How can I update B350m Mortar's bios?

andrei_b

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Hello, recently I bought a R5 1600 and I am planning to get a MSI B350m Mortar motherboard but from other customers' reviews on it I understood that it wont work with the 1600 if I wont update its BIOS. My question is if can I update it by plugging in a USB drive with the latest version or does it need another processor or anything like that?
 
That's correct - - BIOS updating won't be possible otherwise, not on that particular board.

System needs to POST successfully in order to update the BIOS, but it can't POST with an (as yet) unsupported processor.

A classic "catch 22" scenario as it stands, but not insurmountable if you follow advice given earlier in this thread.