There is a BIOS update for my new MB. The description says only, "Update AGESA version to 3.7.1.2".

 

A Google search finds little detail regarding AGESA. Apparently AGESA documentation is restricted with an NDA. It seems this upgrade is only intended for BIOS developers. Is there any reason for me to install this?

I never upgrade a BIOS unless the system is actually broke or I REALLY need something it is adding. I have lots two mobo's (one form asus one from gigabyte) doing updates that failed...

 

Shawn

 

And I always will flash to the latest one (even Beta if available) as you do not know what the manufacturers have swept under the rug.

 

I'm with Whaler.  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.  No need to upgrade your BIOS unless you are having problems with the old one.

And I always will flash to the latest one (even Beta if available) as you do not know what the manufacturers have swept under the rug.

 

Trouble is, you also never know what features they accidentally changed but failed to test.  Manufacturers test like hell for initial releases - Updates are often much more lightly tested.  They also often advise against updating unless there is a clear need to do so.

But they do fix real field problems that they are not going to acknowledge. Instead everything is posted as "Update CPU microcode" 

 

And they do advise against because any failure may end as a RMA (and with thin margins this equal loss). However in these days the flashing procedure has been greatly improved and very often you do not need to boot in DOS or Windows at all - just press a "Fxx" key and then point to the location from your USB flash drive.