how to update bios

[stevenly]

how do i update my bios? someone said i should get a usb thats fat16/32 first. What does that mean and i should i be doing this?

[newcbomb]

You normally go to your Motherboards website. Download the latest BIOS, extract to Fat32 USB, then use Q-Flash or whatever your motherboard has to update the bios. If i knew your motherboard i could help further. 

[stevenly]

2 hours ago, newcbomb said:

You normally go to your Motherboards website. Download the latest BIOS, extract to Fat32 USB, then use Q-Flash or whatever your motherboard has to update the bios. If i knew your motherboard i could help further. 

https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/AB350M-HDV/index.asp#BIOS

[minibois]

The exact steps will depend from motherboard to motherboard. Usually they have a video on how to do it.

 

Generally the steps are something like this:

1. get a USB flash drive and format it to FAT32. Formatting the drive means erasing all its data and when you format it (right click on the drive and format in Windows) you can choose the format it will be in, which is listed in the drop down menu. Usually you can choose between NTFS, FAT32 or ExFat. Choose the one your motherboard wants, which seems to be FAT32 in this case (FAT32 is kinda universally accepted).

2. Put the new BIOS on it, which you can download on the motherboard's support page. The exact way of putting the BIOS on the flash (whether you need to paste the entire folder or whatever) should be explained there, or in the video.

3. Open your BIOS/UEFI (mashing DEL or F12 when the PC starts up) and look for the BIOS flash section (sometimes called M-Flash or Q-Flash too, with I think MSI and Gigabyte respectively)

4. Choose your flash drive and let it go for a couple minutes and there you go, new  BIOS.

[newcbomb]

 

https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/AB350M-HDV/index.asp#BIOS

Download the latest one for instand flash which is 3.20 then extract to Flash Drive. Open your bios, go to tools, and use instant flash. 

[minibois]

3 minutes ago, stevenly said:

https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/AB350M-HDV/index.asp#BIOS

Here is the explanation from ASRock themselves:

https://www.asrock.com/support/BIOSIG.asp?cat=BIOS8

[stevenly]

2 hours ago, Minibois said:

Here is the explanation from ASRock themselves:

https://www.asrock.com/support/BIOSIG.asp?cat=BIOS8

 

3 hours ago, newcbomb said:

 

Download the latest one for instand flash which is 3.20 then extract to Flash Drive. Open your bios, go to tools, and use instant flash. 

ty guys

[stevenly]

3 hours ago, Minibois said:

Here is the explanation from ASRock themselves:

https://www.asrock.com/support/BIOSIG.asp?cat=BIOS8

 

3 hours ago, newcbomb said:

 

Download the latest one for instand flash which is 3.20 then extract to Flash Drive. Open your bios, go to tools, and use instant flash. 

i jsut updated my bios and set it to xmp and it still sais 2133mhz on cpuz

[minibois]

1 minute ago, stevenly said:

 

i jsut updated my bios and set it to xmp and it still sais 2133mhz on cpuz

You likely have to set a custom DRAM frequency in the motherboard BIOS. Surely you should be able to set that there? Maybe you can even find a fitting XAMP profile for your memory.

[stevenly]

3 hours ago, Minibois said:

You likely have to set a custom DRAM frequency in the motherboard BIOS. Surely you should be able to set that there? Maybe you can even find a fitting XAMP profile for your memory.

is it still suppsed to cycle off and on?

 

[minibois]

Just now, stevenly said:

is it still suppsed to cycle off and on?

 

If your PC now doesn't boot up anymore, your RAM 'overclock' is not stable and you should seek out some higher timings.

I could better assist you if you were to give me your full system specifications, including the exact RAM set you have and the timings you're trying.

[stevenly]

3 hours ago, Minibois said:

If your PC now doesn't boot up anymore, your RAM 'overclock' is not stable and you should seek out some higher timings.

I could better assist you if you were to give me your full system specifications, including the exact RAM set you have and the timings you're trying.

probably shuldv done this right when i posted this thread sorry
 

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[minibois]

1 minute ago, stevenly said:

probably shuldv done this right when i posted this thread sorry
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($259.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($169.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.25 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($620.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - B3 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($55.43 @ DirectCanada) 
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Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Let's just get out of the way that this set is not on the QVL ('guaranteed to work') list of the motherboard, but that shouldn't matter; it just means AsRock has not tested the memory (yet).

Team (maker of the RAM) said they tested the memory at 3000Mhz speeds with CL16-18-18-38 timings/latency, Well since Ryzen can run 2933Mhz, I would try that speed with timing similar to that. Maybe even starting off with those speeds and than maybe upping it slightly if it power cycles.

[stevenly]

3 hours ago, Minibois said:

Let's just get out of the way that this set is not on the QVL ('guaranteed to work') list of the motherboard, but that shouldn't matter; it just means AsRock has not tested the memory (yet).

Team (maker of the RAM) said they tested the memory at 3000Mhz speeds with CL16-18-18-38 timings/latency, Well since Ryzen can run 2933Mhz, I would try that speed with timing similar to that. Maybe even starting off with those speeds and than maybe upping it slightly if it power cycles.

honestly ive never fiddled with ram oc so i would be completely fresh in ram, which timing do i up if it does pwoer cycle

[gbergeron]

38 minutes ago, stevenly said:

how do i update my bios? someone said i should get a usb thats fat16/32 first. What does that mean and i should i be doing this?

Why you want to update bios ?

 

Never update bios if not necessary. Never.

[minibois]

3 minutes ago, stevenly said:

honestly ive never fiddled with ram oc so i would be completely fresh in ram

If I were you, I would first spend a couple minutes watching some videos on Ryzen and RAM. I did and got my memory at 2933Mhz (not quite the 3200Mhz this set can/should do).

[gbergeron]

DDR is for double data rate.

 

In CPU-Z it's normal you see like 1500 mhz if your ram is clocked at 3000 mhz....

for 2400 mhz it would show 1200 mhz, due to DDR

 

for 1600 mhz it would be showing 800 mhz an ds o on

[stevenly]

3 hours ago, gbergeron said:

DDR is for double data rate.

 

In CPU-Z it's normal you see like 1500 mhz if your ram is clocked at 3000 mhz....

for 2400 mhz it would shot 1200 mhz, due to DDR

its at 1064 so around 2133

[gbergeron]

1 minute ago, stevenly said:

its at 1064 so around 2133

ah

 

What happen when you set XMP on in bios ? You can go see the actual ram clock speed, it stays the same ?

[stevenly]

3 hours ago, gbergeron said:

ah

 

What happen when you set XMP on in bios ? You can go see the actual ram clock speed, it stays the same ?

when i set xmp it sais 2933 and all the right timings after i savea nd boot it will power cycle and when im finally in it still sais 2133

[gbergeron]

Just now, stevenly said:

when i set xmp it sais 2933 and all the right timings

then you should be good maybe you have an old version of CPU Z ? Can you try download the latest one ? or monitor ur ram speed with something else ? Like Real Bench per example, free stres test, you should see ur ram clock speed there too

[stevenly]

3 hours ago, gbergeron said:

then you should be good maybe you have an old version of CPU Z ? Can you try download the latest one ? or monitor ur ram speed with something else ? Like Real Bench per example, free stres test, you should see ur ram clock speed there too

ive also tried going into task manager and goign into the performance tab and checkign my memory and it still sais 2133

 

[gbergeron]

Just now, stevenly said:

ive also tried going into task manager and goign into the performance tab and checkign my memory and it still sais 2133

 

At that point, you might wanna try to set it manually..

 

My XMP sucked too, was unstable.. Had to set it manually and works fine now.

 

Gotta set the voltage manually, the clock speed manually, and the timing.

 

Check youtube on how to do that, make sure to understand correctly, come back with any questions

[stevenly]

6 minutes ago, gbergeron said:

At that point, you might wanna try to set it manually..

 

My XMP sucked too, was unstable.. Had to set it manually and works fine now.

 

Gotta set the voltage manually, the clock speed manually, and the timing.

 

Check youtube on how to do that, make sure to understand correctly, come back with any questions

When I set my dram voltage to 1.350v it goes red is that why?

[gbergeron]

Just now, stevenly said:

When I set my dram voltage to 1.350v it goes red is that why?

I don't hav emuch knowledge with ryzen,

 

My ram is @ 1.35

 

I am not sure why it shows red ? Mine shows yellow