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[tps3443]

Should I update my bios +6 years? Asus just released a new bios here in 2025.. 😁 NOPE!!! In all honesty, I hate that once you update you cannot go back.. It really sucks. I mean, you can revert back to an older bios. But you cannot go back to an older firmware like with newer Asus boards. I updated the Bios+FW on my other Dominus Extreme, and I regretted it. I have to say, for such an old bios it gives me no trouble with Windows 11. Part of me wants to try this new bios, but I know there's no going back once I do. 

[Mr. Fox]

19 minutes ago, tps3443 said:

Should I update my bios +6 years? Asus just released a new bios here in 2025.. 😁 NOPE!!! In all honesty, I hate that once you update you cannot go back.. It really sucks. I mean, you can revert back to an older bios. But you cannot go back to an older firmware like with newer Asus boards. I updated the Bios+FW on my other Dominus Extreme, and I regretted it. I have to say, for such an old bios it gives me no trouble with Windows 11. Part of me wants to try this new bios, but I know there's no going back once I do. 

Don't do it bro. If you really want to try it then use an SPI flash programmer to save a chip dump to a .BIN or .ROM backup and use it to put back the old firmware when you confirm the latest sucks. If you do it that way the motherboard won't have any say as to what gets flashed. I used to do this frequently with unsigned turdbook BIOS mods.

 

If I am not mistaken using the programmer will not downgrade the Intel ME. You would be stuck with a crappier newer ME version. To avoid that you would use the programmer to flash the newer BIOS and that would leave the better older Intel ME.

 

That board has dual BIOS, right? You should not flash both chips.

[tps3443]

43 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

Don't do it bro. If you really want to try it then use an SPI flash programmer to save a chip dump to a .BIN or .ROM backup and use it to put back the old firmware when you confirm the latest sucks. If you do it that way the motherboard won't have any say as to what gets flashed. I used to do this frequently with unsigned turdbook BIOS mods.

 

If I am not mistaken using the programmer will not downgrade the Intel ME. You would be stuck with a crappier newer ME version. To avoid that you would use the programmer to flash the newer BIOS and that would leave the better older Intel ME.

 

That board has dual BIOS, right? You should not flash both chips.

Great idea! I have a SPI programmer with a Soic 8 clip somewhere from my laptop days, I remember seeing it when we moved in to the new house. I need to dig it up wherever it is. 
 

So, I can flash the new bios and it will only update the bios, and not the firmware? 

[Papusan]

9070XT ~ $600. The 9070  is all too expencive at $549. Why in hell price it that high? But I hope AMD have enough cards for launch. Because AMD need customers/higher market share.

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-rdna4-officially-presented-in-china-radeon-rx-9070-xt-priced-at-4999-rmb-599-rx-9070-at-4499-rmb-549