Issue with MSI B450M Pro VDH max not showing at all, including BIOS.
Issue with MSI B450M Pro VDH max not showing at all, including BIOS.
Your setup includes a Ryzen 5500, RTX 2060 Super, Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB, Cougar 650W PSU, Rougware 500GB NVMe SSD, and a Seagate 1TB HDD. Despite initial startup, you haven’t seen any display output—fans spin but no visuals appear, not even BIOS. After clearing CMOS and trying a different CPU (Ryzen 3 4300G with integrated graphics), removing the GPU, changing RAM, and running without storage, it still doesn’t work. You’re unsure what to do next.
If it's from an older BIOS version, neither the 4300GE nor the Ryzen 5500 will function properly. You'd need to upgrade the BIOS. This device doesn't appear to allow BIOS Flashback, so you'd have to choose a CPU compatible with earlier versions.
If you don't see a post, it might not appear on the bios screen at all.
Obtain a high-end Ryzen CPU first, then it will trigger the BIOS update.
It could be the answer, but we can't confirm the BIOS version yet.
I verified everything thoroughly, rebuilt it several times, and went through troubleshooting steps. The older CPU wasn’t expected to cause issues, and my previous motherboard didn’t have the same problem. I’m hoping it will work fine.