So annoyed second RMA biostar Z77 board.....


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The first one had an endless boot and i noticed the ram chip got burnt a bit. The second was working great for 2 days I decided to do a bios update and during the middle of the computer rebooted for no reason and corrupted the bios..... I called up biostar and they would never send me a new bios chip without sending in the whole board..... :(

The second was working great for 2 days I decided to do a bios update and during the middle of the computer rebooted for no reason and corrupted the bios..... I called up biostar and they would never send me a new bios chip without sending in the whole board..... :(

The parts I've bolded are what boggles me - if the system was working, why on earth would you update the BIOS? BIOS updates should only ever be done if you are experiencing problems and there is a chance (or documented note in the changelog) that they've addressed the issue you are having. Rarely they should be done for performance improvements, but those generally are a result of fixing a problem.

The parts I've bolded are what boggles me - if the system was working, why on earth would you update the BIOS? BIOS updates should only ever be done if you are experiencing problems and there is a chance (or documented note in the changelog) that they've addressed the issue you are having. Rarely they should be done for performance improvements, but those generally are a result of fixing a problem.

Always updated the bios on my computers when I build them :shrug:

The first one had an endless boot and i noticed the ram chip got burnt a bit. The second was working great for 2 days I decided to do a bios update and during the middle of the computer rebooted for no reason and corrupted the bios..... I called up biostar and they would never send me a new bios chip without sending in the whole board..... :(

Sounds like what MSI did to me too, except they did send me a BIOS chip and it did fix the problem, but not before I bought an Asus and I swore I would never buy a MSI board again for the same reason you are swearing off Biostar

The parts I've bolded are what boggles me - if the system was working, why on earth would you update the BIOS? BIOS updates should only ever be done if you are experiencing problems and there is a chance (or documented note in the changelog) that they've addressed the issue you are having. Rarely they should be done for performance improvements, but those generally are a result of fixing a problem.

Because they generally add new features or improvements like bug fixes, etc. Like my netbook, there were complaints that it wouldn't accept 8GB of RAM (wouldn't post), even though the chipset supported it. A BIOS update was released to fix the issue. I've never had a bad flash...

Because they generally add new features or improvements like bug fixes, etc. Like my netbook, there were complaints that it wouldn't accept 8GB of RAM (wouldn't post), even though the chipset supported it. A BIOS update was released to fix the issue. I've never had a bad flash...

I learned one important lesson dealing with BIOS updates, Never ever use a windows based program to flash the BIOS, regardless of how tempting in might seem (bad experience with MSI)

Because they generally add new features or improvements like bug fixes, etc. Like my netbook, there were complaints that it wouldn't accept 8GB of RAM (wouldn't post), even though the chipset supported it. A BIOS update was released to fix the issue. I've never had a bad flash...

Yes, they will fix bugs, but that's not my point - my point is that if your system is not exhibiting any problems, why bother? There's too much risk involved for too little reward for a perfectly functioning system.

For example, your netbook won't accept 8GB of RAM - if you're only running 4GB and aren't planning to upgrade, the fix is useless to you, so why tempt fate?

Luckily the board I just purchased allows a bios update without a CPU or Memory installed. Felt weird doing it that way.

Asus Sabertooth x79 is my board of choice

Umm out of idle curiosity, how does that work? :omg:

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Yes, they will fix bugs, but that's not my point - my point is that if your system is not exhibiting any problems, why bother? There's too much risk involved for too little reward for a perfectly functioning system.

For example, your netbook won't accept 8GB of RAM - if you're only running 4GB and aren't planning to upgrade, the fix is useless to you, so why tempt fate?

If you cant update your bios without a promise that your board should still work then it is not a company I want to buy from x

Bios updates should only be done if the update directly addresses the problem(s) you are experiencing. A bad Bios flash can render a Mobo useless. Rule of thumb for the Bios- If it's not broken doesn?t fix it.

I dont think it was figuring out my clock speed correctly on its own and I figured a bios update would fix it

If you cant update your bios without a promise that your board should still work then it is not a company I want to buy from x

While in theory I agree with you - the problem is that BIOS is just software, and software is written by people who are prone to making mistakes.

Unfortunately, the BIOS is loaded into firmware at the lowest level of operation of your computer - it's not like installing buggy software in Windows where you might get random program crashes but in all other respects it still works - when your BIOS is buggy, best case scenario is a functioning computer with lowered performance - worst case is a non-functioning computer (that is also potentially unrecoverable).

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