Originally Posted by
MrJim
I've been trying to put together a new AMD pc, using a 5900X processor and an MSI motherboard. The motherboard is an older board that I thought probably had an older bios that didn't support AMD 5000 series processors, but since the motherboard has the bios flashback facility, I went ahead & put the system together, knowing that I'd probably have to use flashback to get the motherboard to recognise the cpu.
Sure enough ,once I attempted to boot up the system, the debug LEDs on the motherboard suggested that the cpu wasn't being recognised. Unfortunately despite many attempts using the bios flashback with downloaded bios files from the MSI website, I couldn't get the system to boot - the screen remained blank, & the debug LEDs still indicated an unrecognised cpu.
Looking for help on Youtube, I found several videos which suggested that the bios flashback facility should only be used on a motherboard without a cpu, memory or video card installed. In fact, one video stated that you run the risk of bricking your motherboard if you do attempt bios flashback with a cpu, memory & video installed. Now, the motherboard manual doesn't say anything of the sort - it says the you can use flashback on a bare motherboard, but certainly doesn't say that it's important that you do.
The other piece of advice from the Youtube video was that you should use a USB 2 memory stick, not USB 3. Again, the motherboard manual makes no mention of this. I'm just curious as to whether anyone else has had trouble using bios flashback in general, & MSI's implementation in particular? Did you manage to use it sucessfully?