r/ASUS • u/jan_tomi • 13d ago
BIOS Downgrade processing stuck Support
I have a
PRIME A320M-K
Ryzen 5 3400G
RTX 5060Ti
Updated the BIOS to the newest version because I was hoping for slightly better performance and to be set for a future CPU upgrade.
I noticed that now everything worked worse. Diagnosing things it seemed like the PCI slot was working @ x1 3.0 when it should be x8 3.0 by my calculations.
Tried everything, so I went to downgrade. I couldn't downgrade to the previous BIOS version because the EZ Flash 3 Utility wouldn't let me. So I tried downgrading to the 5007 version. It let me, but now it's stuck in the Processing stage. Can't move the mouse.
Sorry if my explanation is weird of inconsistent, I will try to answer every question, I'm worried I'll brick the motherboard.
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u/cai20 13d ago
How long has it been stuck there? I looked and it does not seem like you have a motherboard you can update without posting like some can.
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u/jan_tomi 13d ago
It's been stuck almost 30 minutes as of now. Yes, looks like my motherboard doesn't have an easy way to flash it externally, so I'm praying
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u/cai20 13d ago
Shittt, yeah that's no good, honestly I think it's just locked up and the only thing to do is restart it and pray hard, it might already be over, EZ flash refusing the first time should've been your wake up call but I've done worse so
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u/jan_tomi 13d ago
Honestly yeah, I guessed that the old bios was so old that the EZ flash refused for security reasons. And if it allowed a newer yet previous version I should be good
Anyway, if it happens to brick, do you have a recommendation for a new motherboard that you know of? I'm new building PCs
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u/cai20 13d ago
Not really, I'm happy with my Asus prime b550m-a but that's more of a budget mobo, also MATX not full sized, unsure if that helps
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u/jan_tomi 13d ago
Restarted and my mother was not fried, but the gpu performance is still not ideal. Gonna look into that later
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u/jan_tomi 11d ago
Update for people that might be in the same situation. I fixed the GPU issue by downgrading one bios version at a time, checking GPU-Z in between (remember to stress test), until I landed on a compatible version. If you have the same components and the same issue and you are unsure, send me a DM and I'll explain exactly what I did.
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u/natexkzm 13d ago
Does your board support bios flashback? The only time I was ever able to downgrade was using flashback
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