Spotted: MSI MAX AM4 motherboards with 32MB BIOS

Earlier this month, it was reported that MSI had to cut several features from the new BIOS of some of its 400-series motherboards to make these compatible with AMD's Zen 2-based Ryzen 3000 series. Because MSI used 16MB SPI flash EEPROM chips for its boards, the motherboard maker was unable to implement the AGESA ComboAM4 1.0.0.3a microcode without making room by removing some other things like SATA RAID support and its feature-rich Click BIOS 5 setup.

Now TechPowerUp reports that MSI is refreshing its AMD 400-series motherboard lineup with new "MAX" models. The difference is that the new boards have a 32MB BIOS ROM and come with Ryzen 3000 support out-of-the-box.

These revised motherboards feature "MAX" in the name, and come with 256 Mb (32-megabyte) SPI flash ROM chips, enabling MSI to combine AGESA ComboAM4 1.0.0.3ab with ClickBIOS 5, and not compromising on any of the motherboard's BIOS-level feature-set. These motherboards also come with out-of-the-box support for all of the 3rd generation Ryzen processors launched so far, as indicated on the box. The boards also retain support for A-series "Bristol Ridge" and "Raven Ridge" Athlon APUs that had faced the axe with the latest BIOS updates.

Via: TechPowerUp