Bios trouble or I don't know enough trouble

[teatreepanda]

I am building a new el cheapo gaming machine.
Motherboard is MSI B350M Pro-VD Plus.
CPU is Ryzen 3 2200G
Memory - 2x4gig of DDR4-2400
Sata6 ssd (not here yet)
Seagate Barracuda 1tb hd
Power - Rosewill Valens 600 watt
Operating system - Win 10 Home 64 bit (when possible)
possible additional operating system - Sparky LInux

So on the Newegg website and MSI website it said Ryzen Ryzen Ryzen everywhere for this board and many others. Now I am finding out that the board may need a Bios flash to identify my particular Ryzen. I put things together on the workbench and the Bios does not show. Blank monitor, no post or anything. I have a USB keyboard but didn't plug it in yet.

If the Bios showed itself on screen I would fully assemble and then do the maintenance. The CPU fan spins and the CPU "error light" shines brightly.
Time limits and costs to send things back.

 

[rocktalkrock]

Is there an “AMD Ryzen Desktop 2000 Ready” sticker on the front of your motherboard box?

 

[teatreepanda]

No. That sticker came with the processor. I didn't see that terminology until I opened the processor box. Now I know my board is not "ready".

I want to make it ready and have requested a boot kit from AMD. Hope to hear soon. Alternatively I have an RMA from Newegg.

AsRock has a 2000 ready board. Are they as good as an MSI board? This MSI board is military class 4, plus cheaper and in my hands.

 

[rocktalkrock]

No. That sticker came with the processor. I didn't see that terminology until I opened the processor box. Now I know my board is not "ready".

I want to make it ready and have requested a boot kit from AMD. Hope to hear soon. Alternatively I have an RMA from Newegg.

AsRock has a 2000 ready board. Are they as good as an MSI board? This MSI board is military class 4, plus cheaper and in my hands.

Military Class 4 is just a marketing term MSI uses, it's no better or worse than an ASRock motherboard. Just choose which board you like based on the features you prefer and price.