motherboard help

[Jalz]

i bought a GIGABYTE GA-AB359-Gaming 3 and it wont load anything on screen i wanna know if i can update my GIGABYTE GA-AB350-Gaming 3 bios without an older cpu ryzen 5 2600 and have no idea what to do

[Fasauceome]

did you buy the motherboard used or new? you can get a boot kit from AMD if you have proof of purchase, or see if a local PC shop or a friend has a first gen ryzen CPU to share

[Jalz]

Just now, Fasauceome said:

did you buy the motherboard used or new? you can get a boot kit from AMD if you have proof of purchase, or see if a local PC shop or a friend has a first gen ryzen CPU to share

i bought it a year ago i tryed the boot kit thing but you need a gen 3 processor

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Jalz said:

i bought it a year ago

what was the original CPU you had inside this board? do you have it?

[Jalz]

Just now, Fasauceome said:

what was the original CPU you had inside this board? do you have it?

it was bought brand new from amazon the only cpu its had in it is the ryzen 5 2600

[mariushm]

You need a socket AM4 processor that's NOT 3rd generation Ryzen processors. That particular board doesn't support BIOS Flashback so no, can't update bios with a Ryzen 3xxx in it.

 

You can go to a friend with an older socket AM4 cpu and ask him to help you out. Or, ask at computer repair places. hardware stores near you etc if they can update the bios for you.

 

You need at least bios version F20 (from February 2018) to have support for Ryzen 2600.

 

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Jalz said:

it was bought brand new from amazon the only cpu its had in it is the ryzen 5 2600

did you get rid of that CPU?

[Jalz]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

did you get rid of that CPU?

the ryzen 5 2600? no i still have it i want to use it 

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Jalz said:

the ryzen 5 2600? no i still have it i want to use it 

if you have had this for over a year, why do you need to update the BIOS?

[Jalz]

Just now, Fasauceome said:

if you have had this for over a year, why do you need to update the BIOS?

its been unused for a year

[Jalz]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

if you have had this for over a year, why do you need to update the BIOS?

like i bought it n planed to build a pc

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Genwyn said:

So by this point you only have 3 options:

>bring it to someone or some business that can do the bios update with a 1st gen cpu

>sell the board and buy a B450 board

>buy an AM4 athlon or A8/A10 APU for dirt cheap and use that to update the bios 

or return the 2600 for a 1600

[Jalz]

16 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

or return the 2600 for a 1600

do u know if the ga-ab350 gaming 3 has q flash plus?