The firm needed to make a number of modifications to its UEFI BIOS package deal that is presently being circulated as a “beta,” to accommodate assist for third technology Ryzen processors together with AGESA ComboAM4 1.0.0.3a. First, it needed to kick out assist for A-series and Athlon processors primarily based on the 28 nm “Bristol Ridge” silicon. Second, it needed to [and this is a big one], kick the RAID module, breaking SATA RAID on lots of its motherboards. Third, it needed to exchange its feature-rich Click BIOS 5 setup program with a barebones “GSE Lite” Click BIOS program, which lacks lots of the options of the unique program, and comes with a boring, low-resolution UI. This program nonetheless consists of some important MSI-exclusive options comparable to A-XMP (which interprets Intel XMP profiles to AMD-compatible settings), Smart Fan, and M-Flash.
The scary half? Many different motherboard manufacturers seem like utilizing 16-megabyte EEPROMs on their older socket AM4 motherboards. These corporations are sure to run into related ROM capability points except they hold their UEFI setup applications light-weight. Motherboards primarily based on the newest X570 chipset characteristic 32-megabyte EEPROMs. The AMD X570 chipset lacks assist for not simply “Bristol Ridge,” but in addition first-generation Ryzen “Summit Ridge” and “Raven Ridge” processors.
We suggest that except you actually possess a third technology Ryzen processor, don’t replace the BIOS of your older socket AM4 motherboard. You could threat shedding options and break your RAID volumes. Find out the newest model of BIOS that has the basic AGESA PinnaclePI 1.0.0.6 microcode, and use that as a substitute.
