[SOLVED] Can i update my bios?

[Apez]

My motherboard is MSI Z170A and my CPU is i7-6700k

I checked a reddit thread and it made me little scared to update.

And when I check my bios version it only says 1.0

Can I just update to

Version
7984vAF
Release Date
2018-06-23

 

[Colif]

Why do you want to update bios? its not something you do on a whim
It can break motherboard but the chances of that are pretty small, its just something to take into account

Which MSI Z170A as there are a few, I am curious why that bios? is it newest?

 

[Apez]

Idk I'm just trying to fix input lag on my mouse and I'm trying everything.
I got the MSI Z170A Krait Gaming (MS-7A11)
Yeah I think its the latest.

 

[Colif]

well, that is odd, the MSI website isn't showing me any drivers or BIOS so I can't really say.
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/z170a-krait-gaming#down-bios
if you can see page and bios, most of time MSI show a link to a YouTube video about how to update bios. Should be at top left of BIOS page.

Its an intel CPU, you should be fine updating. I only mention CPU as some AMD motherboard are restrictive as to what CPU can be updated to what bios.

Don't update if you likely to lose power half way through or during a storm.

You should be fine, there are just horror stories about everything these days

 

[Apez]

Thats weird because I saw everything earlier but now I can't see anything on the site either

 

[Colif]

server probably down for maintenance, it happens. Try in a few hours

 

[Apez]

Okay thanks for the help