How to know when it is time to update Bios?

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My motherboard is .ASRock H97 PRO4, have old version of bios,never updated, can someone tell me how to know when it is time to update bios? also if can someone tell me how to update bios for this motherboard.

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thanks for reply, well yes it crashes randomly, also sometimes vertical lines in different colors when crash, do you maybe know what those lines mean?

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When it is widely known that there is some sort of a serious problem and it is also known that in newer BIOS it is fixed.
When it comes to BIOS an old saying "if it ain't broken - don't fix" works perfectly %)
 
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That could be anything. I'd put a BIOS upgrade waaaay down the list of things to do.
 
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Sorry I accidentally down voted *doh*

Anyhoo, that sounds like a video driver issue, not a BIOS issue. Download & install the latest drivers for your video card, and see if that helps.
 
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thanks for reply, can you tell me suggestions of what might be problem?

Motherboard ASRock H97 PRO4
Cpu i54460 3.2ghz/1150 haswel
Ram DDR3 8GB (1X8) Kings 1866 FY x2 times have 16 gb ram
Power Supply Fortron 600w Hyper
Graphic card Gigabyte r9 280x 3gb OC
Kingston ssd 240 GB Hyper X Fury

Can you tell me if maybe power supply is the problem

 
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i already updated all drivers to latest,that didn't fix so now asking about bios, only that i didn't update

 
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memtest on the RAM
HDD test & SMART info
Any OC on that system?
 
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can you send me links of those test applications don't know where to download, no overclock if that is what OC mean, i tried 3dmark only on highest graphics and pc didn't crash then, it crash randomly, can work for few days without crash and sometimes can crash lot of times in 5-10 minutes
 
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In my experience when you're getting random crashes for no good reason at all, it's usually the PSU that's the culprit. Unstable power can come and go and cause all kinds of ruckus. Find a friend with a known good PSU and see if that doesn't help it out. When replacing the PSU check here for the tiered list and don't skimp.
 
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thanks for reply, well yes it crashes randomly, also sometimes vertical lines in different colors when crash, do you maybe know what those lines mean?

 
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Lines and other graphical artifacting are caused primarily by faulty VRAM, though it might not necessarily be faulty VRAM if the PSU isn't getting good clean power to it, that could cause that too. In a controlled setting undervolting can be a good thing, but when your PSU is doing it without your permission, maybe time to look for a new one. Here's the tiered list, and a helpful video:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezk9OA7aKOE
 
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