Error code E6 with X370 Taichi and R5 1600
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Topic: Error code E6 with X370 Taichi and R5 1600
Posted By: Polopretress
Subject: Error code E6 with X370 Taichi and R5 1600
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 10:11pm
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Hello. I have bought a motherboard X370 Taichi and a R7 2700 CPU. At the power on, i have a permanent error code E6. Then i think it is because the BIOS revision is not compatible and need to be updated to at least revision 4.60 or 4.80 i have revision 2.40 sticked on the board. OK fine... but was aware on this possible issue. The i have ordered a new CPU box R5 1600 to be able to update de BIOS.(and take great care to avoid to order R5 1600 AF) Result : same error code.(E6) After checking the part number on the box itself, i see : "AMD Ryzen 5 1600" "Part #: YD1600BBAFBOX Then by referering to the AMD website, i see that this part is really a R5 1600 AF. Do you confirm that even the R5 1600 AF is not suitable with BIOS revision 2.40 and this is the root cause of my code error E6 ? Thank you. |
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Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 10:18pm
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That is correct, the 1600AF is actually a 2600 rebranded and clocked slightly lower. That is one of the annoying aspects of the 1600AF, it's no good for the purpose of updating your BIOS in situations like yours  ------------- 
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Posted By: Polopretress
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 10:34pm
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ok, thank you for your quick answer. This makes me crazy ! I have baught a 1600 to unlock and i return with the same issue. I must send back the CPu and ask for an Ryzen 3 1200 to be on safe side... Do you have other cheaper solution ? |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2020 at 3:32pm
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Unfortunately no, looking at CPUs supported on 2.40 and earlier the options are rather limited. I don't see any of the old AM4 A6 - A12 APUs/Athlons listed anymore so I wouldn't recommend one of those, you may end up in the same situation again needing another CPU. If it were not for current quarantine/health concerns I would suggest taking the board to a store that offers repairs and asking them to update the BIOS for you. In many cases they charge a lot less than the cost of a CPU. -------------
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Posted By: gizmic
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2020 at 4:22pm
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dont know how the bios reads it as we know the cores are zen+ while the i/o die is a zen1 ------------- 
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Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2020 at 8:04pm
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The BIOS sees it as Zen+ unfortunately, the 1600AF that is. -------------
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