Question B450-f Flashback

[lordvanko]

I just ordered a Strix B450-F and a ryzen 5 3600x. My question is, does the b450-f support flashback or anything other like that, or do I have to update the bios with an older ryzen?

 

[Lutfij]

To be quite blunt, ask first, then buy.

According the motherboard manual, yes it does support flashback BIOS just that it's labelled differently. Asus call it: CrashFree BIOS 3.

You don't need to update the BIOS as far as I can tell.

 

[Darkbreeze]

You have to update with an older Ryzen, or contact AMD about a loaner CPU which they have a program to help with. The only other option would be to return the board and get an MSI Tomahawk, Tomahawk Max, or Gaming Pro Carbon. Any of the MSI "Max" boards, are already Ryzen 3000 ready. There may be some other boards that ARE Ryzen 3000 ready, but if so they are not advertising it and it would be pretty hit or miss as far as whether or not you actually get one with a new enough BIOS for it to work.

The Tomahawk and Pro Carbon have BIOS flashback. There are a few other MSI B450 boards with it too. ASUS only has a few of their VERY high end B450 boards, that have it. No others have it.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Actually, that's not accurate Lutfij. CrashFree BIOS 3 is not the same as BIOS flashback. These are the Ryzen chipset boards that DO have BIOS flashback. And they are the ONLY ones.

ASRock (BIOS Flashback)
None!

ASUS (USB BIOS Flashback)
ASUS Crosshair VI Extreme
ASUS Crosshair VI Hero
ASUS Crosshair VI Hero (Wi-Fi AC)
ASUS Crosshair VII Hero
ASUS Crosshair VII Hero (Wi-Fi)

Gigabyte (Q-Flash Plus)
None!

MSI (Flash BIOS Button)
MSI B450 Gaming Plus
MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
MSI B450 Tomahawk
MSI B450-A Pro
MSI B450M Bazooka Plus
MSI B450M Gaming Plus
MSI B450M Mortar
MSI B450M Mortar Titanium
MSI X370 Gaming M7 ACK
MSI X370 XPower Gaming Titanium
MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC