Peter Bartke wrote:
> Im hesitating doing a BIOS upgrade for the ASUS P5GD2 motherboard, some
> years ago I got an unusable board from this procedure, but this was
> another company. Afterwards I stayed away from doing this, seemed not be
> worth the trouble and the result could be buggier than the older one.
> What is your experience now, is it safe?
My experience is that you generally want to upgrade your BIOS if you
have problems, but not otherwise. The good news is that many BIOSes
have the option to roll back a BIOS upgrade if needed (read out the old
BIOS to a file from the flash program), so it should be safe to try it out.
-hpa
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> Im hesitating doing a BIOS upgrade for the ASUS P5GD2 motherboard, some
> years ago I got an unusable board from this procedure, but this was
> another company. Afterwards I stayed away from doing this, seemed not be
> worth the trouble and the result could be buggier than the older one.
> What is your experience now, is it safe?
My experience is that you generally want to upgrade your BIOS if you
have problems, but not otherwise. The good news is that many BIOSes
have the option to roll back a BIOS upgrade if needed (read out the old
BIOS to a file from the flash program), so it should be safe to try it out.
-hpa
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