Update BIOS with an OC

[EKuan]

I'm thinking about updating my BIOS as a few have passed me up; however, I have a stable OC on an i5 3570K at 4.5. I saved all my settings in a profile, so if I decide to update the BIOS should I got back to default settings first? Then flash the BIOS and hope my settings have still been saved and simply load them? Or can I just flash the BIOS with my current OC? Also, I missed a few updates do I need to update them in order? For example I am on version 2.4, but the current version is 2.8, do I need to install 2.5,2.6, and 2.7 prior, or just flash the 2.8 version? Thanks.

 

[Akarin]

If your new BIOS actually saved the old config. I'd actually recommend resetting it either way and OC again, so well, you could go ahead and flash it, or if you want to guarantee (as me, not taking risks in expensive hardware), reset your settings, flash the bios, OC again. And no, don't need to update every version, 2.8 will include all the other updates.

 

[sincreator]

I would flash at stock settings(non OC) just in case the OC isn't completely stable. You can brick a board if the bios flash fails, so it's not worth the risk IMO. If you have your OC settings saved in a profile, you should be able to load them after the flash anyway. Hope this helps.

 

[EKuan]

Figured as much, no good to go the lazy route. I will set to default settings, flash the BIOS, and then load my OC settings. Hopefully all will be good from there. Thanks.