[SOLVED] AMD gen 2 chip in a gen 3 motherboard?

[LilBigDott]

I have a B450 motherboard with updated bios to run my Ryzen 7 3700x just fine. However, I was thinking of giving the board to a friend for his Ryzen 7 2700x CPU so I can upgrade. Will the gen 3-updated BIOS work fine on his gen 2 processor? Thanks!!

 

[richiestang_78]

It should but it also depends on who makes the board and what specific BIOS.

What is the specific mobo and BIOS version?

 

[LilBigDott]

It's the MSI B450M PRO-VDH Max I want to give him (it says 2.8 under SMBIOS version)

 

[jessenwindlim]

It will almost always support it , the update didnt erase the gen 2 support , it simply added gen 3 sipport , on some board they did erase supoort , but that was for 16mb cache boards and the ones erased are support for fx platforms , you'd be find

 

[richiestang_78]

It will almost always support it , the update didnt erase the gen 2 support , it simply added gen 3 sipport , on some board they did erase supoort , but that was for 16mb cache boards and the ones erased are support for fx platforms , you'd be find

I think ASRock also has some Matisse BIOS's that aren't recommended for Ryzen Pinnacle CPUs

 

[jessenwindlim]

I think ASRock also has some Matisse BIOS's that aren't recommended for Ryzen Pinnacle CPUs

yep , youre just about right

 

[LilBigDott]

Appreciate it so much you guys!!!