BIOS update only for "verified customers of 400 Series motherboards who have purchased a new desktop processor with Zen 3 inside."
AMD has updated previous guidance that the B450 and X570 chipsets would be incompatible with Zen 3. The company has pledged to support Zen 3 on these CPUs where and how it can, though there's some fine print to read.
AMD has reversed its decision to not enable Zen 3 and Ryzen 4000 compatibility with existing B450 and X470 motherboards. Instead, AMD will enable support through optional AGESA code that it will supply to motherboard vendors. However, multiple caveats apply. Here's AMD's quick br...
A couple of years ago, AMD quietly tried to remove the support for the Ryzen 5000 series on its B450 and X470 chipsets. They originally promised that the AM4 platform would be supported from 2016 through 2020, so this contradiction naturally gave them a lot of backlash. After being berat...
My motherboard was on Bios 4.20 with Ryzen 3500. I wanted to upgrade to a 5600 which requires Bios 4.30. I updated like this 4.20>4.30>4.50 I skipped the 4.25beta and 4.35beta in between. Will there be any issue in CPU support because of skipping beta Bios versions?
AMD also has a program that will provide you with a free CPU for flashing your UEFI if you purchase a motherboard that lacks support for a Zen 3 / Ryzen 5000-series CPU. I’ve never taken advantage of it myself, but I personally know someone who has, and the o...
Wait for ryzen 4000 that comes out in fall Upgrade your pc then and make a new topic for it for advice Sell your current rig without a gpu. Or you can decide to keep the 970's and sell it as such. UpTheDons, TorqueSkeptic and Origami Cactus ...
Not a hardware firewall. FordGT90ConceptThat said, I think enabling "secure boot" in your motherboard enables the use of the "secure world" subprocessor.Actually, there's no way around it turning on. It's literally the first thing in a Ryzen CPU to power on, and handles initia...