I just took delivery of my new system and wanted to ask for some advice...
CPU = intel 8400
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB (2x XMS2 1GB)
Twin2X PC-6400 (800MHz) DDR2 RAM unbuferred 4-4-4-12
seagate 500 gig HD
Gigabyte 4850
550 watt true power psu
and the Gigabyte motherboard p45-ds3l
Windows xp o/s
I installed the disc with the motherboard package and it had a whole lot of programmes re bios updating
1) Q-Flash
2) @Bios
Both of these are bios updating services...
I presume the current bios is as per the one that comes with the disc or on the motherboard already...would that version be older and need to be updated ?
Current updates on Gigabyte have a couple of options...http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2844
Which of the above 2 programmes would be safer for me to use and should I update the bios cause there's warnings about possible problems if you do updsate the bios...but then they offer them for a reason I presume to get better performance out of the board and fix glitches.
There's also a chipset driver update download available...http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2844
Should I do that as well ?
Just hoping one the gurus on this site who's got this m/board can point me in the right direction...
I haven't overclocked anything or touched any settings yet...the pc's a day old but I want all the latest drivers and updates available...
Cheers
CPU = intel 8400
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB (2x XMS2 1GB)
Twin2X PC-6400 (800MHz) DDR2 RAM unbuferred 4-4-4-12
seagate 500 gig HD
Gigabyte 4850
550 watt true power psu
and the Gigabyte motherboard p45-ds3l
Windows xp o/s
I installed the disc with the motherboard package and it had a whole lot of programmes re bios updating
1) Q-Flash
2) @Bios
Both of these are bios updating services...
I presume the current bios is as per the one that comes with the disc or on the motherboard already...would that version be older and need to be updated ?
Current updates on Gigabyte have a couple of options...http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2844
Which of the above 2 programmes would be safer for me to use and should I update the bios cause there's warnings about possible problems if you do updsate the bios...but then they offer them for a reason I presume to get better performance out of the board and fix glitches.
There's also a chipset driver update download available...http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2844
Should I do that as well ?
Just hoping one the gurus on this site who's got this m/board can point me in the right direction...
I haven't overclocked anything or touched any settings yet...the pc's a day old but I want all the latest drivers and updates available...
Cheers