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I agree that logically it stands to reason that updating the BIOS is likely the culprit here, but taking your frustrations out on a Moderator who is only trying to help will not do you or anyone any favors. It won't motivate ANYONE else to try and help you, and it won't magically help a dead board come back to life.

I've only been building computers for about six years now, but in all that time, I have never once updated a BIOS that did not warn me beforehand about the dangers of the update process. You take the life of the board in your hands when you perform an update. This is not a Ryzen thing, or an ASRock thing. EVERY manufacturer warns of the dangers, and explicitly directs people away from updating if the system is functional with the current BIOS.

Oftentimes, the sequence of updates can affect the success of any one update. There have been times where I was instructed to update all BIOS updates in their chronological order, that is, not to jump to the latest version.

The OP, in this case, CAME from one beta to another. It was only after he bricked the board on the second beta update that he realized his folly. I mean no offense Mextech, but updating to the first beta you installed was irresponsible enough. Perhaps the successful installation of 1.55 filled you with a false sense of confidence, and that's why you didn't feel trepidation when you nosedived into 1.93D. It's a little unclear why you didn't go from the 1.55 beta to the stable 1.60, but it's a little late for that now.

I wish you the best of luck with the RMA process, I hope you get a working board back soon, and find a compassionate person in your life to let you use their computer in the meantime.

I was tempted myself to jump on the beta bandwagon, but too many people count on me for the work that I do. Embarrassment would have been the least of my worries had I bricked my board. A foolish mistake like that may have cost me some of my clients.

Let this be a lesson to everyone chasing higher memory speeds. Either fork out the cash for RAM that other users have VERIFIED works with a STABLE BIOS, or be patient and wait for ASRock to make some magic happen.