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[Alix]

Hi I went from a AMD Ryzen 5 3600 to a AMD Ryzen 5 5600x went I first turned the machine on in wouldn't boot up diagnostic lights where on the board kept cycling then it came on did I need to flash bios first before putting new CPU in the socket?. Now I have noticed weird glitches in certain games looks like screen tearing and jagged edges I have a 60hz monitor and a GPU which is a GTX1070ti?.

[FunkZ]

Older motherboard chipsets like the 300 and 400 series will almost certainly need a BIOS update for the 5600X, but if it did eventually POST then it's likely good. Verify your motherboard manufacturer support to determine what BIOS version is needed.

[Alix]

@FunkZ My motherboard is B550M Pro-vdh I have reinstalled chipset drivers to see if that helps. Thanks for the reply 

[FunkZ]

Per the MSI CPU compatibility chart, depending on the stepping of your 5600X, you need either v24 or v28 or higher BIOS version.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B550M-PRO-VDH/support#cpu

What BIOS version do you have flashed?

[Alix]

@FunkZ @Hi it doesn't give me a bios version number but just letters and numbers. Build date was 03/11/2024

[FunkZ]

So that's likely v2K then.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B550M-PRO-VDH/support#bios