Question Ryzen 5 5600G to replace a Athlon 3000G on Asrock A320M-HDV R4.0

[RodroX]

Long story short, I'm having issues with my main PC, it stop working, freeze and restart at any point, getting kernel power critial error 41_63.
I tried many things in a short time, run heaven benchmark 3 times, no issues; Cinebench R20 10min loop, 2 time with no issues; RAM test no issues, so either is the mobo or some driver/software).

Anyways, while I get some time to test all that, I took my living room PC and set it as my main PC cause I need to work from home the next days.

Thing is this PC have a Asrock A320M-HDV R4.0 (https://www.asrock.com/mb/amd/a320m-hdv r4.0/index.asp#CPU).

It also include a Athlon 3000G and I was thinking to take this opportunity to upgrade to a Ryzen 5 5600G.

According to the web page it should be posible with the right BIOS, it seems I need to update to version 7.00 and then to 7.20.....

I should be able to do all this while using the Athlon 3000G, right? (https://www.asrock.com/mb/amd/a320m-hdv r4.0/index.asp#BIOS)

I don't see any warnings for Picasso CPUs, correct?

Oh, and one last question (I probably know the answer), while using Windows 10, should I reinstall the OS after swapping the CPUs, what do you guys think?


Thank you for any comments.

 

[Colif]

https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/athlon/3000g = Raven Ridge

Every bios including and after 3. 30 says not to use if you have that CPU - Asrock remove support for CPU when they add new ones, their storage space for CPU info is very small it seems.

https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/ryzen_5/5600g = Cezanne

its not added until 7.20

You have a gap between when current CPU stops being supported and when the new one you want to install. It won't work... you would need one that bridges the gap.

its really only 4 BIOS versions but its enough.

You shouldn't need a new windows, I swapped CPU on Wednesday, and windows just kept working.

 

[kerberos_20]

they do say that, because there are some bugs with no plans to fix (low priority)
ive used 1600X on x370 with bioses up to agesa v2 and one bios didnt have working USB ports from CPU (so no wifi/BT module), another had very slow pre post boot time, another was throwin tantrum with my soundcard (soundcard worked, but it was beeping on post - just cosmetic bug)
so its not like that CPU will not work, but preferably not use it on live system, unless you want to adventure a bit
for just bios updating and swapping CPU later, no issue here

 

[Colif]

So it should be good enough to survive the bios flash and swap to new CPU right after.

Looks like they can jump all way to L8.01 without doing steps inbetween

 

[kerberos_20]

7.00 is needed before jumping higher

 

[RodroX]

Sorry to everyone, I made a rookie mistake, my Athlon 3000G is not Picasso, according to CPU-Z is a Dali one, so Im guessing its a Raven Ridge after all..... Crap!!!

Weird thing is Im currently running BIOS 3.70 and I haven't had any issues so far (knock on wood).

 

[Colif]

they only advise not to, they don't stop you... so I would grab the CPU and once you have it,
flash 7.0
flash l8.01
install new CPU

not sure I would push luck and go from 3.70 to 7 before you have CPU.

Every BIOS version since 7 hasn't supported Bristol Ridge so its possible in a few more updates they could remove your current CPU completely.

Thats thing with Asrock, they remove CPU as they add new ones. AFAIK no other MB maker does that. None of the well known ones anyway.

 

[RodroX]

Thank you all!, the new CPU is arriving tomorrow (in theory).

Im not sure I will be able to install it till friday, or saturday. But yeah I will wait till I have the new CPU to update my BIOS.

I will share the result as soon as I can.

 

[Colif]

its your thread, reply when you want to