Question Secure Boot & BIOS Update

[PsychoPsyops]

Hello all,

Simple question, should I or do I need to turn off Secure Boot/TPM in my BIOS, before updating the BIOS?
I am planning on performing the update in the near future and when I went in to look at the process, a warning message came up stating that it is recommended all security features are to be turned off, including bitlocker, before performing the update.
Note that I am not using bitlocker.


Thank you.

 

[kerberos_20]

if you would try, then bios would tell you to disable secure boot before updating bios

tpm might need to be reseted aswell in case bios makes some hardware changes

 

[digitalgriffin]

if you would try, then bios would tell you to disable secure boot before updating bios

tpm might need to be reseted aswell in case bios makes some hardware changes

Boy is that a sticky thicket. I've heard of OS's bricking on some systems when you turn TPM/Secure boot on and off.

 

[kerberos_20]

Boy is that a sticky thicket. I've heard of OS's bricking on some systems when you turn TPM/Secure boot on and off.

only if you have bitlocker

 

[digitalgriffin]

only if you have bitlocker

Thanks for clarifying. I couldn't remember what the specific configurations settings were that caused this bricking. It just kind of made me roll my eyes @ Microsoft over the windows 11 debacle.

 

[geofelt]

Is there a compelling reason to want to update your bios?
Usually one only does so to fix a problem that is impacting you.

When you update a bios the resulting bios will be set to default so you may as well do that up front.

 

[PsychoPsyops]

Is there a compelling reason to want to update your bios?
Usually one only does so to fix a problem that is impacting you.

When you update a bios the resulting bios will be set to default so you may as well do that up front.

Not really, other than the fact that the patch notes state memory management has gotten more efficient with almost every update iteration that I don't have.
It's more about me being anal. Maybe it is best I just leave it alone, though.