ryzen 5 on msi b350 isnt posting.

[sivertkaland]

Hey, my pc aint posting. When i press the on button the fans begin to spin and the led for cpu is lightes on red for a few seconds then the light goes off. I have a ryzen 5 2600 on a msi b350 pc mate.

 

[alexoiu]

Hi, New, or old setup?

 

[zyh1987]

are these all new parts that you just bought? or the ryzen 2600 was working and now doesn't.

if the latter, likely, you don't have the most recent bios to support the ryzen 2xxx cpu. you can order a ryzen bios upgrade kit.

https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/2Gen-Ryzen-AM4-System-Bootup.aspx

 

[sivertkaland]

Hi, New, or old setup?

all the parts are brand new

 

[sivertkaland]

are these all new parts that you just bought? or the ryzen 2600 was working and now doesn't.

if the latter, likely, you don't have the most recent bios to support the ryzen 2xxx cpu. you can order a ryzen bios upgrade kit.

https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/2Gen-Ryzen-AM4-System-Bootup.aspx

thanks i will try this.

 

[zyh1987]

Hi, New, or old setup?

all the parts are brand new

looks like the mobo was not loaded with the latest bios then. you need a older AM4 cpu to boot into bios to flash the bios.

 

[sivertkaland]

Hi, New, or old setup?

all the parts are brand new

looks like the mobo was not loaded with the latest bios then. you need a older AM4 cpu to boot into bios to flash the bios.

but i dont have an older am4 cpu

 

[feelinfroggy777]

The bios with the b350 board is not compatible with the 2nd generation CPUs. You will need a 1st gen to get it to run. You can use the boot kit from AMD, or just take the b350 board back and get a x470 and it will work fine.

 

[dextermat]

+1 needs BIOS update

 

[sivertkaland]

The bios with the b350 board is not compatible with the 2nd generation CPUs. You will need a 1st gen to get it to run. You can use the boot kit from AMD, or just take the b350 board back and get a x470 and it will work fine.

should i return the cpu or the motherboard?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

The motherboard. Both are actually fine, but the motherboard needs a bios update. So return the motherboard and get a x470 chipset motherboard and it will work like a champ.

The x470 is a more mature platform anyway and memory support is much better. You will save yourself some more potential headaches by replacing the motherboard with a x470 instead of using the AMD CPU loaner program to update the b350.

 

[sivertkaland]

The motherboard. Both are actually fine, but the motherboard needs a bios update. So return the motherboard and get a x470 chipset motherboard and it will work like a champ.

The x470 is a more mature platform anyway and memory support is much better. You will save yourself some more potential headaches by replacing the motherboard with a x470 instead of using the AMD CPU loaner program to update the b350.

thanks will do this.