help! updated bios and now i get bad stuttering in alot of my games.

gresch.erik · Sep 30, 2018

I have a MSI z170a gaming m5, i recently updated the bios to its latest version hoping it would fix some unrelated issue. after i updated it, i started getting pretty bad stuttering in lots of my games.
(mainly cpu intensive ones)

i don't know if its something to do with cpu voltage or my raid array or whatever..
all i know is i just want my old bios back! i tried flashing the oldest one i could find on msi's site. but when i try it gives me a error saying "this msi bios is not a bios" or something along those lines.

there as to be a way to fix this.. i tried troubleshooting as Best i could but this is beyond me.
i need help from some professionals badly.

specs.
gpu: gtx 1070 (overclocked)
cpu: i7 6700k(overclocked)
ram: g skill 16gb ddr4 3000hz
250gb samsung ssd
2x 1tb WD blue (in raid 0 array).

rgd1101 · Sep 30, 2018

check cpu/gpu temp and usage during the game?
ram and disk usage?

terry4536 · Sep 30, 2018

gresch.erik :

Then update the BIOS again to a different BIOS version. There is also the possibility that the current BIOS was corrupted in the process. So you may want to try redoing that same BIOS update.

kerberos_20 · Sep 30, 2018

there is also possibility that your hardware was remapped, that is something that you may not notice, but it can confuse your drivers
go to safe mode, uninstall every driver which is not "microsoft" such as chipset/gpu/network/sound card/etc...
than go back to win, some random drivers should install, reboot if necesary, then install new drivers

terry4536 · Sep 30, 2018

If you are going to update the other device drivers, don't use the Windows drivers. Go to the specific device website, and download the driver directly from manufacturer.

The Windows drivers are terrible. In particular the graphics drivers are crap. Windows 10 periodically updates device drivers. I know every time this happens because my secondary monitor goes black. I then have to update the driver manually to get it working.

The same thing has occurred with my Audio driver. It was replaced by a generic audio driver, and I had no sound. I had to go to Realtek, and download the driver for my Audio to work again.

Greeko85 · Sep 30, 2018

Have you re-applied the overclock settings? They usually get reset to default when updating a bios. As suggested keep an eye on your temps/usage/voltage.

gresch.erik · Oct 3, 2018

kerberos_20 :

yup. it was a driver. went into safe mode uninstalled all drivers. (all non Microsoft ones) reinstalled all the ones i needed to manually. and no more stutter!!!

thank you so much!

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