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If your motherboard's box does not this sticker, it's a strong indicator that the board's BIOS hasn't been updated by the manufacturer to support the new Ryzen 5000 series out the box, and you will need to update the BIOS yourself.
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For example, if you bought an AMD B550 or X570 motherboard which does NOT have a "Ryzen 5000 Ready" type of logo/sticker on the front of the box, and you're building with a Ryzen 5000 CPU. This guide applies if you're building a new computer from scratch and your motherboard requires a BIOS update in order to be able to boot-up for the first time with a new CPU series. The steps are mostly the same for each manufacturer, however there is a slight difference when it comes to preparing the downloaded BIOS file (but we'll point that out when the times comes).
Flash your bios how to#
In this guide we'll cover how to update your BIOS without a CPU installed, on either a Gigabyte, Asus, ASRock, or MSI motherboard using BIOS flashback (called Q-Flash Plus on Gigabyte boards). We explain exactly how to use the BIOS flash button a special feature found on some motherboards (and many B550/X570 models)