ASRock Announces New BIOS Decreasing Booting Time of AM5 Motherboards

[btarunr]

Leading global motherboard manufacturer, ASRock, has built new BIOS decreasing AM5 booting time. ASRock is dedicated to providing products with the best user-experience. The new BIOS providing better compatibility and shorter booting time has been built, and it will be available on ASRock website after product launch. Besides, all ASRock X670E/X670 motherboards support BIOS flashback, which allows users to update their motherboards to the newest BIOS with merely 24-pin power supply and a USB drive.



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[Nanochip]

Great, although I will not be owning an AsRock x670e mobo, I'm glad to see that a production BIOS will not have the insane POST times that were discussed before.

 

[springs113]

Great, although I will not be owning an AsRock x670e mobo, I'm glad to see that production BIOS will not have the insane POST times that were discussed before.

True and that's a nice looking board for a lighting or cloud/ash liked theme.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Sounds like a 670 only BIOS, so far.

 

[zmeul]

so desperate they they need a Press Release about it ?!

 

[Nanochip]

so desperate they they need a Press Release about it ?!

If they want to prevent prospective x670e buyers from going to Asus or MSI, yes they should advertise that they fixed the issue (which probably they didn't really fix but only time will tell).

 

[FiRe]

so desperate they they need a Press Release about it ?!

I guess they need to after being mocked for their 400 second memory training time which was basically becoming the new meme

 

[Dudebro-420]

Wish they'd do this on AM4 ASRock boot times are ridiculously long for some reason. I have an old i5-2500k system on an Asus board that boots in a fraction of the time with a SATA SSD vs ASRock AM4 on nvme

 

[ZoneDymo]

so desperate they they need a Press Release about it ?!

Remember them delving head first into NFT's? yeah they are desperate....and also a company ill never support again.

 

[Garrus]

Wish they'd do this on AM4 ASRock boot times are ridiculously long for some reason. I have an old i5-2500k system on an Asus board that boots in a fraction of the time with a SATA SSD vs ASRock AM4 on nvme

I liked Asrock at one time, back when they had that custom signature wallpaper for their BIOS. I remember buying an i5-3000 or 4000 series I think and that MB booted faster than any motherboard you could buy. Now they are "the mail in rebate" company that doesn't bother to put decent VRMS on their boards.

 

[ymdhis]

Wish they'd do this on AM4 ASRock boot times are ridiculously long for some reason. I have an old i5-2500k system on an Asus board that boots in a fraction of the time with a SATA SSD vs ASRock AM4 on nvme

It seems to be a B550/x570 only issue, my asrock b450 pro 4 boots so fast that half the time I can't catch the POST screen.

 

[Space Lynx]

I liked Asrock at one time, back when they had that custom signature wallpaper for their BIOS. I remember buying an i5-3000 or 4000 series I think and that MB booted faster than any motherboard you could buy. Now they are "the mail in rebate" company that doesn't bother to put decent VRMS on their boards.

Which company does VRM's the best to you nowadays? I feel like Asus requires you go to their top tier for that, I think MSI does a good job of all tiers, not sure about other companies though.

 

[mama]

I appreciate the fact ASRock have acknowledged the issue. I like the look of their Carrera board for AM5. Looks like beefed up VRMs along with the Taichi. A good review is needed when they release.

 

[Vader]

Asrock had very good MBs in the x370 - x470 era, then went downhill fast, both intel and amd side. That coupled with blacklisting major youtube channels for exposing their bad quality made me skip the brand entirely for the foreseeable future

 

[Minus Infinity]

Which company does VRM's the best to you nowadays? I feel like Asus requires you go to their top tier for that, I think MSI does a good job of all tiers, not sure about other companies though.

I think it's MSI overall, but the best source is Actually Hardcore Overclocking on youtube. He goes into insane detail on this. I'm sure he will have a AM5 MB comparison covering this in due time. He did this for AM4 a few years ago.

 

[Slizzo]

Asrock had very good MBs in the x370 - x470 era, then went downhill fast, both intel and amd side. That coupled with blacklisting major youtube channels for exposing their bad quality made me skip the brand entirely for the foreseeable future

My X299 Taichi XE was a top board for the X299 platform as well. If they've got quality back up on this platform I may be moving to it. Waiting on reviews of Ryzen 7000 vs Intel 13th gen to make my move however, may also just wait for the 3D Vcache models coming next year too to make my decision.

 

[1d10t]

Asrock had very good MBs in the x370 - x470 era, then went downhill fast, both intel and amd side. That coupled with blacklisting major youtube channels for exposing their bad quality made me skip the brand entirely for the foreseeable future

I beg to be differ. My "first" experience with ASRock started in 2017 with their Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4. I'd say buggy is too understatement, Crossfire Vega 56 doesn't work, throttling Ryzen 7 1700, RAM problems and so on. Somewhat I switched to MSI B450M Mortar to get rid all of those nighmares. I gave ASRock another chance with this B550, and its still proven that you get what you pay for.

 

[8086]

The complete lack of PCI-e slots on motherboards these days is a big downer. 1 to 2 M.2 Slots is all you need. The rest of the space ought to be reserved for personal expansion via PCi-E. Need a 3rd m.2 slot? Then add a cheap PCI-E adapter. Want better networking, PCI-E?