Errors occurred, fresh concepts would be valuable
Errors occurred, fresh concepts would be valuable
I was there during the holidays, thinking about updating the wife's computer. I swapped out the old Ryzen 3 3100 for the new Ryzen 5 5600X, removed the RX 570, and installed the 7600 chip. Then I upgraded to a 16GB DDR4 3600 RAM stick. Everything seemed fine until I tried to boot it up. Nothing appeared on the screen. I thought a CMOS reset might help, so I did it, but still got nothing. It looked like a driver problem—so I replaced the old graphics card and put everything back in. Still no display, regardless of configuration. I’m now stuck with the wife’s computer and facing some serious issues. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. MOBO is an A320 from ASRock—no lights, no speakers, no Q-Flash.
Your current bios setup doesn't go back to the initial configuration after a CMOS reset; it just restores defaults. You're correct that a BIOS upgrade is likely necessary before the board identifies the new processor. It would have been better to update before removing the old CPU. Because your board lacks qflash support, you can reinstall the previous CPU and then upgrade to the proper version, after which you can insert the new CPU.
Sorry to hear that, despite the older CPU you still don’t see any output. Appreciate your response.
You replaced your Ryzen 3100 with a Ryzen 5600X and all the components, but now everything isn’t working. The motherboard only supports the Vermeer CPU after certain updates. You’ll need to revert to the previous parts: old CPU, RAM, GPU, and CMOS. Update UEFI to version 7.00 (not the latest), then follow the steps in your manual. After that, upgrade to UEFI 7.20, reinstall all changes, restart the PC, and install the newest AMD drivers. If this doesn’t help, let me know and I’ll assist right away.
After spending 14 hours tweaking, I finally figured it out. I agreed with the comments, was eager and rushed, and didn’t think about changing the BIOS (my latest builds were seamless). As I replaced components and watched the screen go dark, an idea struck me. It must be the RAM. Two new sticks shouldn’t be the problem, but sometimes you never know. For fun I swapped in an old 8GB stick, then tried again with a fresh one. The computer booted up, posted, and went straight to Windows. I turned it off and put a new stick in. It worked immediately. Added the second stick, but the screen stayed black. After rotating and removing the second stick, it finally ran smoothly. At this stage, I suspected either the slot was dirty or damaged—cleaned it, tried again, and still got a single-channel result. I went ahead and flashed the BIOS as instructed, then swapped in the new CPU. Suddenly, the old chip had a slight bend. Once the new CPU was in, both channels activated, the GPU came on, drivers were installed, and my wife finally laughed while playing her dinosaur game. It took 14 hours, but I thought sharing my experience would help others facing similar issues. Thanks for the support—it’s reassuring to know there’s a solution.