No, your motherboard is still functioning properly.
No, your motherboard is still functioning properly.
An APU combines a CPU and a built-in GPU. An iGPU refers to the integrated graphics processor within a CPU. These terms describe the same concept, just used differently.
I removed the battery and allowed it to rest for 15 seconds, then connected the jbat pins using a screwdriver.
Also, I recommend repositioning the CPU, GPU, and RAM. A single power cycle can lead to serious problems—this happened to me recently. Additionally, the last time I updated the BIOS in the same manner as you did, it reset the BIOS back to its original factory settings (for a B350 model), which would make your board incompatible with the Ryzen 3000 chip. (I’m not sure if this still applies, just based on my experience.) It seems unlikely AMD no longer refers to APUs for their current processors, so the situation becomes irrelevant.
This explanation is a bit confusing. APUs include both CPUs and an integrated GPU, while CPUs don't have an APU. Your point was right, but the idea of missing an "iGPU" wasn't quite clear.
Settings have vanished yet the BIOS version stays intact, meaning he wouldn’t have to re-flash a Zen 2 compatible one.