New Computer Parts Day

[ocnor]

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I'll be rebuilding my computer in the next few days. So if you don't hear from me you'll know that I fucked something up Lol!

[Lt. Bob]

what is all that stuff?

[ocnor]

Gigabyte AB350 motherboard, AMD Ryzen 5 2400G processor, 32 Gig GSkill DDR4-3000 ram, Kingston A1000 240 Gig NVME solid state hard drive.

[Greg_L]

I don't know what any of that is or does, but you seem happy about it, so fuck yeah!

[Tadpui]

Nice choices all around! That'll make a great setup.

[WhiskeyJack]

[vomitHatSteve]

Gigabyte AB350 motherboard, AMD Ryzen 5 2400G processor, 32 Gig GSkill DDR4-3000 ram, Kingston A1000 240 Gig NVME solid state hard drive.

Wooaaa! Nope!

Some poor choices there!

That is the exact build that I tried to put together in December that bricked me for a month!

1) That CPU needs a video card before it can post
2) That Motherboard requires a BIOS update before it it's compatible with that CPU. (so before you can boot up that combination, you need to boot with a different CPU and perform the update)
3) Gigabytes customer support is garbage, and they can't tell you any of that.

Seriously, don't buy gigabyte.

[vomitHatSteve]

Did you order from Newegg? I even wrote a review!

[ocnor]

Gigabyte AB350 motherboard, AMD Ryzen 5 2400G processor, 32 Gig GSkill DDR4-3000 ram, Kingston A1000 240 Gig NVME solid state hard drive.

Wooaaa! Nope!

Some poor choices there!

That is the exact build that I tried to put together in December that bricked me for a month!

1) That CPU needs a video card before it can post
2) That Motherboard requires a BIOS update before it it's compatible with that CPU. (so before you can boot up that combination, you need to boot with a different CPU and perform the update)
3) Gigabytes customer support is garbage, and they can't tell you any of that.

Seriously, don't buy gigabyte.

I don't know why you had so many problems. You must have gotten an outdated version of the motherboard with the old bios. I got this sucker up and running in less than an hour and it's blazing fast. That was probably the easiest computer build that I've ever done. [And I've built quite a few] Maybe I am a wizard Lol!

[musicturtle]

Nice! I love upgrades.

[CrowsofFritz]

When I built my computer, it all worked perfectly except gaming. When I tried to play a game, I’d play for like 10 seconds, and then the screen would freeze and there would be a BSoD.

Took me forever to find out what it was. It was the god damn south bridge. The only way I can game on that is if I connect my hard drive via USB rather than directly to the motherboard.

By the time I actually figured it out, it was way to late to return the parts. I was pissed.

[Tadpui]

I don't know why you had so many problems. You must have gotten an outdated version of the motherboard with the old bios. I got this sucker up and running in less than an hour and it's blazing fast. That was probably the easiest computer build that I've ever done. [And I've built quite a few] Maybe I am a wizard Lol!

Yeah I think they put a sticker on the motherboard box that shows that it shipped with the updated BIOS version already installed on the board. That did bite a lot of people though, there was much outrage when the 2nd gen Ryzen chips started shipping and nobody's motherboard could support them.

I am not, however, denying the possibility that you are an wizard

[vomitHatSteve]

Wooaaa! Nope!

Some poor choices there!

That is the exact build that I tried to put together in December that bricked me for a month!

1) That CPU needs a video card before it can post
2) That Motherboard requires a BIOS update before it it's compatible with that CPU. (so before you can boot up that combination, you need to boot with a different CPU and perform the update)
3) Gigabytes customer support is garbage, and they can't tell you any of that.

Seriously, don't buy gigabyte.

I don't know why you had so many problems. You must have gotten an outdated version of the motherboard with the old bios. I got this sucker up and running in less than an hour and it's blazing fast. That was probably the easiest computer build that I've ever done. [And I've built quite a few] Maybe I am a wizard Lol!

I mean, yes, the bios being out of date was definitely the problem. The fact that they were still selling them with outdated bioses 2 years after the fact is what pissed me off about it!