Issue with Msi a320m pro max

[Kestutis91]

Hello ladies and gents,

 

 

I've totally lost hope, even Msi UK support was unable to give solution... So I came here with hope! Sooooo... 

 

Currently have an issue with "amazing" msi a320 mobo... Heh... I've chose this one for budget build, for my kid.

Did research before start ordering everything and been surprised... 

 

At the beginning my plan was to drop in Ryzen 5 1600. That would be more than enough for CS:GO and other familiar stuff. But... It even haven't posted up. 

 

Tried that CPU on my main pc with x570, the same... Returned back CPU, and that guy dropped pictures with posting up in BIOS... What a.... ? 

 

So instead going back to him I found Ryzen 5 2600x for extra 20£. And it was new, unused! :O

 

But again.... 

2nd gen Ryzen 5 2600x unable to post up with this Msi mobo! 

 

MSI says in official web, that this mobo capable with 1,2,3rd gen.

"Supports 1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™"

 

Well... It Didn't worked. Contacted Msi for help, they gave tips to update BIOS, switch ram slots, use different ram... 

Did Everything what they said and still no results.

 

Originally I builded Asus x570 prime, R7 3700x, 16gb Corsair vengeance 3200Mhz, rtx 2070. 

I used my r7 to update BIOS and so on, everything worked perfectly with r7, because on box they say: Ryzen 3000 ready! ... 

had no issues with post up and so on... So... 

I tried 1x16gb stick of ram with 3200mhz,

2x8gb 3000mhz vengeance

Then I bought

2x Crucial Ballistix 2x8gb 2666Mhz just to test... 

still no post up. 

BTW, on Asus x570 everything worked perfectly... CPU posted up, worked with every Ram I put in. 

 

Maybe someone has any ideas why this happened? Why Ryzen 5 2600x unable to post up BIOS with MSI a320m pro Max, while R7 3700x does it from very 1st shoot in couple seconds? 

 

P.S. plan Z to send mobo back and refund is plan Z. 

would like to try to solve this issue. 

so any help would be great. 

 

[Haro]

4 minutes ago, Kestutis91 said:

Tried that CPU on my main pc with x570, the same...

That's because x570 doesn't support the AGESA code for zen 1. 

 

6 minutes ago, Kestutis91 said:

so any help would be great. 

So if I understood you correctly. 

2600x booted on the x570 board and didn't on the a320 board. 

3700x booted on both right? 

If so, you could try clearing the cmos and then try booting with the 2600x. 

You could try with one stick at a time with the 2600x and check. 

If possible you could just ask for a refund. 

Either way I wouldn't use this board with a 6 core let alone a 4 core in all honesty. 

[Kestutis91]

3 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

That's because x570 doesn't support the AGESA code for zen 1. 

 

So if I understood you correctly. 

2600x booted on the x570 board and didn't on the a320 board. 

3700x booted on both right? 

If so, you could try clearing the cmos and then try booting with the 2600x. 

You could try with one stick at a time with the 2600x and check. 

If possible you could just ask for a refund. 

Either way I wouldn't use this board with a 6 core let alone a 4 core in all honesty. 

Understood about zen 1.. 

 

Yes, correct. Well I recently tried, took of battery, waited for up to 5 min. 2600x not respond. Tried with different Ram, different slots, pointless. No response. Well, that was surprising. Like I said, this was second system tried to build. ¹st one worked straight away. Well, need to do refund and go with b350 or b450.. 

 

[Haro]

10 hours ago, Kestutis91 said:

Well, need to do refund and go with b350 or b450.. 

i mean as i said, whether the board is faulty is not, i really would not pair it with a 6 core. 

a b450 pro 4, pro vdh max or an a pro max (non m) will work great. 

[Kestutis91]

4 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

i mean as i said, whether the board is faulty is not, i really would not pair it with a 6 core. 

a b450 pro 4, pro vdh max or an a pro max (non m) will work great. 

Ok, I'll try to get one of your recommended. 

Thank You a lot! 

[SuperGrip]

Ryzen 1600 and 2600 don't have a graphics processor on the chip and cannot post video via the motherboard they need a dedicated graphics card. You probably already knew that, but just in case you did not, then that should solve your problem.