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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: riggie on March 26, 2023, 12:14:30 am

Title: Bios update for B550 AORUS Elite Motherboard 1.0
Post by: riggie on March 26, 2023, 12:14:30 am
Hi Everyone
As it says flashing the bios is potentially risky, I updated my Mobo bios to F15c on 05/06/2022,  so not too long ago.
I may change the CPU soon to the 5800X3D, and when I look in the current bios list the F15c  is not there anymore.
The F15a is still listed and that includes Ryzen 7 5800X3D support, so my later bios should be OK

But now a new bios has appeared F16b ( Optimized for the 5800X3D )

Question 1
Will this bios make a real difference as I don't want to update the bios every few months if it is not critical?

Question 2
Why was the F15c removed?

Window 11 pro 64
Ryzen   7 3700X
GIGABYTE  RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB GAMING OC Pro 
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB  (DDR4-3200)
Gigabyte 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe ( PCI-Express 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3 interface )
Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE  ( Dual Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 M.2 Bios F15c)
Title: Re: Bios update for B550 AORUS Elite Motherboard 1.0
Post by: riggie on March 28, 2023, 10:23:26 pm
Done, quite easy to update.
Follow this video only takes 5 mins to update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvbnNn-9uus
Title: Re: Bios update for B550 AORUS Elite Motherboard 1.0
Post by: shadowsports on April 28, 2023, 03:41:37 pm
Done, quite easy to update.
Follow this video only takes 5 mins to update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvbnNn-9uus

If your system is stable and running well, updating is not usually necessary.  I only typically update in order to fix or correct something, add support for a new CPU, address a serious security issue, etc.

BIOS' with a letter designation are beta.  I don't usually use or recommend beta BIOS, unless they specifically address something I "need" to have.  Sometimes they get "pulled" if a problem or issue is identified.  Sometimes they get removed if a newer update is found to be better or if the beta is converted to an official release.  (example no letter).