[Katchoo]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
If you are not having a problem, don't flash. While a new bios can add features or fix problems, the act of installing them (flashing) can go wrong. If the new bios does not add something that you need, why risk it?

Agreed; don't fix what isn't broken.

I haven't heard of any real "ground breaking advances" come from flashing. Most of the time when an updated BIOS gets released from any vendor all it usually does is provide the odd tweak to USB and other periphrial (sp?) device. You certainly won't be missing out on anything by not flashing.

Aswell, if it's a brand name computer you have (which it sounds like) then you'd best find out if flashing your BIOS would void your warranty or not.

Afterall, what would be worse than turning your motherboard into a proverbial vegetable? Being told by your computer provider that you voided your warranty, and are now S.O.L.

Your best options for improving overall performance are to track down specific driver updates (for video card, sound card, etc..), to remove any programs off your hard drive that you no longer use, and to use virus & other system scan utilities to remove excess code/commands deposited by every program ever installed onto your computer.