Is it booting/How to update BIOS on AB350 for Athlon 200GE

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I'm putting together an ultra-budget machine for fun and have a Gigabyte AB350-Gaming motherboard for a Athlon 200GE to go in.

It's my understanding that I may need to update the BIOS to work with the Athlon 200GE, and I'll need an older gen supported processor to do so.

I don't have any other AMD processors or know anyone with one....

What are my options here?
 
You mentioned that you 'may' need to update the BIOS.

That board supports the 200GE from F23, which was released back in august 2018. If the manufacture date is newer than that, you're probably good to go.

Assuming that you have an older BIOS than that, or can't tell based on any markings on the board, is there any local computer repair store you can take the board to to flash it?
 
You mentioned that you 'may' need to update the BIOS.

That board supports the 200GE from F23, which was released back in august 2018. If the manufacture date is newer than that, you're probably good to go.

Assuming that you have an older BIOS than that, or can't tell based on any markings on the board, is there any local computer repair store you can take the board to to flash it?

So I tried to boot it up and the mobo powered on, red led lights came on, and fans etc.

But no video output.

On 2 different monitors. Onboard video outputs and a GPU.

Tried different memory slots.

Reset the CMOS jumper.
Pulled the battery.

Always just shows "no video"

Does this mean my mobo needs its BIOS needs updating and it's not booting?
 
I saw that after I answered. Gotta be a shop near by or if you put an ad on Craigslist for your area just to borrow a CPU.
 
If you don't know/can't find anyone that will help you out -- time to sell the board for a new one, or sell the 200GE and pick up a 1200/1300

You can also find those CPUs, flash, and resell them
 
Typical Internet 'Common Sense' on literally every PC hardware website: "yeah dude you gotta buy or borrow another CPU just to flash a bios, sucks man"

OR

Actual Technical Knowledge Reality: EEPROM programmers start at like twenty bucks, rarely require desoldering (clips work unless the circuit is weird) and can program 1000s of chips on all sorts of hardware, not just 1 motherboard 1 time.


Something something something teach a man to fish, feed him for life.
 
Back when I was test building a 2400G rig when they first came out and it wouldn't boot. I tried to go through that loaner program and just got the run around. Did you go through the mobo manufacturer? Did you try to return to the store where you bought the board? This was despite the fact that I offered to give them my CC info while I borrowed the chip. Really soured me on AMD for a hot minute. Luckily for AMD I was more sour on Intel, so in the end I let that one situation slide :-D
 
So, I bought the board from a member here, so no go on returning it to the store.

I did grab a R3 1200 for a good deal here in the For Sale section and the machine booted right up- so that's encouraging.

performed the BIOS update but havent had a chance to drop the 200GE back in there.
 
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I can't wait for ALL motherboards to have the ability to flash without a CPU or even memory. It should be the standard now given how often a new CPU requires a BIOS update to boot up.
 
I can't wait for ALL motherboards to have the ability to flash without a CPU or even memory. It should be the standard now given how often a new CPU requires a BIOS update to boot up.
100%. I kept a little A6 AM4 CPU around when the 2xxx series came out, only used it to flash the BIOS/UEFI on boards to the latest version before dropping in a new CPU.
 
Got this machine all together this weekend. Brings a tear to my eye :cry:

Think I'm going to sell this little Ryzen 3 1200/AMD RX560 monster and start on the next uber budget machine.
 
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