Tuesday, May 26th 2020
AMD B550 Motherboards to Restart AGESA with v2
Apparently, AMD will be taking a slightly confusing step with its new AGESA codes - at least for the B550 platform. A report via Hardwareluxx has AMD rebooting AGESA (the most basic firmware for your motherboard and chipset support that's a requirement for correct CPU and feature support) versions back to version 1.0.0.0, but with a catch. The new AGESA version that's supposed to allow for support for AMD's Zen 3 CPUs will be coded as ComboAM4 v2 1.0.0.0 - instead of the next version in the current AGESA nomenclature, 1.0.0.6. It is still unclear if this change only refers to AMD's B550 or if it will also move on to X570's next AGESA releases.
It's expected that new motherboards based on AMD's B550 chipset will start landing in June. For now, there's confirmation on at least two motherboards running with this V2 of AGESA: MSI's MAG B550 Tomahawk (ComboAM4 v2 1.0.0.0), and the Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master (ComboAM4v2 1.0.0.1). So if you're looking to use AMD's B550 motherboard (or even X570) with AMD's upcoming Zen 3 CPUs, make sure to read your motherboard manufacturers' release notes for each AGESA version, so that you install the correct one and avoid yourself a potential load of pain with a non-functioning AGESA for your shiny new Zen 3 CPU.
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It's expected that new motherboards based on AMD's B550 chipset will start landing in June. For now, there's confirmation on at least two motherboards running with this V2 of AGESA: MSI's MAG B550 Tomahawk (ComboAM4 v2 1.0.0.0), and the Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master (ComboAM4v2 1.0.0.1). So if you're looking to use AMD's B550 motherboard (or even X570) with AMD's upcoming Zen 3 CPUs, make sure to read your motherboard manufacturers' release notes for each AGESA version, so that you install the correct one and avoid yourself a potential load of pain with a non-functioning AGESA for your shiny new Zen 3 CPU.
9 Comments on AMD B550 Motherboards to Restart AGESA with v2
In May, on May 26th, on Tuesday, etc.
Help try and keep things simplified. V2 carries Zen 3 support and V1 is likely the old standard. Bios updates for 400 series and lower that don't blow out support for older chips will continue with V1. Probably or logically to me anyway.
AGESA was reset back to 1.0.0.0 with Zen+ and again with Zen2. Expecting it not to reset for Zen2+ or Zen3 would be odd, though perhaps the v2 identifier is because AMD will be expanding beyond 16MB so AGESA V2 indicates that it requires a 32MB BIOS and perhaps vanilla AGESA (V1) will co-exist for vendors that want to back-port it to boards with 16MB BIOS chips.
Hell, I'm just guessing but aside from the V2, AGESA resets are par for the course.