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ASUS B450-F Strix - latest BIOS but old AGESA?

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Just updated the BIOS on my new B450-F Strix to get it ready for a 3600 next month. (I also did the recommended chipset driver update beforehand). However, CPU-Z is reporting that despite the BIOS being the latest one, the AGESA version is 1.0.0.2 (see pic).

 

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The latest AGESA definitely is not 1.0.0.2 - what's going on? The changelogs for one of the earlier BIOSes includes an explicit update to the latest AGESA, but wouldn't the latest BIOS contain that code? Should I have updated via that BIOS first before going all the way to the latest one? That seems daft, if so.

 

Ryzen 3000 is validated for the BIOS I've just installed (in fact, it's validated from v2008), but will the old AGESA cause problems with any prospective Zen 2's?

 

Many thanks.

 

 

 

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because they (or basically everyone) gave X570 priority on BIOS support and move their way down? Could also be quirks going on in the lab with AGESA 1.0.0.3 so they haven't released it.

 

15 minutes ago, Nanoray said:

but will the old AGESA cause problems with any prospective Zen 2's?

bugs or without enhancements. 1.0.0.3 has shown to show slightly higher boost clocks in low thread count work compared to 1.0.0.2, but not a big difference.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

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Desktop benching:

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SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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8 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

because they (or basically everyone) gave X570 priority on BIOS support and move their way down? Could also be quirks going on in the lab with AGESA 1.0.0.3 so they haven't released it.

 

bugs or without enhancements. 1.0.0.3 has shown to show slightly higher boost clocks in low thread count work compared to 1.0.0.2, but not a big difference.

I've just come from the ITX version of this same board I had AGESA 1.0.0.6 on a pre-Zen 2 BIOS!

 

Something odd is going on here...

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12 minutes ago, Nanoray said:

I've just come from the ITX version of this same board I had AGESA 1.0.0.6 on a pre-Zen 2 BIOS!

 

Something odd is going on here...

There have been multiple AGESA that have restarted the numbering.

First there was SummitPI, then RavenPI, that 1.0.0.6 is PinnaclePI. The latest is called ComboPI and restarted the numbering yet again.

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2 hours ago, Zagna said:

There have been multiple AGESA that have restarted the numbering.

First there was SummitPI, then RavenPI, that 1.0.0.6 is PinnaclePI. The latest is called ComboPI and restarted the numbering yet again.

So they rename the AGESA for a new architecture but carry the number system over?!

 

Wow - that's extremely stupid! It's Zen 2 - at least start it with a two!

 

But thanks for the heads-up - it seems I have got the latest AGESA after all!

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