Does it worth to update to a Beta bios?

[oorangi]

I've got a ga-g31m-s2c and i'm going to install a q8400 on it and only the last bios (which is a Beta) supports q8400.is this Beta bios stable enough? And can i overclock my cpu on a Beta bios?

 

[Deleted member 1560910]

THere is no point the update your bios unless you need to for example if you needed to install a new cpu. If you computer is running well there is no point

 

[oorangi]

For using q8400 only that Beta bios can be used.i want to know: is a Beta bios less stable that a normal bios? I mean is it possible this Beta make my computer restart randomly? Or less stable for oc'ing?

 

[Deleted member 1560910]

You dont have much of a choice. If you want to use that cpu the beta Bios is what you have to use

 

[RememberThe5th]

Yeah beta is stable enough. I've modified G31M-S2L as it doesn't support C2Q and it works flawlessly, and it can also overclock from 2.4 to 3.1-ish, but Dual Core 3.2 to 4.5GHz without problem.

You can always flash older if it doesn't work.

 

[Anthony Mondz]

If you want to risk breaking your computer and having to restore the old bios go ahead I do not see the point of updating unless there is a feature I want or something

 

[RememberThe5th]

If you want to risk breaking your computer and having to restore the old bios go ahead I do not see the point of updating unless there is a feature I want or something

Oh yeah, then i would break around 20 motherboards for doing that.
I've sucesfully modified Asus 775Dual-Vsta which doesn't support Gen 2 GPU but now works per my bios mod, ASUS P5G41T-M LX2/GB unlocked and modded for xeon support, still works, and G31M-S2L which officially doesn't support Core 2 Quad (Q6600 for example didn't worked) and its Rev 1.0 Because of some missing codes in it.

Now about part of flashing back, there isn't nothing wrong with it. Same as you would do if you just upgraded to windows 10 and you didn't like it and get back to windows 7 back? Isn't same as bios? You can pass clean or corrupt it.

Yes i agree it can be risky, but what's profit without risking, or making mistakes in life to make it correct next time.


And for overclocking in Beta bios press CTRL+F1 for advanced bios settings (you're gonna do that in main screen of bios everytime), and you're gonna need high frequency (MHz) ram for it to overclock well (1066MHz recommended for highest overclock) as overclock CPU depends on FSB and many other factors.