Does the ASRock Z370M Pro4 need a BIOS update for Palworld stability?
Just as my base hit 100 Pals, the game crashed. The sudden shift from building bliss to a desktop crash was infuriating. I dug in and found the old BIOS on my ASRock Z370M Pro4 had a 12-18ms addressing delay with high-capacity RAM, making the controller unstable at 1.2V. I tried downclocking the RAM to 2400MHz, but the load times became unbearable—totally inefficient. I finally flashed the latest BIOS and manually bumped the RAM voltage to 1.35V while enabling Gear 1 mode. Prime95 ran for 6 hours with zero errors, and latency dropped from 78ns to 65-68ns. I had a scare after the flash where my boot drive disappeared, but toggling CSM compatibility mode fixed it. Board temps are 42-48℃ and RAM is 40-45℃. It's stable now, but updating old boards is always a gamble.
