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Question Question regarding bios update

supersteff95

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So i need to flash bios on Gigabyte B450 Aourus M in order to support gen 3 ryzen,it has stock bios,and i wonder which way am i supposed to update it in order like from F2>F4>f5>f30>f31>F32>F40,or i can install it straight away from F1>F32,update ecwupdate along with it,and then flash it to F40?
I dont wanna brick motherboard,so yeah,any help is appriciated :)
 
So i need to flash bios on Gigabyte B450 Aourus M in order to support gen 3 ryzen,it has stock bios,and i wonder which way am i supposed to update it in order like from F2>F4>f5>f30>f31>F32>F40,or i can install it straight away from F1>F32,update ecwupdate along with it,and then flash it to F40?
I dont wanna brick motherboard,so yeah,any help is appriciated :)
You MUST follow the specific steps from Gigabyte.

For instance, going to F4:
"Note : Update AMD Chipset Driver 18.10.20.02 or latest version before updating to this BIOS."
 
You MUST follow the specific steps from Gigabyte.

For instance, going to F4:
"Note : Update AMD Chipset Driver 18.10.20.02 or latest version before updating to this BIOS."
So long story short i need to update in order and not skip from F1>F32 straight away right?