NEW AM4 BIOSes as of March 6 2018

MrMoon wrote: <span style=": rgb43, 43, 43;">MoBo: AB350 gaming Mini itx</span> <span style=": rgb43, 43, 43;">BIOS: from 4.40 to 4.50</span> <span style=": rgb43, 43, 43;"> </span> Now MoBo is useless and need to RMA... DO NOT FLASH if your build is working.

Flashed this yesterday and the system is working fine apart from the wifi issue.

Hi JohnM, I'm sorry if my "useless" sounded harsh, it really wasn't the intention.
But it is really useless, in the literal meaning of the word: it doesn't post, it doesn't power the USB ports (no keyboard, no mouse, no USB speakers) it does nothing. There is power going on, as the leds of the case, AIO, the fans, the HDD, all turn on. It's just dead.
And yes, it showed the "programming complete, press ok to reboot" (or something like that) when updating the UEFI.
My message was more of a warning than a rant.

Taichi X370.  Had L4.41 and down-flashed to P3.30 as there were no instructions as to whether to UN-flash (is that a word?) from the BETA BIOS.

Well BIOS CPU temps are still reading 62*C at idle so this did nothing for me as far as this issue is concerned.

On a "cheekier" note....Love that English......I did get my 1800X clocked to 4.0Ghz with no problems and did get my G Skill 3600 to boot at 3200 using the XMP and both times loaded Windows fine with no upticks in voltages or timing adjustments.  No stress test yet as I HATE WINDOWS 10!!!!!  I saw less spyware when I worked at the NSA or was it GCHQ.....maybe both!

Anyways, as this is a BIOS update thread, there are no markedly upticks that I have experienced going from L4.41 to P4.60.  So I just may go back to L4.41 for now.


Edited by DunGoneNuts - 08 Mar 2018 at 10:30am

donalgodon wrote: Which BIOS is recommended for the 1st Generation Ryzen on the AsRock AB350M Pro4? Should 1st Generation Ryzen users upgrade to these latest BIOS or should we stick with the Bridge BIOS (3.40 in my case)

To expand on what datonyb said, any version that is stable and provides the functionalities you need, is recommended. Even if it's an older version. If 3.40 has served you well, there's no real reason to take the risks involved with updating the BIOS. My AB350M Pro4 is running on 3.30 at the moment and I haven't had any major issues. I'm interested in finding out what the newest version brings, though. Since there are no proper release notes, the only option is to install it and see. Decisions, decisions...

P.S. Remember to also keep an eye on the AMD all in 1 driver and possibly other drivers as well. It's often worth keeping these as up to date as possible.

JohnM wrote: Handrox wrote: I just upgraded the system to the new P4.60 BIOS, again the transfer rates are far below normal, almost 5000MB less than in version 4.40 of the Taichi X370 BIOS. The latencies are also slightly higher, appreciably higher .. Is there any explanation? Transfer rates and latencies of what? Can you please give more detail about what you are doing and how you are measuring these differences. Your use of the word "again" suggests there is an ongoing discussion about this - can you provide a link to it, please?

Edited by Handrox - 08 Mar 2018 at 9:33pm