B450M-HDV R4.0 BIOS question

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   Hello everyone, good day.
I just ordered a new ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 and I'll be using my AMD Athlon 300GE processor, I would just like to ask if I do need to downgrade the BIOS first to P2.30 before I try to setup the Windows 10 ISO?
Or is it okay to leave the BIOS as is when I receive the new motherboard, then just plug in the Athlon 300GE processor and proceed with the Windows 10 setup?
Thank you guys and I would highly appreciate your response on this matter.

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Marcelo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 13 hours 42 minutes ago Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote Marcelo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: B450M-HDV R4.0 BIOS question Posted: 13 hours 33 minutes ago at 5:59am
	Hello everyone, good day. I just ordered a new ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 and I'll be using my AMD Athlon 300GE processor, I would just like to ask if I do need to downgrade the BIOS first to P2.30 before I try to setup the Windows 10 ISO? Or is it okay to leave the BIOS as is when I receive the new motherboard, then just plug in the Athlon 300GE processor and proceed with the Windows 10 setup? Thank you guys and I would highly appreciate your response on this matter.

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 29413	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 5 hours 33 minutes ago at 1:59pm
	Hello Marcello. You should never downgrade your BIOS unless you have a serious issue. So long as the BIOS version on your board is P2.30 or higher you should be fine. The only time you would need to flash the BIOS before a build is if your CPU requires a higher version to be supported. Unless there is a very specific reason to, downgrading the BIOS is not recommended.