AMD is looking at adding Ryzen 5000 series support for B350/X370 motherboards!

NinjaCool · 12 Jan 2022 at 10:48

IT IS ALREADY HAPPENING!!!
https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X370 Pro4/index.de.asp#CPU

ASRock has just released a BIOS update with Ryzen 5000 series support from 5600X to 5950X for the X370 Pro4.
I assume other MB vendors will drop BIOS updates for Ryzen 5000 series soon!

[ASRock] X370 BIOS Update (1/12/2022)
X370 Pro4 BIOS-7.10.
1. Update AGESA for support Renoir and Vermeer CPU.
2. Remove Bristol Ridge CPU support.
*ASRock do NOT recommend updating this BIOS if Pinnacle, Raven, Summit or Bristol Ridge CPU is being used on your system.

Journey · 12 Jan 2022 at 11:03

NinjaCool said:
IT IS ALREADY HAPPENING!!!

Yes, ASRock pretty much already had all the BIOS's sorted for most of the boards already. I still have an older BIOS on my X370 Taichi test platform which is running a 5800X.

Will be nice to see some official support though and more boards being able to be used, there's a lot of folk who bought bargain R5 1600/1700 systems that could do a simple drop in upgrade and extend the life of the system for a few more years.

NinjaCool · 12 Jan 2022 at 11:25

True and going from a 1600 CPU on a B350 board to something like a 5600X or even the upcoming 5800X3D would be such a big improvement that I think some people will be shocked

For Ryzen 1000 users wanting to upgrade, just remember that the 5800X (105W) and higher don't come with a CPU cooler and they need better cooling than the stock 65W 1600/1700 coolers provides.

Cyber-Mav · 13 Jan 2022 at 08:32

16mb bios limitation, they had to remove some cpus after all to get the newer ones supported. still atleast it gives 300 series board people an upgrade path but how does it work?
if you got a Pinnacle, Raven, Summit or Bristol Ridge CPU do you flash bios update first then shutdown and change cpu or if you update bios and dont swap the cpu the board wont fire up and becomes useless?

SupraWez · 13 Jan 2022 at 09:54

Hoping ASUS do the right thing for the CH6, wont hold my breath though

NinjaCool · 13 Jan 2022 at 10:18

Cyber-Mav said:
if you got a Pinnacle, Raven, Summit or Bristol Ridge CPU do you flash bios update first then shutdown and change cpu or if you update bios and dont swap the cpu the board wont fire up and becomes useless?

I think it’s their way of saying if you update the BIOS to support the Ryzen 5000 series with for example a Ryzen 1600/2600 CPU, you will not be able to boot up again.

The X370 Pro4 in this case after the update will only support Matisse, Renoir, Vermeer and Cezanne CPU’s.
Ryzen 3000 Desktop (Matisse): https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/cores/matisse
Ryzen 4000 Mobile/APUs (Renoir): https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/cores/renoir
Ryzen 5000 Desktop (Vermeer): https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/cores/vermeer
Ryzen 5000 Mobile/APUs (Cezanne): https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/cores/cezanne

That reminds me, people selling updated Ryzen 5000 B350/X370 boards better state BIOS info or confusion will happen when buyer can’t boot up using an older CPU.

Journey · 20 Jan 2022 at 22:01

ASRock are adding more boards it seems. Oddly they've release a BETA for the X370 Taichi board that already had a BIOS that supported it it, but it does both Vermeer and Renoir as opposed to just one or the other.

Vish Petrol · 21 Jan 2022 at 11:21

SupraWez said:
Hoping ASUS do the right thing for the CH6, wont hold my breath though

Its ASUS so you're right not to

NinjaCool · 1 Feb 2022 at 19:52

Linus flashes the bios on the ASRock X370 Pro4 and drops in a 5600X

NinjaCool · 8 Feb 2022 at 17:22

ASRock just released several Beta BIOS updates for the X370 boards with Ryzen 5000 support!
https://twitter.com/redditASRock/status/1491088184037736449
Note: Requires BIOS to be updated to v7.00 before updating to this new version.
Note: BIOS v7.03 does not support Bristol Ridge CPU’s so do not update with such CPU.

X370 motherboards now with Ryzen 5000 support (click links):
Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4
Fatal1ty X370 Gaming X
Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming
X370 Killer SLI
X370 Killer SLI/ac
X370 Pro4 (BIOS v7.10)

Journey · 8 Feb 2022 at 17:27

Would be nice to see some input from MSI/Gigabyte, I have quite a few interested parties who'd happily drop in a 5600X/5800X at the new lower pricing vs. doing a whole platform upgrade.

ASRock keep delivering the goods though, even if their newer boards aren't amazing.

SupraWez · 8 Feb 2022 at 17:41

Silence from ASUS on this too, you would think for their flagship boards it would be an option.

NinjaCool · 16 Feb 2022 at 19:03

Not the biggest news but maybe at least ASUS is starting to wake up.

SupraWez · 16 Feb 2022 at 19:26

That's positive, I hope my CH6 gets one

NinjaCool · 18 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Ryzen 5000 CPU's are now officially supported on the Gigabyte X370 Gaming 5 board!
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AX370-Gaming-5-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios

The previous seemingly hidden BIOS update T51D dated 12.12.2021 from Gigabyte offers Vermeer and Renoir support for Gigabyte X370 Gaming 5 owners.

Journey · 18 Feb 2022 at 16:15

I had a support e-mail from Gigabyte with the BIOS file attached for the Gmaing-7 so that can't be far behind. Have the system to upgrade over the weekend, so will see how it does, hopefully it will be as stable as the ASRock ones have been thus far.

broona · 5 Mar 2022 at 09:23

It looks like Gigabyte have added 5xxx support to some of their B350 boards, my son's Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 included - https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AB350-Gaming-3-rev-1x/support#support-dl

Journey · 5 Mar 2022 at 09:46

broona said:
It looks like Gigabyte have added 5xxx support to some of their B350 boards, my son's Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 included - https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AB350-Gaming-3-rev-1x/support#support-dl

Yeah they un-hid all of the T52d BIOS updates a while ago, I can confirm that the Gaming 3 B350 board works fine with a 5600X, and a 5900X, although I wouldn't run a 5900X without active cooling on the VRM if you are loading it heavily.

NinjaCool · 15 Mar 2022 at 13:21

AMD 300 Series Motherboard support incoming!
https://videocardz.com/press-releas...ies-motherboards-to-support-ryzen-5000-series

AMD has announced that it is extending support for Ryzen 5000 series processors on X370, B350 and A320 series chipsets, including for all the recently announced desktop processors.
AMD expects that motherboard and pre-built vendors will start pushing BIOS updates from May 2022.

SupraWez · 15 Mar 2022 at 13:26

Good news but sadly still waiting on the manufacturers to actually release the bios, fingers crossed for an updated CH6 bios.