Do BIOS Upgrades Really Matter?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday May 30, 2002 @06:25AM from the jumping-off-of-the-upgrade-merry-go-round dept.

inkfox asks: "It seems that whenever one buys a motherboard, there's already a BIOS upgrade available by the time you get your hands on it, usually dealing with some degenerate hardware behavior. Given that Linux and Windows 2000/XP replace all BIOS routines once loaded, do these upgrades really matter? If a system is successfully booting, is a BIOS upgrade more a risk than it is preventive maintenance?" This may be true, but what if you are running an OS that depends on the BIOS? If the BIOS is replaced by a specific OS, then BIOS upgrades can't really hurt anything, can they?

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Re:What about other BIOS'es? by vipw · 2002-05-30 07:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

yeah, when i last flashed my hardware at someone the cops hauled me away for the night. ;)
Re:What about other BIOS'es? by fille · 2002-05-30 07:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

And was your hardware damaged?? ;^)

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