A few days ago, it was reported that ASRock intends to unlock AMD’s restriction that the Ryzen 5000 processor is only compatible with the 400 series and 500 series chipsets, and it is considering delegating to the earlier 300 series.

Unexpectedly, this is not empty talk, because there are already successful cases.

JZelectronic shared ASRock’s Alpha BIOS on the forum. The corresponding version on the X370 Taichi motherboard is P6.61.

UEFI screenshots show that after updating the BIOS, the motherboard can successfully identify and light up the Ryzen 5 5600X processor.

However, it is not clear whether Zen3 functions such as SAM memory outsmart technology and advanced voltage optimization can be realized on X370. The probability is relatively small to be honest. In addition, PCIe 4.0 is not expected at all.

As for the leaked BIOS, ASRock did not give a response, and it is recommended that Xiaobai users update carefully. In addition, AMD told the media that the company has no plans to change and Ryzen 5000 does not plan to open support for the 300 series chipset.