A few quick questions for updating BIOS

[RiGGz]

What would be the main reason behind updating your BIOS? Can it fix general problems for your computer (Ex: not being able to update OS, freezing/non responsive programs)? Will it delete or erase anything after updating it?

[[☥] - CJ -]

Reasons behind updating BIOS varies

The main reason being, if a BIOS update resolves specific issues.

So it depends on what that BIOS update actually does.

And no, a BIOS update will not erase anything
as long as nothing wrong happens during the update anyway.

[Arya]

Updating BIOS isn't something you normally do. Intel Z170s can be upgraded using a BIOS update to handle new Intel Kabylake CPUs, which is absolutely worth doing. And MSI's BIOS updates for the Gaming M7 further improved that platform's already impressive stability. But beyond that I see no reason to update.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Freezing Programs?
Yea redo the OS and Drivers.
And enable the XMP Profile in your BIOS for your RAM.
Disable all the junk in Win10.
Monitor CPU/GPU Temps.

[RiGGz]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bad-Motha:

Freezing Programs? Yea redo the OS and Drivers.

Redo the drivers as in reinstall them? And if so which drivers would I need to look at.

[RiGGz]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย ☥ - CJ -:

Reasons behind updating BIOS varies

The main reason being, if a BIOS update resolves specific issues.

So it depends on what that BIOS update actually does.

And no, a BIOS update will not erase anything
as long as nothing wrong happens during the update anyway.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย 狼 Wolfey:

Updating BIOS isn't something you normally do. Intel Z170s can be upgraded using a BIOS update to handle new Intel Kabylake CPUs, which is absolutely worth doing. And MSI's BIOS updates for the Gaming M7 further improved that platform's already impressive stability. But beyond that I see no reason to update.

Using the MSI H110m Gaming motherboard if that helps. I'll look at their website to see what the update notes look like and I'll see if it will resolve my issues.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย M_RiGGz:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bad-Motha:

Freezing Programs? Yea redo the OS and Drivers.

Redo the drivers as in reinstall them? And if so which drivers would I need to look at.

When is the last time you wiped the OS drive and clean installed the OS?

[RiGGz]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bad-Motha:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย M_RiGGz:

Redo the drivers as in reinstall them? And if so which drivers would I need to look at.

When is the last time you wiped the OS drive and clean installed the OS?

Never. Or atleast I don't recall doing so.

[Arya]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bad-Motha:

Freezing Programs?
Yea redo the OS and Drivers.
And enable the XMP Profile in your BIOS for your RAM.
Disable all the junk in Win10.
Monitor CPU/GPU Temps.

To translate into Layman's terms...

> Shut your PC down. Press the start button and then mash the Delete key like some kind of lunatic. This will open the BIOS screen. Navigate through BIOS to find the XMP profiles, enable them.

> Find your Windows install DVD or USB, and re-install Windows itself. This will solve the majority of freezing programs, updating problems and more.

> Once you've freshly installed Windows, go through the full list of Drivers and Update them to the newest versions. My PC runs flawlessly, mostly because it's kept clean and has the newest driver versions for absolutely everything.

> Make sure you have a way of monitory the internal temperatures of your PC. If it gets to hot, it can cause programs to freeze. I recommend HW Monitor from CPUID, or Realtemp GT. Both are freely available and both do a great job. Just Google them, they'll be the first links to pop up.

> And finally disable all the junk systems you get. I recommend running PC Decrapifier(another free app) and manually getting rid of stupid things like Cortana. She's a lovable chartacter in Halo, but a damned menace on your computer.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I'd start by downloading the latest Win10 64bit and do a clean install; then get every single Driver for your hardware and install the latest ones; YES all of them, you manually, yourself. No Windows Updates non-sense where Drivers are concerned.

Win10 changes the entire OS every few months; so a clean install is best if you are having major issues.

[RiGGz]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย 狼 Wolfey:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bad-Motha:

Freezing Programs?
Yea redo the OS and Drivers.
And enable the XMP Profile in your BIOS for your RAM.
Disable all the junk in Win10.
Monitor CPU/GPU Temps.

To translate into Layman's terms...

> Shut your PC down. Press the start button and then mash the Delete key like some kind of lunatic. This will open the BIOS screen. Navigate through BIOS to find the XMP profiles, enable them.

> Find your Windows install DVD or USB, and re-install Windows itself. This will solve the majority of freezing programs, updating problems and more.

> Once you've freshly installed Windows, go through the full list of Drivers and Update them to the newest versions. My PC runs flawlessly, mostly because it's kept clean and has the newest driver versions for absolutely everything.

> Make sure you have a way of monitory the internal temperatures of your PC. If it gets to hot, it can cause programs to freeze. I recommend HW Monitor from CPUID, or Realtemp GT. Both are freely available and both do a great job. Just Google them, they'll be the first links to pop up.

> And finally disable all the junk systems you get. I recommend running PC Decrapifier(another free app) and manually getting rid of stupid things like Cortana. She's a lovable chartacter in Halo, but a damned menace on your computer. Get rid of her.

Alright and just to clarify, doing all this will not delete any of my files or programs? And yeah Cortana is a ♥♥♥♥♥, good thing I have her disabled :)

[Bad 💀 Motha]

For BIOS update, NO. That is a software ROM onboard the Motherboard itself.
That has nothing to do with your OS, Drives, Data.

BIOS Updates will usually mean that all those settings go back to defaults again.
That's pretty much it.

[Arya]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย M_RiGGz:

Alright and just to clarify, doing all this will not delete any of my files or programs? And yeah Cortana is a ♥♥♥♥♥, good thing I have her disabled :)

That will delete absolutely everything. You WILL have to reinstall absolutely everything from scratch.

[RiGGz]

Ugh, is there a better option? I have so much on here that i'll lose.

[[☥] - CJ -]

To CLARIFY
Clean installing the OS WILL delete everything

ONLY Updating the BIOS will not delete everything

[Bad 💀 Motha]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย 狼 Wolfey:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย M_RiGGz:

Alright and just to clarify, doing all this will not delete any of my files or programs? And yeah Cortana is a ♥♥♥♥♥, good thing I have her disabled :)

That will delete absolutely everything. You WILL have to reinstall absolutely everything from scratch.

^ If you redo the OS, yes. But again, that only occurs if you take the time to force-delete your drive/partitions. This never happens in a automatic way. An OS can be reinstalled without wiping the Drive. You simply reinstall the OS and don't delete the data on the drive, it's that simple.