I'm trying to upgrade from Ryzen 1600 to 3600. When I put new 3600 CPU into my MB - it fails to even show post screen.
My MB is: Biostar X370GT7
My current BIOS is X37AG314, which is relatively old, 03/14/17 When I use Biostar BiosUpdate: the Utility shows my current BIOS and says its latest.
However, on the website for the motherboard I see many newer versions (https://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=874#download). And I see users on some forums mention those older BIOS on their X370GT7.
So I went ahead and downloaded couple latest versions, but when I try to install them, the flasher says:
WARNING!!! The ROM file information does not match with the system BIOS! If forcedly update BIOS, it may destroy the system BIOS! We strongly do not suggest to flash the BIOS!
Does it mean I will brick my MB if I go ahead? Or it happens when there is a big difference between versions? How to proceed with CPU upgrade?
P.S. Biostar CPU support info on official website does look that accurate. They declare Ryzen 1600 support since ver. X37AG623.BST. But that version is 3 months newer than my current BIOS. And I have no issues with Ryzen 1600.
UPDATE:
By doing incremental updates I was able to go few versions up till
X37AG919.BST. It is still rather old - end of 2017.
Next version gives me same warning as before.
UPDATE:
my MB turned out to have backup ROM. So in case of a problem i should be able to boot from backup. So I went ahead and re-flashed straight to the version that supports new CPU. It worked.