Trouble Updating to BIOS 6.40 - ASRock X370 Taichi
I seem to be having an issue updating to BIOS 6.40 for my ASRock X370 Taichi.
I've poured over documentation regarding updating my BIOS because I'm relatively new to the process. I've recently purchased a Ryzen 7 3800X that I'm planning on upgrading to. I found on the manufacturer's website that this board supports the CPU as of BIOS 6.40 but when I grab the update file directly from the website and attempt to flash it, I get a "No Image File Detected" error message.
I've tried just about everything I can think of. I've ensured that the flash drive I have the file on is formatted for Fat32. I've tried to re-download the file from the website again but no luck. I'm at the end of my rope here and I'm hoping someone here has some form of insight that I'm missing. I was previously on version P3.00 and the only thing I have had luck in doing was updating to 3.30. Even after that I've had no luck. I've tried downloading other versions before 6.40 as well going as far back as 5.80 just to see if my system recognized it and got nothing.
This is the data from Speccy:
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Summit Ridge 14nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1199MHz (16-16-16-39)
Motherboard
ASRock X370 Taichi (AM4)
Graphics
K242HQL (1920x1080@60Hz) G27F (1920x1080@60Hz) 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (MSI)
Does anyone have any idea on what I can do?
Edit: Added tag
Posted Jan 1, 2021, 5:40 AM UTC
You have to install the bridge bioses first. If you're on 3.30, then update to 5.10 first, then you can update to 6.40.
Their website doesn't specifically have 5.10 listed as a Bridge Bios like it does with 3.30 which will upset me if this works.
I wouldn't have figured this out otherwise so thank you for your suggestion.
Well, every Bios after 5.10 it says: " *** If the current BIOS version is older than P5.10, please update BIOS to P5.10(PinnaclePI-AM4_1.0.0.6) before updating this version. "
Well the BIOS update seems to have worked just fine but my system doesn’t seem to want to boot with the new cpu.
I get what looks like to be a standard boot but I get no video and the cpu fan oscillates between high and low RPM.
Hmm try doing a cmos reset or upgrading to beta bios 6.61 https://www.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/kaidud/new_experimental_bios_for_amd_300_series/