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Riot Games makes some Valorant players update their BIOS firmware

Riot Games is only forcing the BIOS update requirement on "Restricted" players, who seem to have PC configurations similar to ...

Riot Games is making an anti-cheat change that could be rough on older PCs

Riot Games, best known for titles like Valorant and League of Legends and the Vanguard anti-cheat software, has often been ...
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BIOS updates are scary, but here's when you should consider updating

Updating your motherboard BIOS isn’t something most people think about–and given the risks of a failed update, it’s easy to see why many people avoid it. If it fails, the motherboard gets “bricked,” ...

You won't be able to play Valorant until you update your motherboard BIOS: 'this is a necessary step in our arms race against hardware cheats'

If you have an Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, or ASRock motherboard, you need to update the BIOS if you want to continue playing Valorant. That's because a critical flaw was recently found that allows cheaters ...
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PC BIOS Guide: How To Safely Flash Your Firmware & 3 Key Settings To Check

If you're reading this, chances are high that you got here via a Google search because someone told you to "update the BIOS" on your PC, and you're wondering what the heck that means. Don't worry; ...

Asus tells owners of its Intel motherboards to update the BIOS because they 'may allow unintended access to system memory'

For maximum security, Asus recommends that you "download and update the BIOS to the specified version from the official website and, in the BIOS Setup Utility, configure the IOMMU DMA Protection ...