Need help finding chipset

GreatFirewall said:

I know that.... already did this.
see here https://www.amd.com/en/support/chips...ocket-am4/a320
AMD Chipset Drivers
Revision Number
5.08.02.027
File Size
66 MB
Release Date
8/17/2023

see here GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 1.x) Support | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global
AMD Chipset Driver

OS: Windows 11 64bit,Windows 10 64bit (aha! its w11 not 10, got it!)
[5.11.02.217]
63.61 MB
Jan 03, 2024

it appears so now i dont know what version to download. what is the standard precdure? mb or cpu manufacturer or which ever has the latest?

also, i need help with the bios update. we have a very old version with many security vulnerbailities..
can we update directly to latest version or is there some that must be installed first?

I've noticed that the Win 10 and Win 11 chipset drivers (at least for MY motherboard), are always the exact same driver.
But... I don't know if that's true for all motherboards, or for all time.
So... it's best just to grab the Win 10 one for Win 10, and the Win 11 one for Win 11.


However you decide to do it... the chipset drivers you'll find anywhere... come from here...
https://www.amd.com/en/support

Which, is why I gave you that link.

GreatFirewall said:

fair enough ty.
i read in gygabite bios, this info Note: Before update BIOS to F40 or later version, make sure you have prior updated to F32.
what will happen if someone does not take note of this warning and try to flash F40 or later without prior udating to F32?

I don't "know". I'm not Gigabyte.
But it's a safe bet that if Gigabyte tells you that F40 has an F32 prerequisite... I'd listen to them.

Unlike chipset drivers... the BIOS is strictly motherboard manufacturer business.
Listen to what they tell you. If you screw up the BIOS you may kill the motherboard. ^^

When it comes to flashing the BIOS (on "any" motherboard), do exactly what the motherboard manufacturer and the motherboard manual... tell you.

If they say: "Put your forefinger on your head and spin around three times before flashing the BIOS".... do it !!!
A screwed up BIOS flash = a screwed up or dead... motherboard.

GreatFirewall said:

fair warning.

need help again.. we copied the F32 bios version on a usb drive and inserted it in the motherboard then we booted in bios and went qflash and update bios.. problem is the usb drive does not show and the bios update file also does not show, we did extract it prior and also tried without extracting. current bios version is F22 so the update should work, should..
we tried for 40 minutes updating bios no success. tried various usb drives and usb ports no success. what we do wrong?

Is the USB Fat32 formatted?
What is the BIOS file type? If you downloaded as mb_bios_ga-a320m-s2h_f42.zip file you must extract the A320MS2H.F42 file and put it on the USB root.

GreatFirewall said:

Ohh! so the MB determines the chipset, not the cpu.. ugh. good to know.. we installed the x570 thinking it was correct but now that needs to be reevaluated. should we notice problems when the chipset we installed is not the right one?

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now all makes sense

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hold on.. what is this? GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 1.x), rev2 rev3?, are these MB versions?

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thanks but how did you get this result?

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from everything i learned now its best to get the chipset here GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 1.x) Support | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global
do you agree?

Gigabyte over time has had 3 revisions of the GA-A320M-S2H motherboard. They are all very similar but it is important to know which revision you have because the downloads may be different for each revision. Note all the revisions have the AMD A320 chipset.

If you go to the following links and click on Support you will find:
* Downloads for drivers (Audio, Chipset, LAN, SATA, BIOS & Utilies)
* CPU support (which AMD CPUs the motherboard supports)
* Manual
* Support List (Memory, SSD, M.2)

GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 1.x)
GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 1.x) Key Features | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 2.0)
GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 2.0) Key Features | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 3.x)
GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 3.x) Key Features | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

Like I said you have to look at each motherboard individually to see what downloads they have and which CPUs they support.

AMD released new chipset generations over time
A320, B350 and X370 (February 2017)
B450 and X470 (March 2018)
B550 (June 2020) and X570 (July 2019)

Each chipset generation represented an advancement in motherboard technology.

Motherboards with A320, B350 and X370 chipsets came out with the Ryzen 1000 series CPUs. However, many of the motherboards with these chipsets also support newer Ryzen 2000, 3000 and 5000 series CPUs.

Motherboards with B450 and X470 chipsets came out with the Ryzen 2000 series CPUs. However, many of the motherboards with these chipsets support older 1000 and newer Ryzen 3000 and 5000 series CPUs.

Motherboards with B550 and X570 chipsets came out with the Ryzen 3000 series CPUs. However, many of the motherboards with these chipsets support 1000 and newer Ryzen 3000 and 5000 series CPUs.

AMD Chipsets
List of AMD chipsets - Wikipedia

GreatFirewall said:

Thanks for getting back to me, i am not sure about the filesystem of the usb, will check asap and report back.
we used rufus to wipe the usb clean.
the downloaded file is an zip archive mb_bios_ga-a320m-s2h_f32.zip
we extracted it and got autoexec.bat A320MS2H.F32 Efiflash.exe and we placed this in the root of the usb
the usb has more than 4gb storagespace if this matters?

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Thanks for getting back to me, the a320 chipset is already installed now.
I notice the (rev. 1.x) (rev. 2.x) (rev. 3.x) but dont know what to make of it.. how do we find out rev id for our board?
Asume it is on the package or on the board but if not is there software to read it out?

ps all the 3 board variant you sent (rev 1 2 3) support our cpu ryzen 5 2600

It looks like it's on the lower left corner of the motherboard...