Question R5 3600 and BIOS

[Tsaryk Anton]

Recently decided to upgrade from the old FX-8320 rig to a new R5 3600.
So I bought:
mobo: ASUS B450-F Gaming
cpu: Ryzen R5 3600
ram: Kingston HyperX Predator 2x16gb 3000MHz

When I installed everything, connected PSU and my gpu, it didn't go through the post. Also black screen all the time.
Mobo led indicator shows yellow light which by the manual is a RAM problem.
Tried to boot with each of the RAM sticks, put it down in each slot... Nothing.
My question is, is it possible that this problem is caused by the old BIOS
and it needs to be updated for the new Zen2? Because we assume that there is an old bios on it. Also, if it is old and cannot work with the new cpu, may it cause the yellow light which is for the RAM mistake?

 

[richiestang_78]

Most likely yes, the BIOS is the issue. You will need the AMD upgrade kit. This article covers the procedure as well as providing all the links you'll need.

https://www.extremetech.com/computi...pgrade-kit-for-ryzen-3000-motherboard-updates

 

[Tsaryk Anton]

Most likely yes, the BIOS is the issue. You will need the AMD upgrade kit. This article covers the procedure as well as providing all the links you'll need.

https://www.extremetech.com/computi...pgrade-kit-for-ryzen-3000-motherboard-updates

I'm living in Ukraine, I don't think in my country they will provide me with such kit. But anyway, I spoke with the shop representative, they can update my bios for free it will take a couple of days only which is not a problem for me. But still, I asked this question because I wanted to know if such a thing is even possible that post mistake caused not by the part that it is showing.

 

[richiestang_78]

I'm living in Ukraine, I don't think in my country they will provide me with such kit. But anyway, I spoke with the shop representative, they can update my bios for free it will take a couple of days only which is not a problem for me. But still, I asked this question because I wanted to know if such a thing is even possible that post mistake caused not by the part that it is showing.

Without the BIOS being up to date to even support the CPU you have in, I wouldn't try and diagnose a RAM issue.

 

[Tsaryk Anton]

Without the BIOS being up to date to even support the CPU you have in, I wouldn't try and diagnose a RAM issue.

Yeah, I know. Was not the brightest idea 😏