Upgrade BIOS ?

[Bill]

On 8/24/20 6:11 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 10:39:23AM -0400, Bill wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are there any side effects of upgrading the BIOS on my computer? The
>> computer is quite old but it is arguably still a good machine (i7 with 12 GB
>> ram but it still has the original BIOS - circa 2010).  Is Linux affected in
>> any way (both positive or negative)?
>>
> Is there any particular reason that you want to upgrade the BIOS?  If
> there isn't then I think I'd leave well alone, it's unlikely to give
> you any useful new facilities or speed anything up at all.
>
WS=> That is what I think as well!  I just wanted to know what the 
opinion of others was.