What Motherboard do I have??

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   The title seems weird, I know. But trust me, I'm not just being dumb and not going to google.

Last month, I bought a CyberPowerPC prebuilt from Best Buy. And to my joy, I found, it has an Asrock Motherboard, since they're my preferred board. But very quickly, when I was setting up my new PC, and updating devices, I realized that my motherboard model, isn't even mentioned anywhere on Asrock's website. In Linux and the BIOS it lists "B450 Gaming" as the Motherboard. In fact, on the board itself, it says B450 Gaming.

On inspection, the board seems to be identical to the B450M/ac other than the name on the board. But this worries me, because if I want to upgrade to a Ryzen 3000 CPU, I can't find the BIOS update, let alone if the board even supports it.

Is this board just a B450M/ac since it looks the same? Would it be safe to say, install a BIOS from that board? Or would I brick? I'm just confused.

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snorp09 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2019 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote snorp09 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: What Motherboard do I have?? Posted: 04 Oct 2019 at 4:18pm
	The title seems weird, I know. But trust me, I'm not just being dumb and not going to google. Last month, I bought a CyberPowerPC prebuilt from Best Buy. And to my joy, I found, it has an Asrock Motherboard, since they're my preferred board. But very quickly, when I was setting up my new PC, and updating devices, I realized that my motherboard model, isn't even mentioned anywhere on Asrock's website. In Linux and the BIOS it lists "B450 Gaming" as the Motherboard. In fact, on the board itself, it says B450 Gaming. On inspection, the board seems to be identical to the B450M/ac other than the name on the board. But this worries me, because if I want to upgrade to a Ryzen 3000 CPU, I can't find the BIOS update, let alone if the board even supports it. Is this board just a B450M/ac since it looks the same? Would it be safe to say, install a BIOS from that board? Or would I brick? I'm just confused.

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 22793	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Oct 2019 at 4:43pm
	https://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp Contact ASRock Tech Support and inquire.


snorp09 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2019 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote snorp09 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Oct 2019 at 1:49am
	B450M Gaming isn't a motherboard the contact form recognizes, should I select B450M/ac then? This whole board is so weird.