Question updating bios

[dpeel]

Good Evening,
I am considering upgrading my system that I built in 2018. I have a Ryzen 5 2600x CPU and a Asus Prime X470-Pro MB. I've checked Asus Support Site and it shows I could upgrade to a Ryzen 5 5600X on this board. I know I'd need to flash the BIOS to 6063 and I'm a little concerned about doing that. I'd hate to screw up my Windows 10 Pro installation and have to reinstall everything again. Any thoughts on whether I'd have a concern doing this upgrade. I've been trying to weigh whether to do this or just wait to build a new system based on AM5 socket and using a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU. I just bought a new GPU. I had a RX 580 8GB card and I have a new RX 6700XT on the way.

 

[hotaru.hino]

I don't see any issues. However, updating BIOS tends to reset the settings, so make sure you have a list somewhere of what you've changed.

 

[dpeel]

Today I downloaded the most recent bios for my board, copied the new bios file to a flash drive, went into bios and installed it with no problems. I decided to buy the Ryzen 5 5600x.

 

[dwd999]

I don't see any issues. However, updating BIOS tends to reset the settings, so make sure you have a list somewhere of what you've changed.

Refer to pages 3-19 and 3-20 of the manual. Under the Tool menu you have the option of saving your bios settings to a file on a usb drive so that you can reload them after the bios is updated.