Pet owners anxiety be going 📈📈📉📉📉📈📉📈📉📈📉📉📉📈📈📈📉📈📉📈📈📈📈📈📉📉 during bios update 💀

@TheRealNeoFrancois

2 ай бұрын

My cat has a bad habit of turning off our PCs 💀

@beastchinesemike

2 ай бұрын

@@TheRealNeoFrancois😭

@_frost_667

2 ай бұрын

Real 💀

@grumpywumpy

2 ай бұрын

it's the electricity outage for me 😢

@TheShadowSentinel

2 ай бұрын

That's why I am thinking about switching to a case with start button on front panel.

New fear: Power Outage during bios update

@NightOwlYT.

2 ай бұрын

Fr tho 😭

@adileadbetter2008

2 ай бұрын

the fear is real!

@johnkeir6425

2 ай бұрын

Happened to me, freak storm, bricked my mobo had to get a new one

@ZonexG

2 ай бұрын

@@johnkeir6425you can reflash the bios

@DashFN69

2 ай бұрын

Old solution: UPS

Chipmunk zach isn't real, he cant hurt you. Chipmunk Zach:

@NRGRizzoYoutube

2 ай бұрын

😭😭

@goatedsheep4371

2 ай бұрын

😭😭

@xdgamer8496

2 ай бұрын

NPC

@Eternal_Edge69

2 ай бұрын

He had to do it to fit that in the short

I live on the edge. I update bios during thunder storms

@Just_Call_Me_Tim

2 ай бұрын

That’s shockingly bold of you.

@Tacomander

2 ай бұрын

“there is no one braver than me” mfs when they see this dude: 💀

This is something ALL Pc builders need! Have faith. Usb and boot device in bios 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Respect to that pfp.

@SeilingMart

2 ай бұрын

Your profile picture💀

@sandfalling

2 ай бұрын

technoblade neva dies!!

@butterterter

2 ай бұрын

o7

@user-nw7ts2tb3v

2 ай бұрын

technoblade never dies o7

Additional details and recommendations: The danger of updating your BIOS is that if the process is interrupted, for example, with a power outage, it will render the entire motherboard unusable. The only way to fix a corrupted BIOS is to remove the BIOS physical chip and solder a new one. Tips: There is nothing intrinsically wrong with updating your BIOS. Don't be afraid to do it. At times, it's actually necessary. But it's a good idea to have a failsafe in place. I recommend using a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply)/backup battery to allow the process to finish even if you have a power outage.

@DRedGuia

2 ай бұрын

No, you can buy a programmer for 5 bucks and burn new bios directly to the chip

@gagarin777

2 ай бұрын

Not really. There are fail safes in place. BIOS'es are modular and the init part usually is not touched during flashing. If an issue occurs you will get a screen saying BIOS checksum ERROR and to provide a media with the BIOS file to reflash. Now the tricky part is that some really old platform require the floppy disc or will read USB device but only in special file format that never is stated anywhere (for me I discovered that only old SD card formatted in DVB-T tuner works the magic). BIOS file also has to be specially named for this recovery to work (like bios.bin) for example but it depends on the BIOS chip manufacturer. Then you also have mobo's with dual or even triple BIOS and BIOS selector switches.

@alejoyugar

2 ай бұрын

Or if you own a dual bios mobo

@Giadro1412-nx8ek

2 ай бұрын

Or just buy a mobo with bios flashback? 😂

@actuallymaliz

2 күн бұрын

It says on pcpp that my CPU only works if I update my mobos bios, how am I supposed to do it

Zach just said the terms of service

Usually your motherboard’s brand will come with a built in utility software where you can download and update bios from there.

@mattevans1643

2 ай бұрын

Really, gigabyte is the only one i have ever had with that option. Asus and MSI didn't have that.

@chrishale4603

2 ай бұрын

@@mattevans1643 armory crate does it for asus now

@X_irtz

2 ай бұрын

@@mattevans1643 ASUS does infact have such utility, it's called EZ Flash and i have used it before to update the BIOS and it works flawlessly.

@BigE_310

2 ай бұрын

@@mattevans1643 MSI should have a .exe file download to upgrade the bios from their website instead of using the flash drive method

@Archer957

2 ай бұрын

​@mattevans1643 I have an msi mobo and it has that option with msi center

“…to a freshly formatted flash drive” Oh, so…that’s why... Damn if Zach! Why couldn’t you have posted this video last week?

@ArindursForge

2 ай бұрын

Also, you should probably perform all updates chronologically to the most recent one

@Compl3x.

2 ай бұрын

I also had no clue you plug it into the back of the mobo. Puffed into front, with everything good, and was confused why no recogniction.

@Grstrangler

2 ай бұрын

That’s not necessary at all. I always use my windows installer pendrive to update my bios. Maybe older platforms are different but on lga1700 and am4/5 it works with whatever drive.

@benkafin98

2 ай бұрын

@@Grstrangler Yeah, I think the problem just ended up being my MSI MPG B760I (itx) motherboard died. Which apparently those ones just up and do sometimes. I'm lucky it didn't kill my cpu.

In my country, we have power outage at random. It's as if homer simpson works at the eldctric company just having a field day flicking switches to see what it does.

Technoblade never dies.

@Booninater

2 ай бұрын

Technobald did die, shut up fanboy

@butterterter

2 ай бұрын

​@@Booninaterbro touch grass

@yakistolfo

2 ай бұрын

He died and you will and all of us. Take the L buddy its not that deep 💀

Can confirm bricking your motherboard if it turns off. Happened to me during an update and literally somone crashed into a box that regulated power to my neighborhood. Luckily, no one was severely hurt, but yeah... my motherboard reaped the effects 😂

@MellowTheHusky

2 ай бұрын

How unlucky do u have to be? Damn man :/

@rynesherman9099

2 ай бұрын

@@MellowTheHusky the risk is real ha ha

@CarcoDev

2 ай бұрын

glad to know I’m not the only experiencing PC troubles. I reseated my RAM because my PC was acting up by BSODing and freezing, but when I turned on my PC, smoke came out from the RAM slots. And the worst part was this was a 7600X with 32GB of DDR5 RAM

@rynesherman9099

2 ай бұрын

@@CarcoDev dang, that's why I didn't switch to am5, still rocking the 5800x3d

Another important tip is to read through the update notes. Some BIOS' require you update to specific versions before doing the most recent.

And added advice, don't upgrade your BIOS if your are at risk of having a power outage, like during a windstorm or a thunderstorm.

On newer motherboards, I mean like past 2016, you can download and install latest version of bios from the bios. No need to google your motherboard, just go to the bios, go to update, click Update via internet, and if you have ethernet cable plugged in, it will download latest bios, and update automatically.

He became the guy at the end of medicine commercials

He forgot the most important part: You ONLY upgrade your Bios if something isn't working correctly or if your new hardware needs it.

@GambasFallacy

2 ай бұрын

Updating it if you decide to freshly install windows can be an option for example. The only thing which I would avoid would be updating a BIOS if the system is currently actively used and needed

@gamer8622

2 ай бұрын

Im so sick of ppl saying this garbage. This isn't true. Bios updates often bring rly good quality changes over time to help efficiency, lifespan of the board, heat, and more. If you've been running a pc for a year or 2 and never updated your bios, you're almost ALWAYS going to see some type of benefit in doing so and the risk of bricking your system is almost 0 outside user error. This bullshit started a while back because you had youtubers all scared to tell ppl to update their stuff out of w.e perceived liability they may have, hence Zachs disclaimer. I honestly can't think of a reason NOT to update your bios unless the update brings literally nothing to your system at all, like processor support or something that doesn't pertain to your parts.

@xythiera7255

2 ай бұрын

​​@@gamer8622 No they dont . If you arnt an early adopter of a new chipset you get nothing from it . For the normal every day user its not worth doing ever . Saying there is no risk is stupid to tell anybody . In 99% of all cases you wont find any differents in updating your bios

@adammiller9029

2 ай бұрын

@@gamer8622 I don't care if you're sick of it. I'm an engineer and I'm here to tell you, you're wrong. Sit down. You should only update your bios if doing so will serve some purpose, it should not be done 'because reasons' off the cuff.

@Chingbong1

2 ай бұрын

​@@gamer8622dont fix until its broken 🤔

It irritates me how there’s still no integrated update option within the bios on consumer systems. As an IT that works with enterprise HP’s a lot, they all have the capability to search for, download, and install updates from the bios itself with internet connection. So convenient.

@shavy9655

2 ай бұрын

it is kinda weird yes. I have an old Optiplex 790 from a system-pool and another PC with a top of the line Asus ROG-Strix Mainboard. HOWEVER the Optiplex-MB can be updated with a simple Download from Dell website while the high end Rog Strix motherboard needs a USB-Stick with correctly installed files on it in the correct usb-slot of the mb. It is so overcomplicated even though it's a high end mb.

@sawdust8691

2 ай бұрын

They don't? I just built my first PC and I'm pretty sure the bios was updated with the motherboard software. I'll have to check to be sure but I could swear it updated the bios.

@gamer8622

2 ай бұрын

​@sawdust8691 no it does not. All regular boards require either bios flashback or some uefi boot option.

@gamer8622

2 ай бұрын

It's not rly that weird. Let's take an AMD rdy Asus b550. That board has to support like 30 different cpus and an endless configuration of other parts. Integrated systems that IT might work on are streamlined and ready for business output so the updates are probably alot more tailored to the system

@MrAw3sum

2 ай бұрын

​@gamer8622 when you go to the website for the bios its literally a single file for the board, it doesnt have a file for every chip and every ram or whatever. What point are you trying to make. (I can only imagine that that if they tried to make a bios updater they would screw it up because all MB software is super trashy)

Hey Zach, could you review the Segotep T3 Case?

your vidios are so good zach what is better 4070 or a 7800xt for 1440p.

@kacpersuliga1969

2 ай бұрын

I know I'm not Zach but I hope I can help too. If you're interested in gaming choose the 4070 if you mainly play Fortnite, want amazing Ray Tracing, otherwise choose the RX 7800 XT to save some money.

All of a sudden my pc is more protected than the president 😂

New fear unlocked: don't do anything to your PC while the BIOS is updating

Damn my age is showing. I could have sworn he was going to say load the image onto a floppy disk once you find the correct BIOS version. LOL

I’d like a video on when SHOULD you update a hardware bios vs leaving it as is 😊

@thundabolt7867

2 ай бұрын

90% of the time when getting a new Mobo OR new CPU

@OhSoTiredMan

2 ай бұрын

You rarely need to update it unless they say it fixes a major problem or security.

For gigabyte motherboards, check the version number of your board. Also do not skip to the latest version to avoid instability issues.

"Don't let your PC turn off while updating bios" Electricity: imma end this man's whole career.

Just updated my bios. An ssd I had would stop being seen randomly while useing my computer. This kicked me out of games I was playing that were running on the ssd. A restart would fix this temporarily, but i eventually had enough and updated the bios. When it booted into windows after the update the power button didn’t work. I proceeded to have a mini panic attack thinking I broke the mother board during the update somehow. But thank the lord it went back to normal eventually. Crossing my fingers hoping that the ssd works now.

in short do not update as long as it runs fine

Bro started yapping 💀

first time I did a bios update my pc black screen and nothing happened for like an hour, so i realized my only option was to shut it off, booted it back up, and it popped up with like "Are you ready to update your BIOS?" and it worked and i was so relieved

We getting a new PC with this one 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

Considering that I recently had a problem with the bios update, i loved the disclaimer 😂

*I'm a few BIOS updates behind but leaving it until I really need to* :yt:

I done this, the fear of black out really will give you the most anxiety.

Guess I have to buy a big plug in power bank 😂!

@mxdanger

2 ай бұрын

I think the word you’re looking for is UPS.

Bro became Alvin

Do you have to update bios or no and any drawbacks of not?

@lost4356

2 ай бұрын

Not really unless you upgrade to newer gen CPU.

@user-ll5qm4ou7r

2 ай бұрын

@@lost4356 is a r5 7600x new gen or old

This was fun, back when I got my PC it kept crashing while playing videogames, everything was updated EXCEPT for the BIOS which was on v1.0.0

Bro bios controls are so stressful since one wrong thing and u could possibly just brake your pc

@dodowz

2 ай бұрын

You edited your comment and you didn't fixed the word brake 😂😂

@Mr_robby

2 ай бұрын

@@dodowz das crazzy

@sgnc5932

2 ай бұрын

@@dodowz😭

@viperpit-lr2rp

2 ай бұрын

Thought you meant brick.

@Talking__Ben

2 ай бұрын

Since when did gaming PCs come with brakes??

if you want to update the bios. to be safer make sure you already have a UPS. as backup power if the lights go out.

See, if I was too design the bios, I would make it store the bios flasher first, then the rest, so in case of a bricked board you can still flash it, just with a limited ui or feature set.

@aeghohloechu5022

2 ай бұрын

what happens if your brick gets bricked while flashing the flasher

@ndyah7836

2 ай бұрын

@@aeghohloechu5022 well the flasher should still exist, what I meant is the flasher should never change, it should be stored in memory permanently

@aeghohloechu5022

2 ай бұрын

@@ndyah7836 you have to replace the flasher at some point though?

@ndyah7836

2 ай бұрын

@@aeghohloechu5022 or have 1 copy somewhere else, then rewrite it

Hi Zach! Would you consider doing an Arc A750 build in the future? I'm curious to see how much it's changed since it's debut 🤔

You can also check your BIOS version using system information.

I literally am all the time ready to pull the trigger on a new case and fans but installing fans for me seems a lot harder than it looks. I'm pretty confident about basically everything else

2nd day and 7th time asking ZTT to make an overkill ($3000+) ITX pc.

One thing my brother told me (as I will be building a pc soon and he built one a while ago and pcpartpicker told me I’ll need to update the bios) the usb stick NEEDS to have nothing else on it, otherwise it could mess up your pc in some way

Before I even touch an update on my bios ima get a ups just in case

Love your channel 😎👍

Had an older motherboard, could not boot till updated bios cause of HW incompatibilities, used as CH341A programmer to update it.

Love your content Zach im new to pc building what do you think is the best GPU for Ryzen 7 7700x

Love your videos, can you make one about advantages and disadvantages between AMD Adrenalin and Geforce Experience (or whiever its called now). Im goong to purchase either RTx4060 or RX 7600 and seeing how they perform similarly it probably boils down to driver and admin tool support.

I've had my gaming laptop prompt me to update my bios twice. Scariest update ever.

Hey guys just a pro tip here, some motherboards may include software that can update bios without the USB stick! A great example of this is gigabytes bios utility. :)

everybody's an atheist until they start updating their BIOS

I remember when i was 11 i broke my android tablet because it wanted me to update from android jellybean to lollipop and so i did and it never turned on. Now fast forward today i am traumatized and never updated the bios in my pc

While i was updating my bios i was praying that there’d be no power outtages hahaha😂

Also, like my motherboard and gpu, many hardware pieces come with a program pre installed where you can easily update your parts

Even though it’s dangerous, windows 11 always FORCES a BIOS/UEFI update, (technically, if you disable the “firmware” in the device manager windows can’t update it) but if you have a battery (for power surges or you’re using a laptop or other handheld) you shouldn’t worry as much, just worry about random malfunctions that cause your PC to power off

had to do this to optimize my RAM. I know it looks scary, just follow the steps and be cautious. If there are power outages for a storm or high heat, wait for those to pass.

please read every update on bios download page. sometime you have to update to a certain bios version and drivers before latest version.

I was scared to update my bios, i only HAD to do it because my old AM4 MOBO had to be updated for my 5900x cpu to work. Mind you i hadnt updated my bios in 4 years since that. The update went fine! cpu Worked and i updated it again to a more current bios a few weeks later , runs great!

I was updating my bios when I saw this for um reasons yeah we will go with that

this is the one thing that always case anxiety to essentially all PC owners, last i updated mine, i was a mere few seconds away from getting my mobo bricked by a unannounced power outage when the power company shut down the power to swap one of my neighbors aging and faulty power station(?) think thats the right word for it, its not the fuse box but the other one you normally/should find next to it, i almost quiet literally where shitting bricks when power went out just as the bios finnished updating, at the time it happened, i would not have been able to afford a new one.

Ideally you should update you BIOS at noon on a clear day, alone with the door locked, and with absolute certainty that neither your internet or your power is going to be shutoff for any reason.

My pc was in the shop today and they updated the bios, I was running one from 2019 when I got the motherboard

Love that users pfp

Alright I haven't and don't need to do this, but in the event I do, I'm going to get a battery backup first lol

User got a BIOS Flash machine: lol that's not a large problems

Tips: Always use UPS when updating the bios. But if your board has a USB BIOS FlashBack it means no worries. 😅

"you may brick your motherboard" qspi flashers...

This is very helpful

Another thing is if your PC is running fine and there isnt anything like a vonability that needs to be fix dont update your bios at all most the time there is no real point compaired to all the risks involved

Ngl, I'm always clenching tight when I update my BIOS. It's needed, but man it's crazy how you can brick your PC doing it.

@DRedGuia

2 ай бұрын

Bro, buy a ch341 programmer for 5 bucks and never fear agajn

Le random powercut in my village 💀

In 2018 my back then 6 year old brother was laughing and playing around while i was doing a cpu upgrade, i finished it and i was updating the bios until he ran into my room, clicked the power supply power switch and ran away in chuckles. I lost a good am4 motherboard 🤧

Gigabyte motherboard owners: Ya'll update your bios through bios settings?

Usually some motherboards have a 2nd bios chip as backup it reverts back to the older version if it fails, yet i don't know if that's true but it did happen to me once

The thumbnail yet again is 💀💀💀

Hey zach there is this ROG CARNYX mic. Think u will like it :) it has customisable rgb. Just what u need :>

Hey Zach, I wanted to get a suggestion on a 600 and under gaming pc that would run Fortnite at 1080p at least on 200 fps. I am ok with used parts

i have an rtx 3060 (8gb im stuppid ik) and a ryzen 5 5500, i wanna play on 1440p 3a games, what cpu-gpu combo whould recomend, and also i cant buy them at the same time so what should i buy first, or should i spend more money for am5 motherboard ram and cpu?

Imagine a power outage during a bios update

That power outage has destroyed multiple people. Motherboard while flashing their bios, it's happened

BIOS updates are generally only needed to fix issues with newer hardware, or similar critical issues. You don't update your BIOS just to get a better UI or something. If your computer is working well now, you're unlikely to see any benefit from updating.

i have some issues on am4 and finally first time update bios, thats 5 minutes scariest of my entire life 😂

I ain’t testing my luck to update my bios. I wanted to enable DOCP but knowing my luck my power would go out 😂

Just a reminder: MSI motherboards (and some others too maybe) will erase all data after the BIOS update, so make sure to create a backup. I didn't know and it was painful setting up my fan curves again.

@X_irtz

2 ай бұрын

Setting up fan curves is like a 5 minute thing.

**Power goes out**

Hey Zach, whats your take in liquid cooling vs air cooling in the long run?

updated my bios after 1.5 years, now windows wants a new key💀

i mean if anything goes wrong you can always just buy a eeprom programmer and flash the latest bios

Hey Zac what is the best BUDGET cpu to pair with either a 1660 super or a rx 5700xt

You don't always need to go to bios to update, prob most motherboards have a button next to the bios usb port

Also, sometimes, the monitor goes out, do not do anything. It's normal.

You forgot the most important tip. You should only update your bios if you have a specific reason to do so. In most cases there is very little benefit to just update your bios for the sake of updating, especially given its the riskiest type of update.

Can you concince yourself to build my dream setup plzz

Hey Zack, im new to pc building and im wondering, Should i get the ryzen 5 3600 or the intel i5 10400f ? im pairing eaither of them with the rtx 3060 and my budget is $580 what should i get?

Pls start shipping outside of the states

Hey Zach, I currently have an Asus b550 prime II wifi mobo with a ryzen 5 5600g with an rx 7600xt and I am looking to upgrade my cpu for heavier tasks, what cpu should I go for without upgrading my mobo