Need help on how to update MSI Bios very badly

[MrFuzz32145]

I have a h61m-p31/w8 microw atx mother board from MSI and i updated the driver to my graphics card. after that everything started getting extremely slow. i checked online and apparently im supposed to update the bios to my motherboard and then it would work smoothly.i dont know alot about updating my bios so i try to check online on how to update it but i only got far enough as putting the file on my flash drive because for some reason on every tutorial i see the graphic for the bios menu is compeletely diferent from mine even if theyre both msi. whenever i go to check for the file it says that it cant find one when i go to update it.

Ive been working on it late night since yesterday just to fix it but i cant figure out anything. its like a nightmare. if anybody can give me a step by step tutorial that would be great because im afraid that i might mess up my computer if i accidently flash the bios or something. anything at all would help.

and can somebody also tell me why the bios menu isnt the same as all the others?

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download the latest bios
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-P31--G3-.html#/?div=BIOS

open the zip and save the files on a usb stick, or to the root of the hard drive
ex. c:\

reboot, hit del during boot (at the post beep) to enter bios
go to the bios update page and select the file on the usb stick or from the hdd

[MrFuzz32145]

i already did that but i dont know what its called. there are a bunch of complicated words that i dont understand.

*names* not words

[_I_]

have a friend come over and help you

[MrFuzz32145]

I'll try but i dont think many of my friends know much about computers

[Norhams Finest]

MSI has a Live Update 5 utility that is suppose to update the bios for your MSI products. Do you have it installed?

[MrFuzz32145]

i dont know how do i check?

[Norhams Finest]

control panel-> Uninstall a program then scroll through the list and look for msi live updater 5

[MrFuzz32145]

Originally posted by Norhams Finest:

control panel-> Uninstall a program then scroll through the list and look for msi live updater 5

how do i use it*

[Norhams Finest]

heres a link to download it
MSI Live Update 5 [download1.msi.com]

and heres the manual for it :
Manual [ca.msi.com]

[MrFuzz32145]

Originally posted by Norhams Finest:

heres a link to download it
MSI Live Update 5 [download1.msi.com]

and heres the manual for it :
Manual [ca.msi.com]

so should i follow the instructions at the bottom also or does msi live update. update my bios for me?

[Norhams Finest]

I think you need to do all the steps. remember that whatever usb drive you use will lose all its data

[MrFuzz32145]

thank you a ton for all of the help it took me forever just to find out that a little thing like this was my problem.

Originally posted by Norhams Finest:

I think you need to do all the steps. remember that whatever usb drive you use will lose all its data

[Norhams Finest]

No problem! if you need help with anything else just ask on here or you can PM me!
Good luck! :)

[MrFuzz32145]

well it would be nice to know why the sound of my youtube videos sometimes glitch when im watching. im using and hdmi thats connected my graphics card (which i updated the driver for) and now the sound kind of glitches sometimes. im using speakers that are connected to my monitor btw.
i dont know if its the updated driver or if its the speakers.

[Norhams Finest]

hard to say exactly. it could be youtube itself. You'll have to see if you notice the problem other places as well.