed. The newer bios is also seemingly for latest zen5 architecture and its better in latency for 9800x3d cpus so im going to pass for now
 
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Dell systems from that era usually reboot into a DOS environment to apply a BIOS update, if thats the case then the OS requirement is probably because they aren't able to offer support on older versions of Windows.

I updated my Optiplexes with a USB drive prepared on a windows system even though the Optiplexes were running Linux.
 
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Dell systems from that era usually reboot into a DOS environment to apply a BIOS update, if thats the case then the OS requirement is probably because they aren't able to offer support on older versions of Windows.

I updated my Optiplexes with a USB drive prepared on a windows system even though the Optiplexes were running Linux.
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So that's a Yes or a No for going forward with the update ?
 
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It'll work fine for your system. Just make sure it's fully charged or plugged into an UPS.
 
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If you are not facing any issues currently then don't update it for now. Bios update sometimes goes wrong and you may endup with a corrupted bios chip which ll give you a lot of troubles. It is not like installing windows again and again. I flashed many bios so belive me if you don't have a major issue don't update it frequently.
 
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