Should I flash an older BIOS?

[akranjc71]

So my mobo (ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4) is giving me BSODs even when installing windows. Sometimes it's a Memory Management error, most time a DPC Watchdog Violation error. I'm running a Ryzen 3 1200 on a B450 mobo. Should I downgrade my BIOS? I'm currently running the BIOS that the board came with, P4.20. On the support page it says that everything above P3.40 isn't recommended for Zen and Zen+ CPUs.

I should also mention that my BIOS settings are stock and they were working for a while, but after a week it decided to crap itself and started bluescreening all over the place.

Thank you for your replies

[Sjaakie]

Sure no problem. Just try it and see if it helps. You can always flash it back.

 

It sounds like a memory problem but could be bios related indeed.

[John Reactor]

Do a memtest. It is possible that one of your RAM modules is faulty.

[akranjc71]

50 minutes ago, John Reactor said:

Do a memtest. It is possible that one of your RAM modules is faulty.

I can't, the system is too unstable and it shuts down too quick.

I only have a single 16GB stick in it so that's the only stich that could've failed

[akranjc71]

1 hour ago, Sjaakie said:

Sure no problem. Just try it and see if it helps. You can always flash it back.

 

It sounds like a memory problem but could be bios related indeed.

I'm scared to just try and see if it works... I could brick a mobo here.

Also which bios do you recommend trying first? Do I just go for the latest version without any warnings? That is P1.50.

[John Reactor]

Leave your BIOS alone for now. Do memtest from USB drive. Read this article and watch video.
https://www.memtest86.com/tech_creating-window.html

[akranjc71]

1 hour ago, John Reactor said:

Leave your BIOS alone for now. Do memtest from USB drive. Read this article and watch video.
https://www.memtest86.com/tech_creating-window.html

ohh okay so I did that and it spitted out 65535+ errors. Thank you, I'm returning my RAM and getting a new one