spice radish
Hi, I’m planning on building a new PC with the B650M PROJECT ZERO motherboard, on the specifications website it says it supports:
I am planning on getting a Ryzen 9 7900X3D, which is an AM5 socket CPU, but on the specifications it only mentions 8000/7000 CPUs. Does this mean it’s not compatible?
regal burrow
It is compatible.
spice radish
It is compatible.
Perfect, thank you bro 🫰
ruby scarab
Hi, I’m planning on building a new PC with the B650M PROJECT ZERO motherboard, o...
In the future you can check what is compatible with your motherboards by looking at the compatibility page for your specific board: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B650M-PROJECT-ZERO/support#cpu
It will tell you CPUs that will work and the earliest BIOS that would need to be installed in order for it to work with that board. It will also give you an extensive list of RAM kits.
spice radish
In the future you can check what is compatible with your motherboards by looking...
Oh yep perfect, I knew there was a page like this but didn’t know where to find it. Thank you very much :)
ruby scarab
Support Page > Click where it says Drivers & Downloads > Compatibility
spice radish
Support Page > Click where it says Drivers & Downloads > Compatibility
With this CPU will I need to reflash the BIOs for it to work or is it all good out of the box?
ruby scarab
With this CPU will I need to reflash the BIOs for it to work or is it all good o...
Here is how you check and you can tell me. Look at the BIOS required in the compatibility page and go and see where the BIOS falls in the BIOS list on that same support page.
The only difference is you would go back to Drivers and Downloads and make sure that second drop down is on BIOS.
spice radish
Here is how you check and you can tell me. Look at the BIOS required in the comp...
On the compatibility page the CPU says 7E09v107E09v10`, which is all the way on the bottom on the downloads. So I guess its all good out of the box right?
The last option on the downloads list
ruby scarab
On the compatibility page the CPU says 7E09v107E09v10`, which is all the way on ...
Correct, that means the earliest version of that BIOS is capable of working with that CPU, so it doesn’t matter what version is actually installed when it arrives because it can only be newer than the first one, or the first one itself.
You won’t run into a situation, like with other boards, where you have to update the bios before the CPU will run.
However, there were a lot of memory compatibility and security patch updates, so I would recommend updating the BIOS at some point. Just be careful because if done incorrectly, interrupting the BIOS update can brick the MB.
spice radish
Correct, that means the earliest version of that BIOS is capable of working with...
Updating the BIOS is just as simple as putting the files on a USB, then flashing it right?
ruby scarab
Updating the BIOS is just as simple as putting the files on a USB, then flashing...
The process itself is simple enough, and there are many guides that can tell you exactly what to do with your specific model of MB.
Just don’t do it during a lightning storm or were your power can go out because stopping the process in the middle can mean the MB won’t work anymore. You also do not want to shut down, restart, or switch off the system while in the middle of the update.
It can be normal for it to finish the installation and do a couple of restarts in its own.