Gigabyte ab350 gaming and third gen ryzen

[Xander710]

Hi,

I have the Gigabyte ab350 gaming.

Are second and third gen ryzen cpu’s compatible with this board without a bios update? If it requires an update, is it possible to do it without having a compatible cpu?

 

[Fasauceome]

5 minutes ago, Xander710 said:

Are second and third gen ryzen cpu’s compatible with this board without a bios update

That depends on the manufacturing date. When did you purchase this motherboard?

 

if you just recently bought this motherboard new, there should be a badge on the box that tells you what it's compatible with. If there is no orange or grey badge, it is only compatible with first gen ryzen.

 

 

[Xander710]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

That depends on the manufacturing date. When did you purchase this motherboard?

 

if you just recently bought this motherboard new, there should be a badge on the box that tells you what it's compatible with. If there is no orange badge, it is only compatible with first gen ryzen.

 

 

I will check it, thanks

[Xander710]

2 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

That depends on the manufacturing date. When did you purchase this motherboard?

 

if you just recently bought this motherboard new, there should be a badge on the box that tells you what it's compatible with. If there is no orange badge, it is only compatible with first gen ryzen.

 

 

The only thing on it is this

[Fasauceome]

1 hour ago, Xander710 said:

The only thing on it is this

 

unfortunately this motherboard probably only supports first generation CPUs. Also, this motherboard does not have a way to flash the BIOS without a compatible CPU. 

 

Do you happen to have a friend with a Ryzen CPU?

[Chiyawa]

Unfortunately, most B350 motherboard only support up to 2nd Gen Ryzen. There are quite some B350 motherboard support Ryzen Gen 3 processor (Matisse and Picasso) but requires a BIOS update.

 

Good news is the motherboard supports Gen 3 Ryzen processors. You need to update the BIOS, however.

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AB350-Gaming-rev-1x/support#support-cpu

 

Unfortunately, you really need to go through a few BIOS update before you reached the BIOS that can support your processor.

[Xander710]

On 7/15/2020 at 12:33 AM, Fasauceome said:

unfortunately this motherboard probably only supports first generation CPUs. Also, this motherboard does not have a way to flash the BIOS without a compatible CPU. 

 

Do you happen to have a friend with a Ryzen CPU?

Sorry for my late reply. I heard there is a ryzen bootkit service, but it does not mention that it works with b350 boards, is it possible to do this in this situation?

[Fasauceome]

2 hours ago, Xander710 said:

Sorry for my late reply. I heard there is a ryzen bootkit service, but it does not mention that it works with b350 boards, is it possible to do this in this situation?

sadly AMD ended the boot kit service for first gen boards when it was relevant for second gen.