MSI Live Update is a Windows utility from MSI that scans your system and helps update motherboard drivers, device utilities, and sometimes BIOS, but the safest practice is to use it for drivers/utilities while updating BIOS via the motherboard’s M‑FLASH/USB method.
What MSI Live Update does
MSI Live Update identifies your exact MSI model, compares installed versions against MSI’s repository, and offers one‑click installs with scheduled scans and notifications to keep systems current without manual hunting. The app also supports exclusions and restore points on some builds, helping reduce risk during routine driver maintenance and utility updates.
MSI Center vs Live Update
Modern MSI devices increasingly use MSI Center with a built‑in Live Update page that handles BIOS, drivers, and component utilities in one place, effectively replacing older standalone tools for many users. MSI’s own documentation for supported devices (e.g., Claw) shows a guided “Live update process” inside MSI Center with power requirements and reboot flows.
Is MSI Live Update safe?
Use it for drivers and MSI utilities; avoid flashing BIOS in Windows where possible, because community technicians repeatedly report higher failure risk versus BIOS‑level flashing. The consensus best practice: download the exact BIOS for your board and use M‑FLASH from BIOS with a FAT32 USB for the most reliable firmware update.
How to safely update BIOS (recommended path)
Prepare a FAT32 USB, download the correct BIOS from your motherboard’s support page, and place the extracted file at the root of the USB.
Enter BIOS, launch M‑FLASH, select the BIOS file, and let the process complete without interruption or power loss.
Using MSI Center Live Update (when supported)
Open MSI Center, go to Support or Live Update, select relevant driver/BIOS items, connect AC power, and follow the prompts; reboots may occur to finalize firmware.
MSI notes minimum power requirements and bundles graphics or chipset updates in the same guided flow to keep the platform consistent.