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i new to all of this update bios thing and i just learned how to do it today but i still too scared to give it a try because
1. i never done it before and scare to loss my mobo
2. i don't know what the stable version for it
3. scare from blackout.. (lol)
anyway i need help from other user that have the same mobo that i do and update his bios allready before (it will really help if you even update it to the last version) ... i need to know if the very last version (Version 2003) of my mobo Bios is stable for it and not case any "side effects" ... because i saw some situations in the past when people update their bios and the results was : they got blue screens nonstop in different situations ,got only black screen after the pc start up,was force to format their pc (in really rare cases), make hardwares to stop wroking, make the pc slower, and etc. i really scared to try it also beacuse i don't know if there is any way to restore the bios to it older version after i update it my motherbored is ASUS P7P55D (normal one, not deluxe and etc) which i bought in the end of 2009 and my bios version is still the same (i never update my bios before)
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