Afternoon all,
First up, i want to state i am an absolute beginner when it comes to PC upgrading/building and as such know very, very little about computing so please indulge me.
My current rig has a MSI B350M GAMING PRO MB with a AMD RYZEN 5 1500X processor. I want to upgrade to a Ryzen 5 2600x but i understand i will need to do a bios update because it is a pre Feb 18 mobo.
I have read the very helpful article outlined below:
To update bios, you need a SummitRidge CPU: plug it in the mobo, start, enter in bios setup and update the bios. After that, your mobo will then work with your 2600X.
Once you will have find the required CPU, use M-Flash to update the bios:
- Get >>V2.F0 (2018-03-20, last retailed)<<.
and my question is:
Is my current CPU (Ryzen 5 1500x) a summitridge and therefore i dont need to get a loan from AMD to do this bios update?
Cheers for any help you can provide?
First up, i want to state i am an absolute beginner when it comes to PC upgrading/building and as such know very, very little about computing so please indulge me.
My current rig has a MSI B350M GAMING PRO MB with a AMD RYZEN 5 1500X processor. I want to upgrade to a Ryzen 5 2600x but i understand i will need to do a bios update because it is a pre Feb 18 mobo.
I have read the very helpful article outlined below:
To update bios, you need a SummitRidge CPU: plug it in the mobo, start, enter in bios setup and update the bios. After that, your mobo will then work with your 2600X.
Once you will have find the required CPU, use M-Flash to update the bios:
- Get >>V2.F0 (2018-03-20, last retailed)<<.
- Unzip "E7A39AMS.2F0" file and copy it at the root of a FAT32 USB key having no more than 16GB.
- Enter in bios setup, then press <F6> (reset to optimized defaults), change nothing in bios, then press <F10>.
- Enter again in bios setup at pc restart.
- Insert the USB key in one USB 2.0 port (those below the PS/2).
- Choose M-Flash button and you will be helped by the computer for the next.
and my question is:
Is my current CPU (Ryzen 5 1500x) a summitridge and therefore i dont need to get a loan from AMD to do this bios update?
Cheers for any help you can provide?