News AMD Issuing USB Fix for Ryzen Chips, BIOS Patch Coming in Early April

[Admin]

AMD announced that it is issuing a fix for the widely-reported USB connectivity issues with Ryzen processors.

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[Drazen]

Yeah, when I reported this issue their reply was: we do not see problems and cannot reproduce problem.
And then one year later finally we have a fix.
Really hope AMD is not like Microsoft!

 

[Colif]

its a question of combinations, you can't test them all or you will never release a product. The amount of possible combinations of hardware for AMD is pretty large, and the one for Microsoft is even bigger. Problems that only hurt a small percentage of users are often overlooked.
The days of perfect release software are past, the internet gives them an out now. Almost nothing is finished before release.

 

[TimmyP777]

I have a strange feeling that this update could screw things up on boards that were issue free.

 

[PapaCrazy]

Was hoping to make the switch to an AMD platform soon, and will be watching these updates carefully before making any kind of decision. Hope AMD realizes a fix is not just for old customers, but possibly new ones too.

 

[vern72]

I just hope the fix doesn't result in a performance hit.

 

[scottsoapbox]

Was hoping to make the switch to an AMD platform soon, and will be watching these updates carefully before making any kind of decision. Hope AMD realizes a fix is not just for old customers, but possibly new ones too.

Why would AMD not patch the issue for new customers???

 

[Nemesia]

Some of the motherboards already have BIOS update with "Improve USB stability". The X570 Aorus Elite got 2 already.

 

[kaalus]

When are they going to fix >15 seconds BIOS post times? Intel motherboards post in half that time.

 

[Nemesia]

When are they going to fix >15 seconds BIOS post times? Intel motherboards post in half that time.

Not really an issue unless you boot your system 150 times in a day.

This isn't a problem. Windows still load in 5 seconds. It's the post until you see that loading circle that takes more time.

 

[spongiemaster]

Why would AMD not patch the issue for new customers???

That's not what he meant. He was saying that this patch doesn't only benefit existing customers, but it also encourages potential future customers to buy into the platform when they see the bugs getting ironed out.

 

[Colif]

Not really an issue unless you boot your system 150 times in a day.

This isn't a problem. Windows still load in 5 seconds. It's the post until you see that loading circle that takes more time.

glad to find i am not only one with this.

 

[Nemesia]

glad to find i am not only one with this.

13.9 seconds total boot time. From the loading circle it's very fast. Takes around 7 seconds from powering on to loading circle.

I do not use Fast Startup from the OS nor the Fast Boot from the BIOS.

 

[Colif]

Mine sits on the bios flash screen for most of the time, once windows loads, it is almost instant. 18.2 seconds bios start time.

 

[Conahl]

i dont know how long it takes for my comp to get to the win10 loading circle after i press the power button, i usually go get a drink or dinner after i press it
when i get back, im looking at the win 10 desktop

 

[Sergei Tachenov]

When are they going to fix >15 seconds BIOS post times? Intel motherboards post in half that time.

It's actually much worse when your POST is too fast. Gigabyte mobos have something like Ultra Fast Boot, and it's so fast that you can't even enter BIOS Setup any more because it is just too fast.

 

[Colif]

It's actually much worse when your POST is too fast. Gigabyte mobos have something like Ultra Fast Boot, and it's so fast that you can't even enter BIOS Setup any more because it is just too fast.

if you use win 10, you can get into bios.
go to settings/update & security/recovery
under advanced startup, click restart now button
this restarts PC in a blue menu
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose UEFI Firmware Interface
PC will restart in bios

 

[Krotow]

if you use win 10, you can get into bios.
go to settings/update & security/recovery
under advanced startup, click restart now button
this restarts PC in a blue menu
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose UEFI Firmware Interface
PC will restart in bios

Will not help for ones with CSM boot. Had to do CMOS reset to two laptops where BIOS settings was not accessible otherwise anymore due to fast boot.

 

[Colif]

I was going to mention that.

I guess its a feature of UEFI, legacy not advanced enough to allow it.

 

[Sergei Tachenov]

It's a good idea to get rid of CSM boot, though. I had quite a hard time fighting BCD, GPT and all that stuff when I was migrating to a new SSD, but in the end it was worth it.

 

[Krotow]

GPT is not hard at all. And it is possible to convert drive with MBR partition table to GPT in Windows recovery console or outside installed system from bootable recovery disks like Hiren's BootCD PE with AOMEI Partition Assistant / some Linux LiveCD with gparted. Only remember switch boot mode to UEFI in BIOS settings afterwards

 

[Sergei Tachenov]

In my case BCD was a real mess, with one MBR leftover boot partition, one EFI boot partition, both having BCDs referring to each other in a crazy chain loader style. I eventually had to rebuild the EFI BCD from scratch, remove the other partition and then move/resize/align everything. That mess was a result from several cloning processes in the past, and maybe upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10. The fact that the upgrade happened during the period when I had a faulty SSD didn't help either...

 

[Krotow]

Yes, it is very time consuming. In your case full backup with partition table wipe, creating a new GPT partition table and OS reinstall seems faster and better solution. Windows activation restore automatically after reinstall.

 

[Sergei Tachenov]

Not if I have 10 years worth of applications, settings and whatnot. I think it would take me a week to get everything back up and running. Fixing everything manually, on the other hand, took me less than a day IIRC. Not saying it was easy, though...

 

[Jacozeelie]

When are they going to fix >15 seconds BIOS post times? Intel motherboards post in half that time.

My pc post 4 seconds, then enter password. Boom, ready to go