Do I need to update my bios?

A previous thread of mine has been locked so I'm gonna try my best this time to word it correctly while abiding by the politics. Okay here goes. I use a MSI H61m-p21 (B3) motherboard and would like to know if it supports the radeon HD7870/R9 270X without needing a bios update. Even a simple yes or no will suffice.

The thread has been locked for a reason. Ask again if you own any of these cards. We can't tell you if a non-MSI vga will work without an update or not. If you want further support then stop with this.
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Attached is the most recent mass production release.
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
Download the attached archive to your desktop and insert a fat32 formatted usb stick.
(Do not decompress the archive)
Start the forum flash tool and select option1 then point it at the downloaded compressed archive.
Then point it at the usb stick.
When complete boot to the USB stick and follow the on screen prompts.
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http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-P21--B3-.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7 64

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Hello Dawn, welcome to the HP Forums.
I see that you've replaced the battery for your notebook and are now having issues with it charging. I will try to assist you with this.
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http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_detail.php?UID=341&kind=1
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I have been told on a PC tech forum that my new motherboard may be compatible with this CPU I bought ages ago.
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Support List
http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1470&maincat_no=1#menu
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BIOS Updates
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I've been reading about and I think my PC may be unstable and I hear that I shouldn't update because of that.
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Hi Henry, thanks for responding.
I have changed my sig, hope its alright.
I will give some info on my stability problem. I'm a novice when it comes to pc hardware so sorry if I come off a bit dense.
For a while now I have had the same anoying problem with my PC. HD videos and video games run really slow, it's not that I am unable to play them it's just that my PC struggles and they stutter, even though I have been told that my PC should be able to handle them no problem. And my PC keeps crashing sometimes with and sometimes without a blue screen hardware failure.
Over the last couple years I have been upgrading my PC, I added 3gig of ram, then I got an nVidia 8500, then PSU, motherboard, added another internal hdd but the same problem pursists. The only components I haven't upgraded are my CPU and my original hard drive. Everytime I upgrade, my PC runs a little bit faster, but still not as it should be.
I recently got Win7 from my university and I tried to install it on a partition but everytime I try I get a blue screen (hardware failure)
The weird thing is half the time when my PC crashes, it will crash again but if I'm lucky, if I can restart my PC after I get a bue screen, then my PC will run perfectly fine, HD vidoes work perfectly and so do my games. Usually to get my PC into this state, I need to keep restarting my PC just waiting for it to crash so my PC works properly.
I'm guessing that it's either, my CPU, hard drive or ram(maybe) causing the problem. I have tested each stick of ram individually but it didn't make a difference in my performance so I assume they are both fine (or it's both of them).
right now I'm trying to upgrade my CPU to the
intel Core 2 Quad
Freq. 2.50GHz
FSB 1333MHz
L2 Cache 4MB
Core 45nm
Socket LGA 775
PCG 05A
Q8300
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CAN'T UPDATE THE BIOS!!

I have a Z60m and i would like to update my bios from version 1.12 to the latest. I downloaded the utility on the website, it says that my laptop should shut down and the restart in update mode but all i see is a regular restart of my laptop and no bios update.
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Updating the BIOS: is it worth? And how to?

Hello everyone.
I have an Hp Envy dv-6 -7280sl
I formatted it, and installed Windows 7 64bit and Ubuntu 13.10 in dual boot.
Some days ago the notebook didn't let me enter in Windows 7 partition, giving me a 0xc00000e9 error. When I ran the Long DST test, it failed.
I managed to format the Windows 7 partition, and installed it once again. Now it's properly working, and the Long DST test is passing. But If I insert a Windows 7 64bit repair disk, it still gives me the 0xc00000e9 error.
What can I do? Do I need to update the bios? Is it worth?
And how can I do it, since the HP page want me to select "Windows 8"?

Askaron wrote:
Hello everyone.
I have an Hp Envy dv-6 -7280sl
I formatted it, and installed Windows 7 64bit and Ubuntu 13.10 in dual boot.
Some days ago the notebook didn't let me enter in Windows 7 partition, giving me a 0xc00000e9 error. When I ran the Long DST test, it failed.
I managed to format the Windows 7 partition, and installed it once again. Now it's properly working, and the Long DST test is passing. But If I insert a Windows 7 64bit repair disk, it still gives me the 0xc00000e9 error.
What can I do? Do I need to update the bios? Is it worth?
And how can I do it, since the HP page want me to select "Windows 8"?
BIOS update is always a good thing to do if needed but in your case first needs to solve the error problem your having when you use the repair disk. And then if you want to check on the HP driver support with your product number and see if there was BIOS update to your system. But when doing BIOS update make sure your batter is working order and power is good causing having a filed BIOS update is not a good thing to have. But in my experiences of flashing the BIOS unless something forbids happens updating a bios is something you should read the instructions and do it when your not using the computer for anything else. But generally if you do it carefully and not rush BIOS updating is should work fine just make sure to get the right BIOS that matching our product number. Also to your two paritions is there a reason why you need Ubuntu? I would think Windows would more then suffice and the problem might coming from the Unbuntu partitions when the repair disk does a scan. Put this way wipe the total hard drive clean partitions and make just one system Windows 7 and if any errors appears then you can tell if it is software based or hard drive based problems.
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Satelitte Pro A200 PSAE4E - What BIOS I need for update and how to do this?

Guidance please on A) the correct update version required B) the process
A) the machine came with Vista installed but it was down graded to XP to work on the Win2003/XP network.
The current bios Vers V5.20 do I upgrade to Vers 2.60 - win 32 (vista) or 5.60 Win
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Hi!
If you want to update the BIOS you need the version 5.60. The other version are for Vista and only 5.60 is for XP and so its the right one for you.
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Need to update Bios ? n100 Model

Can anyone tell me how to update the Bios on my computer.
I have tried to load the new Bios according to the Lenovo site but it will not take.
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I have downloaded it to the desktop, then run the setup with the wizard then it is telling me it made a file.
After checking the Bios it has never changed and is the same old 63ET62WW V1.08 version.
Also, can you tell me how to eliminate the need for a password on Vista Business. I do not want to log on every time it boots up or goes into sleep mode.
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cbat you wrote:
"I have downloaded it to the desktop, then run the setup with the wizard then it is telling me it made a file."
You need to go to the folder created by the downloaded program and run the bios update.
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Z87-GD65 - Need help updating BIOS, might've bricked

I recently tried to flash/update my motherboard and I think I might've bricked it. Could somebody confirm and tell me what I should do?
I have the MSI Z87-GD65 Motherboard with an Intel i5 4690k.
My BIOS was an older version and I needed to update to support Haswell refresh. This is what happened:
I downloaded the latest BIOS update from the MSI website, extracted the files to a USB. I plugged that in and updated the BIOS through the MFLASH feature in the MSI BIOS. I updated the MSI BIOS & ME with the USB and I think the updating got to around 30-40% before the screen went black then after a little bit I got back to the BIOS menu. I checked the version and confirmed that the BIOS was updated to the latest version.
Thereafter I restarted my computer a few times and noticed that it took a little longer for the system to get to the prompt to enter "DEL" to get to BIOS compared to the first time when I booted my computer. Everything else seemed fine so I went ahead and turned off the computer again and removed the USB and replaced it with another USB to install Windows. Then as the computer booted I see an screen that shows the BIOS and ME is updating from 30%-100% then my screen went black. Now when I turn on the computer it remains black but the system powers on/fans work.
I looked up several sources to make sure I was flashing the MOBO correctly and I followed all the directions I found through MSI.
I pretty much followed the instructions here exactly:
Also I think my motherboard comes with a back-up BIOS. Is that a viable option to switch to? Are there any difference, how does it work? Also would resetting the CMOS do anything? I've been trying to figure out how I can fix the problem without having to RMA but was hoping to get some more knowledgeable advice before doing anything.
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Quote from: danielsuh on 29-March-15, 07:31:59
1. Could you elaborate on step D? How do I make sure legacy USB is enabled?
Enter bios -> Integrated periphals and check the USB settings.
Quote from: danielsuh on 29-March-15, 07:31:59
2. In step F, do I have to flip the switch to BIOS B on my motherboard then boot the computer with the USB plugged in?
You should already be at the working bios (b) so there should be no need for switching. But of course boot from the good bios.
Quote from: danielsuh on 29-March-15, 07:31:59
3. Step G: How do I switch back to the bad BIOS without restart/powering down? Do I flip the switch on the motherboard to BIOS A while the computer is still on?
Yes, you switch to the bad bios WITHOUT restarting or turning off while the machine is running.
Quote from: danielsuh on 29-March-15, 07:31:59
4. Step H: Will the directions be on a prompter once I switch to the bad BIOS or are there some directions online I'm missing?
Once you switched nothing will change for you. You will have the options from the MSI USB tool youbooted from the stick we prepared earlier. There you select the number of the flash option
Quote from: danielsuh on 29-March-15, 07:31:59
Thank you so much!
I have a few clarification questions.. just for reference this is all for a new PC I just built and doesn't have any OS installed:
5. Step I: What exactly is the ME drivers? When I originally tried to flash the drive there were two options: Update BIOS and Update BIOS & Me. So after I flash the 1B BIOS, I install windows as normal then once I get to the desktop I install the ME drivers in the link, right?
Right. What comes with the bios is the ME firmware (hardware level) but in Windows you also need to install the driver (software level). Therefor you install the driver linked after all went fine and you are back in Windows.

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