Need to find a person who can test a CPU... can anyone help

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MatthewD

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#319809 4-Jun-2025 19:23

Hi Team,

I am building my first Mini ITX build, however it is not going well.

I am at the stage where I have gone through all the troubleshooting and I suspect the CPU is a dud.

The CPU is a Ryzen 5 5600G, it's an AMD AM4 socket.

Is there anyone in this country who builds a lot of AMD computers and can stick my CPU into one to give it a quick test? If I am not mistaken it would only take mere seconds to check... you wouldn't even need to stick a fan on it?

Of course I am willing to pay a reasonable fee to do so.

Qazzy03

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#3380558 4-Jun-2025 19:32

If you are using a X470, B450, A320 motherboard and it has not had a BIOS update, that would most likely be the issue.

A lot of people have been stung buying a cheaper older board, not knowing they need a bios update to run the 5000's series CPU's.

gzt

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#3380559 4-Jun-2025 19:34

That sucks. Did you self-import the CPU?

MatthewD

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#3380577 4-Jun-2025 20:29

It's a brand new A520 board.

The only used component was the CPU which is why it is suspect and I did self import it.

Thanks.

SomeoneSomewhere

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#3380586 4-Jun-2025 21:30

Brand new doesn't make a difference if it was flashed before the CPU came out. What model motherboard? Does it have a BIOS version sticker on the board or the box?

It may have a function to update the BIOS without a CPU installed.

What part of the country are you in?

MatthewD

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#3381532 7-Jun-2025 09:33

I have contacted Asrock to make sure that the mobo has a bios that is compatible with the CPU and it does.

I am in Wanganui.

Sorry for the long time before replying I was waiting for Asrock to get back to me.

ratsun81

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#3381594 7-Jun-2025 16:51

Ive had a quick look at the asrock b520 mitx boards and it looks like there is only one (A520M-ITX/ac) and it lists bios p1.60 as being supported and it has a large bios chip (128M) meaning they dont have the old problems of small bios chip memory that when you upgrade the bios to higher versions it removes support for older gen cpus,

So in theory you should be fine since that bios is 4 years old unless the board you bought has been sitting on a shelf since 2021. But you really need to verify what BIOS the board has.

Also you havent described what the system is doing, does it even power on, do the fans spin up, do any of the lights on the board for diagnostics light up?

Sometimes ryzen systems on first boot take ages.

Another thing that can need to be done is to pull the cmos battery and then try booting the system.

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