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I wonder if anyone else on the forum would be able to offer a loaner cpu, someone that has already upgraded to zen 3.
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5900X won't POST - Incompatible BIOS?
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I don't understand why AMD needed to release this 5000 series without any support - not a single board that supports the new CPUs out of the box, as is?
So amateurish, so painful to watch or try to explain. Just plain stupid and anti-user.
It would delay them by months if they did that as it would take time for updated stock to reach retailers. Also, retailers would need to flash any existing stock, which is not feasible.
They could have pulled an Intel and change the socket every 6 months.
I don't understand why AMD needed to release this 5000 series without any support - not a single board that supports the new CPUs out of the box, as is?
So amateurish, so painful to watch or try to explain. Just plain stupid and anti-user.
Yes I agree would have been better releasing new motherboards with new chipset
Changing sockets is a completely different topic. They could have started adding the new IDs/strings to the much older BIOS versions.
It's not like the 5000 series fell down from heaven two weeks ago.
Soldato
No hassle getting mine up and running tonight. Used the Flashback BIOS feature on the Asus board, flashed with the latest beta bios. Then popped the CPU in and here I am. Couldn't have been easier if I'm being honest. 
Only if your motherboard supports USB FlashBack....which is only on the ROG series of the Asus boards (and probably other manufacturers, I'm just dealing with an Asus board). You can tell those that do as they have a bios button on the I/O panel.Nowadays you can flash bios without CPU installed
I agree with you and am really sorry for this inconvenience.
Installing a new CPU has to work like Plug&Play, not after reading dozens of lines of instructions how-to-do it and praying that won't breach the board.
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did you order the board from OcUK? as they flashed boards for people in the past, then dispatched them
I did and they'd be willing to do so if I posted it back. I didn't ask how long that would take though and didn't overly want to dismantle to everything after I'd tamed all the cabling with colourful language and zip ties.
I think the plan now is to buy a 3900X. Use that to flash with and then build it into a system with parts for a friend as they come on offer. I'll let you guys know what I hear from AMD though.
I think the plan now is to buy a 3900X. Use that to flash with and then build it into a system with parts for a friend as they come on offer. I'll let you guys know what I hear from AMD though.
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I don't understand why AMD needed to release this 5000 series without any support - not a single board that supports the new CPUs out of the box, as is?
So amateurish, so painful to watch or try to explain. Just plain stupid and anti-user.
Further proof that some people will complain about anything and everything.
Morning all. I've not heard anything from AMD yet beyond the acknowledgements of filling in the form. Thought I'd let you know that a 3900X installed in the board gives exactly the same orange LED and a sinking feeling of dread......and then springs to life after just long enough that you've started to headbutt the desk.
Bios update takes the better part of ten minutes and then follows up after a reboot with "BIOS is updating Led firmware" and resets again. I know you're going to hate me but I've been commanded to go to work so I haven't got time to test the 5900X in the board this morning but I'll get on it asap. All looks promising though!
Bios update takes the better part of ten minutes and then follows up after a reboot with "BIOS is updating Led firmware" and resets again. I know you're going to hate me but I've been commanded to go to work so I haven't got time to test the 5900X in the board this morning but I'll get on it asap. All looks promising though!
Spoke too soon. Had this an hour ago from AMD. Just to give those thinking of this route an idea of response times and requirements for the next phase.
AMD said:
No, in the ASUS range, it's almost exclusively the ROG boards that support Bios Flashback.
When you download the bios it even gives you instructions about what to name the file for flashback but if you follow the link for how to do it, it's not on the list of boards that support it. There's also no button on the I/O panel (or on the board) for flashback.
When you download the bios it even gives you instructions about what to name the file for flashback but if you follow the link for how to do it, it's not on the list of boards that support it. There's also no button on the I/O panel (or on the board) for flashback.
Quick splash of acetone, swap of CPU, scrape the bottom of the Kryonaut barrel and......she LIVES! She's a nat's toasty at times on a 240 AIO with the speeds turned down (curve favouring peace and quiet) but I guess that's what happens when you suddenly turn all 12 cores up to over 4.5GHz. This isn't an overclock - all at stock - it's boosting to 4.5 on all cores and I've seen a couple hit 4.95. Shove a decent custom loop on there and you'd be laughing. Definite warm breeze wafting out the front from the rad though - even at mainly idle.
Firecuda 520 (512 GB) hit 5GB/s by 2.5GB/s on a 1GB test in Crystal DiskMark 7.
Firecuda 520 (512 GB) hit 5GB/s by 2.5GB/s on a 1GB test in Crystal DiskMark 7.
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Thanks for the update, glad it's working fine now.
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What temps idle and load on 240?