Biostar: Update for AGESA 1.2.0.7 brings support for Zen 3
AGESA update 1.2.0.7 allows motherboard manufacturers to prepare their legacy AM4 boards for Zen 3 so that full support is possible. Now Biostar has also updated a first part of its own portfolio. Read more about this below.
The AM4 platform marked AMD’s return to a competition with Intel, which the company was even able to decide in its own favor with the release of the Zen 3 processors. But apart from very fast processors, which Intel also has in its portfolio with Alder Lake, the platform offers another advantage. So far, AM4 mainboards could usually be made compatible with newer processors via BIOS update, so that instead of an entire platform upgrade, just a new CPU was sufficient.
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After AMD temporarily didn’t want to support the latest chips on mainboards with 300 chipsets, the company backtracked and presented new microcode with AGESA 1.2.0.7, which still makes it possible. A few weeks ago, MSI confirmed full support for the latest AMD chips such as the Ryzen 9 5950X or the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for all mainboards. Biostar is now followed by another manufacturer and offers its customers corresponding BIOS versions.
These should not only support the latest processors, but also fix the larger and smaller problems that existed in the AM4 lineup. Even the latest problem of stuttering caused by the fTPM implementation should be solved. The first boards for which the new AGESA update is already available are based on the B550, B450, A520 and A320. The models with X570, X470, X370 and B350 should follow soon, so that all mainboards are supported. According to Biostar, however, it is possible that some older AM4 chips will no longer be supported due to the latest BIOS updates. The BIOS updates can now be obtained from the official website.
Source: Biostar via Videocardz
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