Re: msi mother board update

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There is a new driver for the board but after I download it, I get the bios
flash warning. I have a 865pe neo 2 ms 6728 board and it still has the
origianl p4 processor. I really dont think I need to flash unless its
required for the driver update.
"DaveJ" <DaveJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:026A25FD-9A7E-4A3E-B69B-49017800FD61@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> MSI have a bunch of different types of update : if you are looking to
> update
> a driver it should just be a matter of downloading and installing the
> driver
> update. Most driver updates are relatively easily reversible, by
> re-installing the previous version. I say "most" because poorly tested
> driver
> updates can disable devices in some configurations - nevertheless, there
> is
> normally a way to reverse a driver update. Updating the BIOS is not the
> same
> at all and should only be done if you are experiencing the types of
> problems
> that the BIOS fix was specifically designed to resolve - why, because
> flashing a BIOS involves some risk that the process will fail part way
> through and that could disable your means of restoring the original BIOS
> by
> no longer letteing you communicate with the devices you need to flash the
> BIOS (ie: you may no longer be able to boot at all)!! Most BIOS flash
> utilities first invole a step of making a backup of your existing BIOS (do
> not skip that step, it helps you get back if the new BIOS does unexpected
> things which do NOT disable your means of flashing back to the older
> version). Most BIOS flashing works properly as intended. Many are only
> needed if you want to use a newer faster processor that the ones for which
> the motherboard was originally designed, or if a conflict is found with a
> specific add-in card of some type or other. So in most cases you do not
> need
> to flash the BIOS to the latest version, unless it specifically addresses
> a
> problem you need to resolve.
> DaveJ
>
> "Marty" wrote:
>
>> I have a new driver for my msi card on their website and I went to
>> install
>> it and it wanted to flash the bios and told me not to mess with it if I
>> didn't know what I was doing so how do I update the driver without the
>> flash
>> or what precautions should I take with flashing of the bios.
>> Marty
>>
>>
>>


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