BIOS update worth it? AsRock Fatal1ty B250 Gaming K4

squerol

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Hello.
I have a question about BIOS for AsRock Fatal1ty B250 Gaming K4 motherboard.
I have BIOS v1.1 (first release)
The latest one is v2.0

There are changelogs on official AsRock website:
1.10
First released.

1.40
1.Update Intel Microcode.
2.Update LED light module.

2.00
Support Intel Optane Memory Technology.

I'm not using Optane Drives, don't care about LEDs too,
but "microcode" change sounds interesting. Sadly can't find any details or explaination about it anywhere in web.

Could be it something that will affect performance and grants some FPS in newer games?
Or just change that I wouldn't even notice while playing video games? Maybe someone here got same mobo and updated its BIOS and can tell if it's worth to update?

I've heard some drastic stories about updating BIOS, bricking mobos etc. This mobo is single BIOS only too. So I'm a bit scaried.

I have i5-7500 CPU and MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X Plus 6GB if this matter - well, the GPU is newer than mobo and 1.1 bios release date, so maybe it's some reason to update a BIOS and take a risk?

Thank You.
 

squerol

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Thank You, sounds nice.
Still I'm a bit scaried about BIOS update.
I've heard about backups even for single bios, but how it is possible to recover when PC mobo will be totally messed up, for example bricked and won't even launch?
 

squerol

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Hello again after while.
Just updated BIOS to 2.0 with .exe file provided by AsRock.

Definetely Microcode change was somehow important.
I've got message in latencymon tool to upgrade my BIOS too.

I saw less visible stutters in one certain location in certain situation in Witcher 3 on 1080p/Uber settings (loaded same save game in same location).

Thank You again for help!