[SOLVED] Can Ryzen 5 3600 work with inspiron 5675 motherboard?

[alexguyen]

I installed ryzen 5 3600 into my pc from a ryzen 5 1400 but once I installed the r5 3600 my pc wouldn’t turn on

 

[Phaaze88]

You are supposed to update the motherboard's bios using the older chip.

 

[alexguyen]

You are supposed to update the motherboard's bios using the older chip.

Well, I went to the manufacturer’s website and tried to update my bios but i’m already up to date with the bios 1.3.7 which was in 2018

 

[Deicidium369]

I installed ryzen 5 3600 into my pc from a ryzen 5 1400 but once I installed the r5 3600 my pc wouldn’t turn on

Dell desktops tend to be closed systems - while on most systems you could drop that CPU in after a BIOS update and be laughing. Dell controls the BIOS completely - they would not allow you to simply upgrade and subvert the planned obsolescence.

 

[Phaaze88]

Well, I went to the manufacturer’s website and tried to update my bios but i’m already up to date with the bios 1.3.7 which was in 2018

Then you are boned. Dell has locked that option out.

 

[alexguyen]

Then you are boned. Dell has locked that option out.

That just made my life so hard. I pretty much put 200 dollars down the drain.

 

[Phaaze88]

I'm sorry that there's nothing more to be done without having to spend more money.
It's an anti-consumer practice that all OEM/prebuilt system integrators have done at some point or other to get customers to spend more than necessary.

 

[Phaaze88]

I just remembered something. Download and run Cpu-Z: https://www.cpuid.com/

Click on the Mainboard tab, take a screenshot of that, and post it through Imgur.com or something.

 

[DSzymborski]

That just made my life so hard. I pretty much put 200 dollars down the drain.

If you can't return it, you ought to be able to sell it for most of the price. It's worth more than $0 certainly.

 

[Phaaze88]

If you can't return it, you ought to be able to sell it for most of the price. It's worth more than $0 certainly.

Even though the cpu is bios restricted by Dell, if the OP's mobo is actually a mainstream model, wouldn't a bios update from the vendor's site work?

 

[DSzymborski]

Even though the cpu is bios restricted by Dell, if the OP's mobo is actually a mainstream model, wouldn't a bios update from the vendor's site work?

Only if Dell included the microcode. If the latest BIOS is 2018, there's not much to do really. It doesn't hurt to check, of course, but Dell motherboards are typically custom jobs, not off-the-shelf.

 

[Phaaze88]

Only if Dell included the microcode. If the latest BIOS is 2018, there's not much to do really. It doesn't hurt to check, of course, but Dell motherboards are typically custom jobs, not off-the-shelf.

Dang...
Thanks anyways.

 

[alexguyen]

Dang...
Thanks anyways.

so I just need to buy a new motherboard?

 

[Phaaze88]

That's should be all you need to do.