Question Is my motherboard dead ?

[notsammmy]

So I just built my first ever PC with:

MBD: MSI PRO B550M-VC WIFI AM4
GPU: RX 6600
CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 from my friend
RAM: 32GB Ripjaws V Series

The thing is when I finished building it, it would not POST and eventually found out that the CPU light was on and that the Ryzen 5 2600 is unsupported on this motherboard. I've read that something like this can kill the motherboard so am I screwed or do I just need to install a compatible CPU?

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Your board might very well be fine but you should've stuck to a B450 chipset if you were recycling the Ryzen 2600. Since you're on a B550 chipset board, look into a Ryzen 5000 series processor.

 

[notsammmy]

Thanks for the help I have a 3600 getting shipped in already but the motherboard manual says it should be compatible so I hope it works

 

[beyondlogic]

Thanks for the help I have a 3600 getting shipped in already but the motherboard manual says it should be compatible so I hope it works

3600 is compatible dont worry about the board its probly fine. the only reason its not posting is simply no code in the bios to identify it.