I'm creating a list of parts to buy and right now I'm wondering about the mobo.

I've read quite a few bad reviews but also quite a few good reviews. The bad ones complain about things like:

1. Not being able to use faster (6000) RAM

2. Being able to, but at the cost of way slower boot times

3. Over voltage in USB posts

4. The CMOS battery being dead because the button was pressed during shipping

5. Other stuff I can't remember right now

Some of the other users point out that they don't face any of these problems but many of these posts (both bad and good reviews) are at least 1 year old.

Bottom line, for anyone who has this motherboard, have these issues been resolved? Edit: a word.

Hey,

I want to build a PC using the MSI MPG B650I Edge WIFI and the 7800x3D. Any of you used this MB? What were your experiences?

By the way - did you manage to run the DDR5 at 6000? What RAM kits did you use?

Thanks

I bought the MSI MPG B650I Edge Mobo and a Ryzen 7 7800X3D. I know the mobo needs a BIOS update to handle the CPU.

I downloaded the latest (non-beta) BIOS version, unzipped it, renamed it to MSI.ROM and put it on the root of a freshly formatted FAT32 USB stick.

I connected the mobo the the PSU (both cables), sticked in the usb drive on the bios flash port and turned on the PSU then pressed flash bios button.

I read that it takes about 5 to 10 minutes for the update but I let it run for about one hour. The entire time there was a red LED blinking on the mobo. I then gave up and powered off the PSU. I tried the same thing with another USB drive and the red blinking started again but turned off after about 10 seconds.

Then I tried a third time with another USB stick and just let it do it's thing over night. When I woke up the mobo was still blinking red and the USB drive was showing activity through it's light.

All USB sticks I used were formatted as FAT32 and were 4-8gb.

The problem is that I don't actually know if the BIOS update was actually successful or not.

Is it possible to install the CPU and all other components and still be able to update the BIOS?

How should I proceed without bricking my mobo?