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You are welcome! Good luck with your system!

You are welcome! I'm glad the video was helpful.

You are welcome. I'm glad you got your system working!

Thanks! I appreciate that.

Depending on your exact model of motherboard and CPU (and your BIOS settings), you should be getting a small benefit from lower latency from the M.2 drive being physically closer to the CPU and from being directly connected to the CPU (rather than being connected to the motherboard chipset). You won't notice the benefit in normal daily use. It won't be "Wow, my system is so much faster now". But it would show up on storage benchmark tests.

You need BIOS version 0602 or newer to support the Ryzen 5 7600X. It is very likely that your motherboard already has a newer BIOS version. rog.asus.com/us/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b650e-f-gaming-wifi-model/helpdesk_qvl_cpu/

Yes, that is true. That is a pretty low-end B550 motherboard from four years ago that has nothing to do with this video.

​ @GlennBerrySQL its not low end, same as this one, if you look at prices for miniITX boards its more money than normal ATX boards. Its only one generation older chipset. but comment is for flashback option, everywhere i see videos about asus flashback (b450, b550, b650, or whatever chipset), people do it without cpu, so i tried without cpu, and nothing happened :) found another video where guy flashes bios on Rog Strix B550-A also without cpu in socket

You are welcome. Glad the video was helpful!

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This procedure does not show anything on your computer monitor (by design). It is designed to work with no CPU, GPU or memory. The only indication you will get about whether the operation is working is the BIOS Flash LED, which will blink/flash for 5-6 minutes and then stop blinking. If that LED only blinks a few times and then stops (or stays on) that means that the system could not read the BIOS flash file from the USB drive (or that it is not the correct file for your motherboard). It is ok to turn off the power supply power switch if this happens (it won't ruin anything). I would suggest you watch the entire video again and then make sure you did not skip a step or make some small mistake. Here are some common mistakes: 1. Downloading the BIOS file for a different model motherboard 2. Not renaming the BIOS file to the correct name (SX670EE.CAP) 3. Not having the USB drive formatted with FAT32 4. Not having the BIOS file in the root of the USB drive

@@GlennBerrySQL I love you man. Thank you so much. I am so thankful for your video. I have spent days and hours watching TH-cam and asking Google how to use it. Only your video showed how to rename the Bios and said that it was automatic if we clicked on the renaming ICON. Thank you so much, I truly wish I could pay you for that information.

@@robertrlkatz6890 Glad I could help! It is possible to send a tip for a YT video (quite a few people have sent them to me in the past), but it is not expected. Thanks!

And your point is?

@@GlennBerrySQL envy you bro... I'm reluctantly using p5 plus bro

That is not really what CrystalDiskMark is designed for. It is a disk benchmark utility that lets you measure the performance of a drive in several different ways. This is useful for checking whether it is performing like it should for the type of drive that it is. For example, if someone installed an M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD in an M.2 slot that only had PCIe 3.0 support, the drive would still work, but it would be in PCIe 3.0 mode with only 1/2 the bandwidth of PCIe 4.0 mode. They might not realize there was a problem without measuring the performance with a tool like this. I think what you are looking for is a disk management tool from whatever vendor made your drive to tell you what its health condition is. Samsung uses Samsung Magician for this, but every drive vendor has something similar.

Perhaps, but it was advertised in several different places as a way to determine if your drive is failing, close to failing, or how long the drive will last. This app is for IT pros and not us average users. The advertising was done in such a way as to make one think this app would be useful for the average user. Sort of clickbait.

@@thesilentgeneration Advertised by who? The same developer who wrote CrystalDiskMark also wrote CrystalDiskInfo, which is a little closer to what you seem to be asking for. I have a YT video that shows how to use that program. But as I said before, you need to look for a vendor-specific disk management utility (that is made by whatever company made your drive(s)) to get the more end-user friendly information that you seem to want. Nothing in my video title, thumbnail or description is "click-bait".

@@GlennBerrySQL No, and I did not infer that it was clickbait. I was referring to other video sites, if you read my comments carefully. Respectfully: There are people who react to any sort of opposition to their own beliefs with hostility, rage, and often sarcasm. Many times they show that their beliefs and viewpoints on certain matters are not held by them through carefully thought out judgments based on facts but often emotions. They feel threatened when one or several of these anti-rationally based conclusions is questioned by a rational mind. In a way, they want one to respond to their emotions as they do. : By holding them as the equal to truth.

@@thesilentgeneration Believe me, I do read comments very carefully. Unfortunately, your comments have been pretty vague and ambiguous, so your thoughts have been difficult to decipher. I have tried to respond with useful information in a straightforward manner. No "hostility, rage or sarcasm" here. I appreciate your perhaps unintentional efforts to boost this video for the YT algorithm with a long comment thread. Thanks!

Your SN850X would work just fine in the M.2_1 slot. It would still be PCIe 4.0, since that is the PCIe version that the drive supports (even though it is in a PCIe 5.0 slot). The M.2_1 slot is physically closer to the CPU, which will reduce latency (not that you will notice IRL), and that slot has a larger heatsink. It is also directly connected to the CPU rather than the motherboard chipset. If you only have one M.2 SSD, you want it in the "best" M.2 slot (which is M.2_1 on this motherboard).

@@GlennBerrySQL Thank you for your response, I appreciate it!

Newsflash: This is a "Short", which can only be 60 seconds long. Whether the primary PCIe slot (where the GPU usually is installed) goes from x16 to x8 depends on the motherboard, the CPU, what is installed in the various M.2 slots and your BIOS settings. Many modern Intel motherboards and CPUs will go from x16 to x8 if you use one or more M.2 slots connected to directly the CPU. Most modern AMD motherboards/CPUs will not do that. You need to read your motherboard manual to find out exactly what happens to your PCIe lanes depending on what you install.

You can put any PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD into any PCIe M.2 NVMe slot, and it will work. The standard is backwards compatible. Whichever part has the lower version of PCIe will be the lowest common standard that will be used. So, if you put a PCIe 4.0 SSD into an PCIe 5.0 slot, it will work, but it will still only have PCIe 4.0 bandwidth (because the SSD is the bottleneck). If you put a PCIe 4.0 SSD into a PCIe 3.0 slot, it will still work, but it will only use PCIe 3.0 bandwidth (because the slot is the bottleneck).

@@GlennBerrySQL hey thank you so much for the detailed answer, you get 5 minutes maybe you can look at this diagram and tell me what you think? The diagram is confusing to me as it shows 16 lanes for gpu but the two m.2 actually go into the gpu lanes before it gets to the cpu? But it doesn’t state that I see that it lowers gpu lanes ? Or pcie switching www.manua.ls/gigabyte/x670e-aorus-master/manual

Page 5 * in the the link shows the diagram

@@TheOneGhost12 With an AMD X670E motherboard (like you have), you can use either of the M.2 slots connected to the CPU (M2A_CPU or M2B_CPU) without reducing how many PCI lanes are available for the GPU in the primary PCIe x16 slot. You can put a PCIe 5.0 or a PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD into either of those slots. M2A_CPU is the "best" slot to use, since it is closer to the CPU. BTW, it is easier to use the Gigabyte link instead of the one you were using. download.gigabyte.com/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_x670e-aorus-master_1103_e.pdf?v=54c13ebeec9f5a46ebba720fb5759a45

@@GlennBerrySQL Hey thank you so much for your help and time! Do you think it’s weird though in the diagram it shows it connecting in the same lane as gpu before it gets to cpu? Also I’m assuming “ i “ is the row of ports for usb that go directly to the cpu ? Let me know if you happen to know as you seem knowledgeable: ]

Thank you! Good luck with your system!

That usually means that you skipped a step or made some small mistake. This low-level procedure is pretty straight-forward, but every single step in the process has to be done exactly right, or it won't work. These are the general troubleshooting steps: 1. Did you watch the entire video, and follow all of the directions exactly? 2. Is the USB drive formatted with FAT32 rather than NTFS or exFAT? 3. Do you have file extensions enabled in Windows Explorer? 4. Did you download the latest BIOS file for your exact model motherboard? 5. Did you rename the BIOS file as gigabyte.bin? 6. Is the BIOS file in the root of the USB drive (not in a directory)? 7. Is the USB drive in the correct USB port (the one labeled BIOS)? 8. Are both power supply cables plugged into the motherboard? 9. Did you plug in the USB drive before you turned the power supply on? 10. Are you using a USB 2.0 flash drive instead of a USB 3.0 flash drive (USB 2.0 seems to work better)? 11. Did the BIOS flash LED on the motherboard flash for 5-6 minutes, and then stop flashing?

Are you 100% sure you downloaded the correct BIOS for your exact motherboard model? ASUS has many models with similar names. Did you rename the BIOS file manually? Do you have three letter file extensions enabled in Windows Explorer? By default, they are turned off. For this exact motherboard, the name needs to be SX670EE.CAP. I have seen people accidentally rename the file to SX670EE.CAP.CAP. Are you using a small capacity USB drive (preferably USB 2.0)? These are all common mistakes/issues.

@GlennBerrySQL I ended up figuring it out. Even though the usb drive properties stated that it was Fat32, I had to clean and repartition it. Once I did that it worked.

@@KevinMO91 Glad that you got it sorted!

Thanks! I'm glad I could help!

I guess you could make your own video and show us how I should have done it.

You are welcome! I'm glad it was useful for you.

You are welcome!

Great! I'm glad it was useful.

You don't have to disassemble the system to do this procedure. Just make sure the system is not turned on and "running" (by using the case power button) when you do it. The system just needs to be plugged in with the power supply switch turned on. You can use a Mac to download and prepare the file. Just make sure the USB drive is formatted with FAT32.

@@GlennBerrySQL ok I had a 5800x in it before and swapped it for a 5800x3d and didn’t think it would post

@@justinstewart3248 Well, depending on when your motherboard was manufactured (and whether you have ever updated the BIOS or not) you might have a new enough BIOS version that will support a 5800X3D. If the system will POST, you can use the built-in BIOS update utility in the BIOS setup program to update to the latest version.

@@GlennBerrySQL I last updated the bios 4 years ago on a B550i and I have yet to test this. I just didn’t want to have to reinstall the 5800x I have to be able to allow it to post and do it the easy way.

@@justinstewart3248 If it won't POST with the 5800X3D, then you can use the method shown in the video (and you don't have to remove the CPU). If it will POST, then you can update the BIOS the easy way.

You are welcome!

You are welcome!

Thanks for the Vid btw❤❤❤❤

If you turned on the system (with the case power button) before you did this, then this procedure will not work. The solution is to turn off the system. You need to be plugged in, with the power supply switch turned on. After that, follow the instructions in the video.

​@@GlennBerrySQLSo i didn't kill my mobo with that?

@@LOL-bb8th No, doing it wrong in that manner will not hurt your motherboard.

@@GlennBerrySQLAlright, thank you so much for the help!!❤❤

No, it won't. The bandwidth is limited by whatever is lower (meaning the drive or the M.2 slot it is installed in). The idea here is to try to keep people from putting a PCIe 4.0 drive in an M.2 slot that only supports PCIe 3.0. Or a PCIe 5.0 drive in an M.2 slot that only supports PCIe 4.0. The second point is that people should look at their motherboard manual to figure out which M.2 slot to use, based on the motherboard chipset, the CPU they have, and what else is installed to figure out how the PCIe lanes will be allocated.

@GlennBerrySQL so why should I have my os drive in the slot closest to the cpu, when it's a gen 5 slot and I don't think it worth it to pay for a gen 5 drive? I'm happy with gen 4 for now.

@@garyrowe58 Well stay on your Gen 4 then. There is nothing wrong with that.

@@GlennBerrySQL but then why did you say to put it in the gen 5 slot?

@@garyrowe58 Putting the M.2 drive with your OS in an M.2 slot connected directly to the CPU (instead of an M.2 slot connected to your motherboard chipset) will reduce the latency. You probably won't notice this in normal usage, but it will show up in storage benchmarks. It is also what the motherboard makers usually recommend. Latency is different from bandwidth. The PCIe version doesn't matter for latency. The PCIe version matters for bandwidth. Storage bandwidth is less important than latency for most daily tasks. Bandwidth is important when you are reading or writing very large files. It is also very important for common database tasks that rely on sequential throughput. If you put an M.2 PCIe 5.0 SSD in a PCIe 4.0 slot, your bandwidth will be limited to PCIe 4.0 speed (which is about 7400MB/sec with four lanes). The M.2 slot is the bandwidth bottleneck in this scenario. If you put an M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD in a PCIe 5.0 slot your bandwidth will still be limited to PCIe 4.0 speed. The M.2 drive is the bandwidth bottleneck in this scenario.

That generally means that you skipped a step or made a small mistake. Every little step has to be done correctly, from downloading the correct BIOS for your exact motherboard model, unzipping it, renaming it with the correct name, having the renamed file in the root of the USB drive, etc.

This is probably because you don't have file extensions enabled in Windows Explorer. The .cap was there, but you could not see it (because by default, Microsoft hides it to not "confuse" people).

@@GlennBerrySQL ohhh. So by adding .CAP to the end, thus making it .CAP.CAP, I created the problem? It makes sense, though definitely confused me a bit

it's saying N/A

@@user-bz4wx5fw9g Do you have a Samsung SSD installed or some other brand? Samsung Magician only shows full information for Samsung SSDs. You can use CrystalDiskInfo to get health information for most drives.

@@GlennBerrySQL Well i am not using Samsung SSD i am using Crucial bx500

@@user-bz4wx5fw9g Then you should use Crucial's drive management software, not Samsung's.