Now I realize it would be probably possible to return the board, ask for one with a newer BIOS, but daddy didnt't raise no pussy. Not sure how this is supposed to work, as with these new generation processors, more and more functions are integrated into the CPU (when did we wave goodbye to the Northbridge? 2009? The Southbridge is going away soon, I fear) - nevertheless, if it is possible, then not with this board. There is info on the net of supposedly copying the new BIOS onto a blank USB stick, doing a BIOS reset, then turning on the MaBo with the USB stick plugged in, and it automatically updates. But how to update a mainboard that simply lights the 'CPU' EZ-Debug LED when you plug it in.

To me this means either BIOS 7A37v1B or newer (it's from Jan 2018, and has this in the release notes: 'Update AGESA Code 1.1.0.1 to support Raven Ridge CPU') Of course I wanted to use a Raven Ridge to be able to go without a PCIe GPU.

Hi, just a short one: Amazon in Germany sells this Mainboard with the BIOS version 1.2 (7A37v12 in MSI-speak, from April 2017) Problem is, if you want to use a Raven Ridge APU, you need a fresh BIOS, as Raven Ridge was introduced in October 2017.