Is a BIOS update needed for storage lag on Colorful B450M-T?
Whenever I hit a large dungeon loading screen, the game would just freeze for a split second, which is a total pain in a fast-paced fight. Monitoring showed the M.2 slot on the Colorful B450M-T was struggling with concurrent reads, with bandwidth utilization jumping between 70-90% and loading delays hitting 18-30ms. I tried killing background apps, but that barely did anything; you can't software-fix a hardware bandwidth ceiling. I updated the BIOS to version 1.42 and forced the PCIe mode to Gen3 instead of leaving it on Auto. In CrystalDiskMark, my random reads jumped from 42MB/s to around 58-62MB/s, and the map transition stutters basically disappeared. Just a heads-up: the BIOS update reset my boot order, so it didn't boot the first time until I re-selected the drive. Chipset temps are stable at 45-52℃. Bandwidth verification is complete.
