Question Can I give a bios update to a Asus ROG STRIX b450-f MOBO without the needed cpu

[Akatxki]

I was interested in buying a
Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard
and I was going to get a Ryzen 3900X with it, but i'd need a bios update, I don't know anybody who would bios update it for me or anybody who even has a previous Ryzen chip. I heard that I can get a "boot kit" from AMD but I have no idea on how to get a boot kit. Any ideas?

 

[DMAN999]

Ask the vendor if that MB box has the AMD Ryzen 3000 Desktop sticker on the box.
If it has that sticker it will run a Ryzen 3000 out of the box.
There have been multiple posts here from users that have said that they bought that MB recently and it does have a Ryzen 3000 compatible BIOS in stalled now.

Read this for info on the AMD Short Term Processor Loan Boot Kit:
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/pa-100

 

[GarrettL]

Can you possibly wait a couple more weeks? New B550's will be out.

 

[Akatxki]

Can you possibly wait a couple more weeks? New B550's will be out.

Ask the vendor if that MB box has the AMD Ryzen 3000 Desktop sticker on the box.
If it has that sticker it will run a Ryzen 3000 out of the box.
There have been multiple posts here from users that have said that they bought that MB recently and it does have a Ryzen 3000 compatible BIOS in stalled now.

Read this for info on the AMD Short Term Processor Loan Boot Kit:
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/pa-100

the box shows the ryzen desktop 3000 sticker

is there a way to bios update without a display?

 

[DMAN999]

the box shows the ryzen desktop 3000 sticker

is there a way to bios update without a display?

You can't update the BIOS without a CPU on this motherboard.
But since it has the Ryzen 3000 Desktop Ready sticker it should run the 3900x out of the box.
Once you boot it with the 3900x and a GPU you can update the BIOS to the newest version.