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You should only update your motherboard’s firmware if you are experiencing hardware problems and your research has led you to believe the BIOS may be the culprit.

Updating your BIOS is much easier these days than it was a few years ago. If your computer is more than a year old, you’ll be surprised to find the current BIOS is probably a few versions newer than the one you’re running on your motherboard.Your computer will use a traditional BIOS (Basic Input Output System) or the newer UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). Both the BIOS and UEFI provide the initial communication between your hardware and software when you first turn on your PC. What BIOS version do you have installed? You can check by going to the run box in Windows and typing msinfo32.exe