Posted on Wednesday, May 27 2020 @ 10:30 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
News hit the web that AMD's next AGESA microcode update will use a new naming scheme. The AGESA update for the B550 chipset will not be called AGESA 1.0.0.7 but will adopt a v2 prefix. It's a bit confusing and it's unknown whether this is solely for the B550 or also for future X570 releases. The first AMD B550 based motherboards are expected in June.
It's expected that new motherboards based on AMD's B550 chipset will start landing in June. For now, there's confirmation on at least two motherboards running with this V2 of AGESA: MSI's MAG B550 Tomahawk (ComboAM4 v2 1.0.0.0), and the Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master (ComboAM4v2 1.0.0.1). So if you're looking to use AMD's B550 motherboard (or even X570) with AMD's upcoming Zen 3 CPUs, make sure to read your motherboard manufacturers' release notes for each AGESA version, so that you install the correct one and avoid yourself a potential load of pain with a non-functioning AGESA for your shiny new Zen 3 CPU.
Via TPU
