Either I've been really lucky in the past or I've just ran across a really odd board.
The whole fam (there's three of us) got computers either bought or built around the same time, almost exclusively using AMD. All are socket AM4. I've upgraded processors two or three times now and it's just been take old one out, put new one in, bios figures it out and computer is running...
This most recent Christmas project didn't follow suit.
my daughter's mobo is an asrock a320M/ac. It came with a Ryzen 3 and it's been fine until recently. I found a ryzen 7 5800x on sale for a reasonable price and gave it to her for Christmas. I put it, and this sweet noctuna cooler on her pc and went to fire it up... lights and fans all good, no hdd, video card, or cpu. Cables good, everything seated properly, eggnog still nonalcoholic, no joy!
After trying everything imaginable I went to ASRocks website. Vermeer cores only work with bios p7.20. well f it all i didn't update the bios because the last several iterations said not recommended if system is running stable. Simple fix, put old processor in, update bios, swap out... The old processor is still stuck to the stock cooler and I cannot get it off! already bent a few pins trying to pry it. may have to get the hair dryer out, this thing is glued.
TLDR - I thought AM4 CPUs worked in all AM4 motherboards. Guess that statement comes with a * now. Will be playing with a heat gun and something to straighten pins tomorrow...
The whole fam (there's three of us) got computers either bought or built around the same time, almost exclusively using AMD. All are socket AM4. I've upgraded processors two or three times now and it's just been take old one out, put new one in, bios figures it out and computer is running...
This most recent Christmas project didn't follow suit.
my daughter's mobo is an asrock a320M/ac. It came with a Ryzen 3 and it's been fine until recently. I found a ryzen 7 5800x on sale for a reasonable price and gave it to her for Christmas. I put it, and this sweet noctuna cooler on her pc and went to fire it up... lights and fans all good, no hdd, video card, or cpu. Cables good, everything seated properly, eggnog still nonalcoholic, no joy!
After trying everything imaginable I went to ASRocks website. Vermeer cores only work with bios p7.20. well f it all i didn't update the bios because the last several iterations said not recommended if system is running stable. Simple fix, put old processor in, update bios, swap out... The old processor is still stuck to the stock cooler and I cannot get it off! already bent a few pins trying to pry it. may have to get the hair dryer out, this thing is glued.
TLDR - I thought AM4 CPUs worked in all AM4 motherboards. Guess that statement comes with a * now. Will be playing with a heat gun and something to straighten pins tomorrow...