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1 minute ago, uno99 said:

Wah what a pain in the ass. I saved money on a cheap board but now I might have to pay computer shop to install it 🙄

there is still a good chance the motherboard will have the right BIOS on it, just from my experience some 500-series boards did not yet. depends on how new the stock in the store was.

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Hello I'm currently running an 1600x, but today I got a 5600x and a Asus Prime B550M board 

 

Do I need to use my old 1600x in the new board to update the bios, or can I just go right ahead and put the 5600x in and update?

 

 

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3 minutes ago, uno99 said:

Do I need to use my old 1600x in the new board to update the bios

The 1600X won't work on B550: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/All-series/PRIME-B550M-A/HelpDesk_CPU/

4 minutes ago, uno99 said:

can I just go right ahead and put the 5600x in and update?

this board as far as I can see doesn't have a feature like BIOS flashback, which would allow you to update BIOS without a working CPU installed.

that means it will either work, or not work, in which case you would need access to a working Ryzen 3000 CPU to update the BIOS.

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yes just geta  ryzen 3 3100 or some crap, because i remeber amd saying that all b550 boards not needing new bios, the hell

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10 minutes ago, minibois said:

The 1600X won't work on B550: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/All-series/PRIME-B550M-A/HelpDesk_CPU/

this board as far as I can see doesn't have a feature like BIOS flashback, which would allow you to update BIOS without a working CPU installed.

that means it will either work, or not work, in which case you would need access to a working Ryzen 3000 CPU to update the BIOS.

Wah what a pain in the ass. I saved money on a cheap board but now I might have to pay computer shop to install it 🙄

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1 minute ago, uno99 said:

Wah what a pain in the ass. I saved money on a cheap board but now I might have to pay computer shop to install it 🙄

there is still a good chance the motherboard will have the right BIOS on it, just from my experience some 500-series boards did not yet. depends on how new the stock in the store was.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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now i think the new boards have bios preinstalled for the 5000 series

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11 minutes ago, uno99 said:

Wah what a pain in the ass. I saved money on a cheap board but now I might have to pay computer shop to install it 🙄

From what I know, AMD is still doing the Short Term Processor Loan thing. They'll ship you a Ryzen 3 3100 (or another cheap Ryzen chip) so you can update your BIOS and then you send it back. Might be more time-consuming than paying a computer store to update it for you, but it's usually free. 

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13 minutes ago, uno99 said:

Wah what a pain in the ass. I saved money on a cheap board but now I might have to pay computer shop to install it 🙄

There are B450 motherboards with support for 5000 series right now, I know at least ASRock has released BIOS versions

 

You would be able to use the 1600 to flash that

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2 hours ago, bellabichon said:

From what I know, AMD is still doing the Short Term Processor Loan thing. They'll ship you a Ryzen 3 3100 (or another cheap Ryzen chip) so you can update your BIOS and then you send it back. Might be more time-consuming than paying a computer store to update it for you, but it's usually free. 

Thanks Bella. I filled out the form. In careful consideration, I'm willing to wait for the bootkit to show up and save myself a bunch of hassle and cost :)
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