I'll just leave this here. Draw your own conclusions.
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I'll let you all know what Asrock is up to these days.
Back in November 2020 we had leaks from China about an
Asrock A320M-HDV running a 4750G, 5950x, all running near their fclk limits.Fast forward to December:
Reddit:
New Experimental BIOS for AMD 300 Series Motherboards This is a month old as of 11/01/21.
Update to AMD AGESA Combo-AM4 V2 1.1.0.0
Asrock's experimental beta ComboPI V2 BIOSes for their 300 series boards support
Zen, Zen+, Zen2, Zen3, all in 16MB total size. That is:
- Ryzen 1xxx (Summit Ridge)
- Ryzen 2xxx, 2xxxG (Pinnacle Ridge, Raven Ridge)
- Ryzen 3xxx, 3xxxG (Matisse, Picasso)
- Ryzen 4xxxG (Renoir)
- Ryzen 5xxx (Vermeer)
No 32MB BIOS chip required, 400-500 series chipset is not required either. B450/X470 are lower power revisions of B350/X370 anyway. On top of it all, Ryzen CPUs are SoCs, they don't need a chipset to run (go have a look at A300/X300), motherboard is merely a socket for the SoC to plug into, initialize and run, and the chipset a connectivity extender.
Reddit:
Asrock AB350 itx gaming and 5600x works just fineThis guy upgraded from a 1600 (AE, Summit Ridge) on this experimental beta public BIOS to a 5600X. On a B350 board. No more distant anecdotal posts from China, it's real.
So, yeah, no technical reason why 300 series boards can't get updated to the newer AGESA branch, no technical reason why 5000 series CPUs can't be supported. Asrock clearly doesn't care about
AMD's official compatibility chart.ASUS took this position before, of not caring about AMD's official compatibility chart. Let's have a look at that chart again. A320 isn't supposed to support Ryzen 3xxx series CPUs, but all their A320 boards do. For example, let's see the A320M-K. No need to check what microcodes are included in that board's BIOS,
their very own CPU compatibility chart for the A320M-K lists all 3000 series CPUs. In fact, all manufacturers ignored AMD and extended support to A320.
For some odd reason, this time, when it comes to 5000 series CPUs and all 300 series boards,
this is ASUS' stance. Big no. None of that going the extra mile stuff as with A320 and 3000 series CPUs.
So, a flagship 300 series board, best of the 300 series generation and the only board that took AM4 seriously from the start (apart from Asrock's X370 Taichi), that also gives the C7H and the C8H a run for their money, won't get updated for some obscure reason.
Not even an experimental BIOS, no warranty, as-is BIOS, up to the user to take the risk and deal with the consequences. Nothing.. The Taichi got it.
They did it with A320 and all 3000 series CPUs, no reason why they can't do it for all their 300 series boards and 5000 series CPUs. This also means SAM support.
Can't be bothered? Okay, then do your flagship 300 series boards (C6H, C6E) only and let's all move on.
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The question is then, can't do it, or won't do it?
Clearly it's not can't, as Asrock already did it, and
Gigabyte is supposed to be working on it right now. Would be a shame if they're the only manufacturers that went the extra mile.
As of now, it's won't do it. Will ASUS change its position in the future?
One last thing: face your user base with an honest response, don't delete this post.