MSI have a bunch of different types of update : if you are looking to update
a driver it should just be a matter of downloading and installing the driver
update. Most driver updates are relatively easily reversible, by
re-installing the previous version. I say "most" because poorly tested driver
updates can disable devices in some configurations - nevertheless, there is
normally a way to reverse a driver update. Updating the BIOS is not the same
at all and should only be done if you are experiencing the types of problems
that the BIOS fix was specifically designed to resolve - why, because
flashing a BIOS involves some risk that the process will fail part way
through and that could disable your means of restoring the original BIOS by
no longer letteing you communicate with the devices you need to flash the
BIOS (ie: you may no longer be able to boot at all)!! Most BIOS flash
utilities first invole a step of making a backup of your existing BIOS (do
not skip that step, it helps you get back if the new BIOS does unexpected
things which do NOT disable your means of flashing back to the older
version). Most BIOS flashing works properly as intended. Many are only
needed if you want to use a newer faster processor that the ones for which
the motherboard was originally designed, or if a conflict is found with a
specific add-in card of some type or other. So in most cases you do not need
to flash the BIOS to the latest version, unless it specifically addresses a
problem you need to resolve.
DaveJ

"Marty" wrote:

> I have a new driver for my msi card on their website and I went to install
> it and it wanted to flash the bios and told me not to mess with it if I
> didn't know what I was doing so how do I update the driver without the flash
> or what precautions should I take with flashing of the bios.
> Marty
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