https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:44:58 +0000 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:28:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=24937 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=24937&PID=101396&title=beta-bios-to-productionpound#101396 Author: bjlockie
Subject: 24937
Posted: 28 Sep 2022 at 1:28am

>updating a BIOS when the system is running fine, is never a good move, golden rule, when it works, don't change it.

I had been using a BIOS from 2019 because it said not to update it if I had a specific CPU.
I upgraded the CPU and I had to update the BIOS to support it to a 2021 version.
The boot process is much more streamlined.
Faster than just the new CPU should be.
]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:28:40 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=24937&PID=101396&title=beta-bios-to-productionpound#101396 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=24937&PID=101381&title=beta-bios-to-productionpound#101381 Author: threadzipper1957
Subject: 24937
Posted: 26 Sep 2022 at 8:29pm

Some Beta BIOS, have a specific purpose, and will stay Beta.
But that doesn't mean a Beta BIOS is not as good as a production BIOS, maybe that is what people think, but that is not true.
In some cases a Beta BIOS is created, when AMD or Intel decide to make certain changes, of bugfixes.
The resize bar is added later, Intel calls it Clever Access Memory, this function is added later, to some boards.
For example, when the new Vermeer was not intended to be introduced on a platform, but a Beta BIOS includes an Agesa code, that also allows other CPU releases, it will stay a Beta as far as I know.
And while we are at it, updating a BIOS when the system is running fine, is never a good move, golden rule, when it works, don't change it.
Newer is not automatically better, the same as the hunt for the newest agesa code.
Your system, will not suddenly have miracle functions it didn;t have before.
]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 20:29:23 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=24937&PID=101381&title=beta-bios-to-productionpound#101381 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=24937&PID=101356&title=beta-bios-to-productionpound#101356 Author: bjlockie
Subject: 24937
Posted: 23 Sep 2022 at 12:56pm


How long before a BIOS moves from beta to production?
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