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Hi,
Just received my MSI B450 Tomahawk Max from OCUK today.
First question - I have been advised that I will need to flash the BIOS because I am going to fit a Ryzen 5 3600. However, I notice that the box lid has a red label which says “AMD Ryzen 3000 Desktop Ready” so does this mean that I don’t need to flash the BIOS first because this is a newer batch with a suitable BIOS.
Anyway, assuming flashing wouldn’t do any harm I have followed the instructions
1) formatted a USB drive using FAT32
2) downloaded the latest BIOS, version 3.5 dated 7th November 2019
3) copied it to the USB drive and renamed it to MSI.ROM
4) connect CPU_PWR1 and ATX_PWR1 to the motherboard
5) inserted the USB drive into the correct port
6) powered on the PSU (I have a question about this later)
7) pressed the flash button and nothing, no flashing lights, no sign that anything is happening
About PSU power, I have watched some videos and they just show the PSU being switched on. There is no case switch connected to the motherboard. The PSUs that I have used have always needed the case switch to bring the PSU fully to life. Or is that not needed here. Should the PSU just be switched on or does it need to be fully activated by using the case power switch?
Many thanks,
Nigel
Just received my MSI B450 Tomahawk Max from OCUK today.
First question - I have been advised that I will need to flash the BIOS because I am going to fit a Ryzen 5 3600. However, I notice that the box lid has a red label which says “AMD Ryzen 3000 Desktop Ready” so does this mean that I don’t need to flash the BIOS first because this is a newer batch with a suitable BIOS.
Anyway, assuming flashing wouldn’t do any harm I have followed the instructions
1) formatted a USB drive using FAT32
2) downloaded the latest BIOS, version 3.5 dated 7th November 2019
3) copied it to the USB drive and renamed it to MSI.ROM
4) connect CPU_PWR1 and ATX_PWR1 to the motherboard
5) inserted the USB drive into the correct port
6) powered on the PSU (I have a question about this later)
7) pressed the flash button and nothing, no flashing lights, no sign that anything is happening
About PSU power, I have watched some videos and they just show the PSU being switched on. There is no case switch connected to the motherboard. The PSUs that I have used have always needed the case switch to bring the PSU fully to life. Or is that not needed here. Should the PSU just be switched on or does it need to be fully activated by using the case power switch?
Many thanks,
Nigel