[SOLVED] Ryzen 3000 backwards compatibility

[三ｎ_- 9]

Does the 3000 series work okay with backwards compatibility I have a asrock b450 pro4 is there anything more I would have to do excluding the main inhalation of the chip onto the board as well as the cooler accommodated with the cpu? Anything will be appreciated thanks

 

[Obakasama]

BIOS update is the main one. You'd need to update the BIOS using the old CPU before installing a 3000 series CPU.

 

[三ｎ_- 9]

I’ve seen people say this can break your motherboard etc or has this been fixed or anything like that?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

If a bi9s update fails, it can break your board. It has been this way for many years and is not something that can be patched.

You will need to uodate the bios otherwise the ryzen 3009 cpu will not boot.

 

[三ｎ_- 9]

Can this damage any components of it does end up fucking the mobo? Because I’m wanting to get a new 3700x currently have 1600x n have a 2080 dont get me wrong 1600x is good but it’s a bottleneck at the min and it’s 1st gen n fancy the new ones as they are great value but don’t want to fork out an extra 250 for new mobo atm

 

[NightHawkRMX]

If a bios flash fails, the bios can be corrupted not allowing the board to post. Nothing else will be damaged, but a new motherboard will be needed.

Some motherboards have dual bios chips incase one gets corrupt or some boards feature bios flashbacl to fix a bricked board. Yours doesn't.

Just put the bios file on a usb and flash the bios. Further instructions are on your motherboards website. Just make sure not to turn your system off.

 

[三ｎ_- 9]

Thank you for ur time and knowledge I will probably get one in the coming week need to get faster ram going from 2400 to 3600

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Yea the extra ram speed will help performance for all ryzen cpus.