Troubleshooting: updated BIOS in preparation for Ryzen 5000 update, and Windows no longer loads!

[MichaelW]

Hi all, I’m a bit stuck here

I have a 2019 AM4 motherboard with a 2600 in it, and have just bought a 5600x as an upgrade. I preemptively flashed the BIOS to prepare, and it was a success.

But now as windows loads I am getting BSOD with error “critical process died”. Windows repair and even reset are not working with message “there was a problem while resetting this PC”. It’s windows 10.

Have I broken my motherboard?

 

[MichaelW]

I had XMP on but have disabled it and everything else back to factory settings to try and boot.

I’ve managed to find a windows 10usb drive and have done a fresh install on a formatted hard drive. Annoying but at least it seems to work now. I’m going to try and get onto windows 11 now.