Gigabyte B650 Gaming X (AX) Owners

[Deekin]

It's only the Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX Rev. 1.4 and older that doesn't have Ryzen 8000/9000 support. I looked at all their released B650 motherboards on their website, every single B650 motherboard regardless of revision has support for the new cpus. Gigabyte support's explanation to me for not supporting the new cpus is because of "hardware limitation". This doesn't make sense to me since all their B650 motherboards don't have this problem, even the super low end boards have no problem supporting the new cpus. This is clearly a problem with this motherboard alone, I'm suspecting it's a design flaw which was only resolved with rev. 1.5 but I doubt Gigabyte will admit that. I asked them to elaborate on what this "hardware limitation" is, waiting for their response.

 

[StarShock]

It certainly is interesting that it has so many revisions within a single generation that then need different versions of the same bios. I wonder what it I'd that they keep revising.

 

[Deekin]

FB3a
12.31 MB
Aug 28, 2024

1. CheckSum : 4450
2. Update AMD AGESA 1.2.0.1a for fix Sinkclose Vulnerability of AMD processors (SMM Lock Bypass)

Still no support for Ryzen 8000/9000, but they fixed the Sinkclose vulnerability.

 

[Deekin]

FB3b
11.92 MB
Sep 04, 2024

1. Checksum : 9E65
2. AMD AGESA 1.2.0.1a with one click for TDP 65W to 105W to increase CPU performance

 

[Nelly]

New BIOS released in September for rev. 1.0/1.1/1.2 >> https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B650-GAMING-X-AX-rev-10-11-12/support#support-dl-bios

F32b
12.32 MB
Sep 03, 2024

1. Checksum : 5915
2. AMD AGESA 1.2.0.1a with one click for TDP 65W to 105W to increase CPU performance

 

[GATzilla]

So... If they added switching from 65W to 105W - does it suggest Ryzen 9xxx are actually supported? Cause otherwise why would it even be relevant? The 7xxx series are 105W, aren't they?

Maybe wishful thinking - they might be just copy-pasting release notes based on AGESA version...

 

[Deekin]

I got a vague response from Gigabyte's support on why only the Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX Rev 1.4 and older don't support Ryzen 8000/9000 series out of their entire B650 line up, they said those revisions don't have the circuit design to support newer cpus.

So... If they added switching from 65W to 105W - does it suggest Ryzen 9xxx are actually supported? Cause otherwise why would it even be relevant? The 7xxx series are 105W, aren't they?

Maybe wishful thinking - they might be just copy-pasting release notes based on AGESA version...

I would say they lazily copy-pasted the notes and forgot to remove the Ryzen 9000 specific parts.

 

[Sin_Chase]

As a word of warning the F32b beta BIOS was VERY unstable for me.

Freezing in the BIOS, BSODs etc. Went back to the latest non beta release and all fine at exactly the same settings.

 

[SkeeterUK]

B650 GAMING X AX (rev. 1.0/1.1/1.2) Support | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

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new c version out with the supposed amd boost performance.

1. Update AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2, phase in AMD TDP 65W to 105W option

 

[Deekin]

FB3d
11.95 MB
Oct 16, 2024

1. Checksum : 5504
2. Update AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a for next gen Ryzen X3D CPU performance optimized
3. Add X3D Turbo Mode support

New Turbo mode for X3D cpus, wonder how much a boost it give for 7000 series X3D cpus.

 

[sx_turbo]

It's only the Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX Rev. 1.4 and older that doesn't have Ryzen 8000/9000 support. I looked at all their released B650 motherboards on their website, every single B650 motherboard regardless of revision has support for the new cpus. Gigabyte support's explanation to me for not supporting the new cpus is because of "hardware limitation". This doesn't make sense to me since all their B650 motherboards don't have this problem, even the super low end boards have no problem supporting the new cpus. This is clearly a problem with this motherboard alone, I'm suspecting it's a design flaw which was only resolved with rev. 1.5 but I doubt Gigabyte will admit that. I asked them to elaborate on what this "hardware limitation" is, waiting for their response.

The older revisions do now have 9000 series support

 

[megalomaniacs4u]

For 1.0/1.1/1.2:

F32d
12.34 MB
Oct 16, 2024

Checksum : CEDB
Update AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a for next gen Ryzen X3D CPU performance optimized
Add X3D Turbo Mode support


Soundslike 9000X3D support to me...

 

[Deekin]

The older revisions do now have 9000 series support

Unless you are using a 9000 series cpu on revision 1.4 and older motherboards, how do you know?

B650 GAMING X AX (rev. 1.3) Support | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

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According to the official cpu support page for those older revisions, only the the 7000 series are listed for supported cpus. And I have talked to Gigabyte support and confirmed it with them, 8000/9000 series are not supported.

 

[Deekin]

For 1.0/1.1/1.2:

F32d
12.34 MB
Oct 16, 2024

Checksum : CEDB
Update AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a for next gen Ryzen X3D CPU performance optimized
Add X3D Turbo Mode support


Soundslike 9000X3D support to me...

Sounds like Gigabyte being lazy by copy and pasting the generic AGESA update changes to me...

 

[sx_turbo]

Unless you are using a 9000 series cpu on revision 1.4 and older motherboards, how do you know?

B650 GAMING X AX (rev. 1.3) Support | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

Lasting Quality from GIGABYTE.GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ motherboards bring together a unique blend of features and technologies that offer users the absolute ...

www.gigabyte.com

According to the official cpu support page for those older revisions, only the the 7000 series are listed for supported cpus. And I have talked to Gigabyte support and confirmed it with them, 8000/9000 series are not supported.

Jesus not you aswell .... We went through all this in a nother thread.

The agesa update has added the support, the product page hasn't been updated because they no longer sell the version 1-1.4 board, and this it is just a legacy page to advise what the features were at the time of availability.

 

[sx_turbo]

Sounds like Gigabyte being lazy by copy and pasting the generic AGESA update changes to me...

Or your just wrong.

The update has been tried and tested with 9000 cpus on Reddit and other forums.

 

[Deekin]

Or your just wrong.

The update has been tried and tested with 9000 cpus on Reddit and other forums.

So tell me why Gigabyte themselves told me it's not supported? Are you saying they lied to me so I will go out and buy a new Gigabyte motherboard? Post the links here, I want to see it for myself.

 

[Deekin]

Jesus not you aswell .... We went through all this in a nother thread.

The agesa update has added the support, the product page hasn't been updated because they no longer sell the version 1-1.4 board, and this it is just a legacy page to advise what the features were at the time of availability.

Funny, because this is the ONLY motherboard that hasn't been updated, every SINGLE B650 motherboard that is sold by Gigabyte has 8000 and 9000 series listed as supported.

 

[sx_turbo]

Funny, because this is the ONLY motherboard that hasn't been updated, every SINGLE B650 motherboard that is sold by Gigabyte has 8000 and 9000 series listed as supported.

Because they havnt been discontinued due to a newer revision

 

[Deekin]

Because they havnt been discontinued due to a newer revision

You can say the same about many other Gigabytes B650 motherboards with multiple revisions, but they all have 8000 and 9000 series listed. And explain to me why Gigabyte telling me themselves that rev 1.4 and older do not have 8000 and 9000 series support.