P150EM BIOS and EC firmware questions

So I own a P150EM.

I have been interested in updating my BIOS and EC firmware for a couple of days now.

After reading some different forums I became a little worried with a number of people saying they have bricked their machines because their BIOS and EC firmware were not compatible or something or the other.

I have checked my BIOS and EC version in BIOS they are as follows : BIOS Revision: 1.00.05
:KBC/EC firmware revision : 1.00.04

So my question - Is updating the BIOS and EC really all that dangerous as it appears it can be?

Also - where is a reliable P150EM BIOS and EC firmware download location?

It never makes you feel all at ease when you find purely just an FTP site with some zip files and very little information telling you what versions they are clearly.

I would love for someone to reply with a little bit more information on this subject! Many thanks guys!

 

First rule of the BIOS. Don't mess with it unless you need to. If you're not sure if you need to update it, then you dont need to update it. If your computer is working fine leave it alone. What can happen as you've seen is you can and will brick your computer if done wrong. If you do it that its not covered under any warranties. If you do need to update it, follow the steps on the BIOS sticky here http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/416916-clevo-bios-thread.html

 

Right, as Hutsady explains: a BIOS update is not like OS updates or program updates. A BIOS revision is typically released strictly to address serious issues. Updates otherwise to other things are more or less to fix minor bugs and to enhance the overall product.

So if you don't absolutely need it, it's best to leave it alone. Same goes for other firmware updates.

 

Well that clears it up for me! Many thanks for the replies! Cheers

 

You're welcome! And of course, if you find you do need a BIOS update, you know where to come for help should you need it.

 

I have a P170EM with EC version 1.00.06 and BIOS version 1.00.07.
I noticed today my RAM is running slower than it should.
I have 2x4GB Corsair
Using CPUID in the SPD catagory it says max bandwidth 800MHz
In the timing tables it shows 533 622 and 800

My Ram is Corsair cmsx4gx3m1a1600c9 and as a rating of 1600MHz.

I want to look at the speed setting in Bios advanced setting,but there is non.

I maybe want to update the EC and Bios, were there should be the advanced options for overclocking and looking at the setting.

Any thoughts??

 

That sounds correct. Most programs including CPUID will show its running at half the speed (800Mhz) but since its DDR you double that and get 1600Mhz.

 

There is a common misconception about DDRx memory, as I understand it.

Since data is transferred both on the "upbeat" as well as the "downbeat," that 800 MHz effectively gets you a 1600 MT/s data transfer rate. The base bus speed/clock of the module is actually 800 MHz, though. PC3-12800 modules are commonly referred to as "1600MHz" because of their respective data transfer rate, though that's sort of a misnomer.