Boot problems with Aorus x470 gaming 5 MB booting to bios

[Wandy]

Hi. I'm new to building pc and have recently purchased a  Gigabyte Aorus x470 gaming 5 wifi mother board along with a radeon RX 580 MB, Samsung 500gb 2.5" SATA 6gb/s V-NAND SSD, WD 1TB SATA3 HDD, Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16GB (2x8gb) DDR4 3200MHz., AMD Ryzen 3000 cpu with Wraith spire cooler. i have installed everything to the best of my knowledge as per the user manual and various you tube vids, still can't get it to boot up. Just keep getting  no signal on my monitor. Please help.

[Derrk]

you may need to update the bios to the newest version

 

just making sure, but is the monitor plugged into the gpu or the motherboard?

[Megadeth00]

I have the same motherboard paired with a Ryzen 3700x. Natively that motherboard does not support the Ryzen 3000 CPU line so you need to update the bios so it can support it. There are multiple steps required to bring the BIOS up to date in this regard. You cannot just download that latest one and be done with it unfortunately. You have to start off with update F31, then F40 and so on. There are some steps in between. It is all listed here:

https://www.gigabyte.com/au/Motherboard/X470-AORUS-GAMING-5-WIFI-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios

It would help if you have a laptop or spare computer so you can download this updates. Follow the instructions very carefully and use a USB for the updates rather than an internet connection through the BIOS because if the connection fails half way whilst updating, you will brick your motherboard. 

[Wandy]

6 hours ago, Derrk said:

you may need to update the bios to the newest version

 

just making sure, but is the monitor plugged into the gpu or the motherboard?

6 hours ago, Wandy said:

I have tried it plugged into the GPU and the mother board. Still no luck. How would I upgrade the bios? i was under the impression that the newer systems are already updated?

 

[Wandy]

6 hours ago, Megadeth00 said:

you need to update the bios so it can support it.

Thank you so much and please excuse my ignorance but once I've downloaded the updates onto the usb from my laptop how do i get it onto the bios on my desktop?

[Megadeth00]

2 minutes ago, Wandy said:

Thank you so much and please excuse my ignorance but once I've downloaded the updates onto the usb from my laptop how do i get it onto the bios on my desktop?

You can't access the bios from desktop as far as I am aware. You have to use the Q-Flash function in bios itself and select "update bios" or "load bios". Heaps of quick videos on Youtube show you how to do it. What you have to be careful of is the order that you update the BIOS in as there is about 3-4 steps involved.

[Wandy]

 I can not access the bios at all though. I keep getting a "no signal" error on the monitor. So i turn the power on and all the leds come on along with the various fans but nothing on the monitor. if I unplug the monitor and plug it back in it then it just comes up with an error that says " No Signal". It is not sending any info to the monitor at all!

[Wandy]

I can not access the bios at all though. I keep getting a "no signal" error on the monitor. So i turn the power on and all the leds come on along with the various fans but nothing on the monitor. if I unplug the monitor and plug it back in it then it just comes up with an error that says " No Signal". It is not sending any info to the monitor at all!

[Megadeth00]

17 hours ago, Wandy said:

I can not access the bios at all though. I keep getting a "no signal" error on the monitor. So i turn the power on and all the leds come on along with the various fans but nothing on the monitor. if I unplug the monitor and plug it back in it then it just comes up with an error that says " No Signal". It is not sending any info to the monitor at all!

Ohhh I think this is because the motherboard does not recognize the CPU so it cannot enter BIOS... You have a few options. Get a cpu AMD CPU(Ryzen 1000/2000 series) that is naively supported by your motherboard and update the BIOS as detailed on the Gigabyte website and then switch to the 3000 CPU. I think AMD can actually send you out a free CPU depending on where you live to assist in this and then you send it back. I had to go through this also(had a spare 2200G that I used before I installed the 3700X).

[Wandy]

Awesome. Thank you!  I'll look for a cheap 1st or 2nd gen ryzen cpu. 

[Megadeth00]

2 hours ago, Wandy said:

Awesome. Thank you!  I'll look for a cheap 1st or 2nd gen ryzen cpu. 

Try AMD, I think they have a policy of shipping out a cheap CPU out to you to assist in this and you ship it back. I'm assuming they cover the shipping.