CHI locals - WTB/Borrow: Ryzen 1200 up to a Ryzen 2700 for 10 minutes

neural0

neural0

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So I bought an ASRock X370 Taichi and thought I was getting a terrific deal until I realized that the BIOS version it shipped with was not compatible with the Ryzen 5 3600 processor that I purchased with it. I need to update the BIOS to support it and, you guessed it, I have no CPU that it can use to run the update.

I have contacted ASRock, they have told me I have to pay for shipping for them to update the BIOS for the motherboard they claimed was compatible with the CPU.

I have contacted AMD about the CPU Boot Kit, they haven't responded at all and it's been weeks.

I have tried EVERY local computer repair shop, no one has a Ryzen 1000 or 2000 series processor.

HELP! Are you in the Chicagoland area? Do you have a processor from here that is compatible with a 4.70 or older BIOS? Can I borrow it for ten minutes to run the update? Can you help me Obi-Won?
 
SlowCobra said:
If Compcons can't help PM me. I have a 1500x, 3200g, 2700x in house and a 2600 in the mail. I'm in the SW burbs if you want to make the drive.
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If you end up wanting to divest yourself of one of those, PM me, I'm trying to assemble an upgrade from a Nehalem Xeon Frankenputer-style.
 
SlowCobra said:
If Compcons can't help PM me. I have a 1500x, 3200g, 2700x in house and a 2600 in the mail. I'm in the SW burbs if you want to make the drive.
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Thanks! Syncing up schedules with compcon but will be sure to reach out if we can't make it work!
 
neural0 said:
When I spoke to someone on the web they said it was $40 to diagnose there, but I'm really interested if that was inaccurate?
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Hmm I guess so if you didn't buy it there. I remember they did it if you brought a board from them it was free.
 
Letting you know, as someone who updated a X370 Asrock board from Ryzen Launch to eventually a 3900X, you should still be able to use a first gen processor in it after you go past the "point of no return." 3-series bios update, despite it explicitly telling you otherwise. Could be useful for troubleshooting.
(My launch 1700 is back in it since I moved my 3900X to a new Mobo)

However I also followed every BIOS update step that they said was required because I didn't want to risk it.
 
Halon said:
If you end up wanting to divest yourself of one of those, PM me, I'm trying to assemble an upgrade from a Nehalem Xeon Frankenputer-style.
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They are all in use or I guess in the case of the 2600 going to be in use.
 
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