Neowin News Feed for: Agesa

AMD's new Windows 11 25H2 chipset driver has updates for Ryzen 9000, 8000, 7000, 6000, 5000

Sayan Sen — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:14:01 +0000

AMD released a new major graphics driver as well as a chipset driver today. The latter adds important optimizations for many Ryzen processors and platforms. Read more...

AMD Ryzen 9000, 8000, 7000 CPUs have a vulnerable TPM-Pluton, major firmware fix released

Sayan Sen — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 12:52:01 +0000

New AMD Ryzen firmware is out which patches a security flaw related to the TPM and Pluton. The vulnerability impacts 9000, 8000, and 7000 series Ryzen CPUs. Read more...

AMD's BIOS update is great for both Linux and Windows if you want a free performance boost

Sayan Sen — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 22:08:01 +0000

AMD's Ryzen processors are getting a performance boost on both Windows and Linux thanks to an AGESA firmware update. Read more...

BIOS update gives AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs Windows performance boost via latency reduction

Sayan Sen — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:58:01 +0000

A new AMD AGESA BIOS update is boosting the performance of Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series processors by reducing latency. Read more...

Following Windows updates, new AMD AGESA further boosts Ryzen 9000 performance with 105W TDP

Sayan Sen — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:28:02 +0000

Following the Windows 11 24H2 and 23H2 optimizations for Ryzen 9000 (Zen 5), a new 105-watt TDP mode brings even more performance. Read more...

AMD Ryzen 9000 (Zen 5) launch not too far as chipset driver, firmware support lands

Sayan Sen — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 22:50:02 +0000

A couple of the biggest vendor partners of AMD, Asus and MSI, have inadvertently revealed some of the early details about the upcoming Zen 5 processors, thanks to firmware and chipset driver updates. Read more...

AMD firmware for LogoFAIL, which lets hacker get into any PC via boot logo, rolling out

Sayan Sen — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:26:01 +0000

Nearly all motherboard makes were found vulnerable to the LogoFAIL security flaw at the end of last year. And at long last, AMD's vendor partners are finally beginning to roll out patched firmware. Read more...

After fixing DDR5 memory training and speed, AMD Ryzen desktop (AM5) APUs seem ready to fly

Sayan Sen — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 17:22:01 +0000

After improving DDR5 speeds and fixing memory training bugs and issues, AMD seems to finally be ready to announce the Ryzen 7000 desktop APUs for AM5. These upcoming parts may be revealed at CES. Read more...

AMD confirms firmware update for Ryzen 3000, 4000, 5000, 7000 CPUs vulnerable to Zenbleed

Sayan Sen — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 11:38:01 +0000

AMD Ryzen 3000, 4000 desktop chips, as well as Ryzen 5000, 4000, and some 7000 series mobile chips, are vulnerable to a new CPU vulnerability dubbed "Zenbleed". AMD confirms patches are coming soon. Read more...

AMD finally ready to unleash RDNA 2/ RDNA 3 Ryzen AM5 desktop APUs as DDR5 spreads its wings

Sayan Sen — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 01:00:01 +0000

AMD may finally be ready to unveil its RDNA 2 / RDNA 3 desktop APUs soon. That's because the company's latest AGESA firmware update is allowing DDR5 RAM kits to hit around 8000MT/s on Ryzen. Read more...

AMD releases critical AGESA firmware update as fix for burning Ryzen 7000 processors

Sayan Sen — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:38:02 +0000

AMD has issued a new statement regarding Ryzen 7000 series chips burning up. The company says that it has identified the problem and has released a critical AGESA firmware update that fixes it. Read more...

Asus AGESA BIOS for AMD Ryzen 7000 reduces massively long Windows boot times, updates TPM

Sayan Sen — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 17:16:01 +0000

AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs and AM5 boards are known to have really slow boot times in some cases. However, with the latest firmware update, Asus has significantly reduced the boot times. Read more...

Latest AMD AGESA bios leads to massive performance loss, boot fails on Ryzen 7000

Sayan Sen — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 07:58:01 +0000

According to reports, the latest firmware update AGESA 1.0.0.4 for AMD AM5 motherboards is causing major performance loss and boot fails on Ryzen 7000 series. The core layout is apparently to blame. Read more...

AMD Ryzen 7000 (Zen 4) allegedly failing to boost and clock past DDR5-5200

Sayan Sen — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 19:16:01 +0000

There has been a rumor floating that AMD is facing firmware issues regarding Ryzen 7000 and socket AM5. According to a new report, the reported issues are related to DDR5 speeds and boost clocks. Read more...

Despite AMD's official announcement, B350 / A320 support for new Ryzen CPUs is iffy, for now

Sayan Sen — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:16:02 +0000

While AMD made it official yesterday that first-gen Socket AM4 300 series chipset boards will support the new Ryzen 5000 and 4000 CPUs too, there appears to be some major caveats, at least for now. Read more...

Long live Socket AM4! AMD officially expands Ryzen 5000 CPU support to 300 series boards

Sayan Sen — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:41:13 +0000

As the company had said earlier, AMD has officially announced the support of all Ryzen 5000 series CPUs, including the newest ones, on first-gen 300 series chipset AM4 motherboards. Read more...

AGESA 1.2.0.2 update for fixing USB issues rolling out to ASUS 500-series boards

Sayan Sen — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:16:01 +0000

ASUS has announced the availability of the AGESA 1.2.0.2 firmware. The update is supposed to fix the USB connectivity problems that AMD 500-series chipset board owners had reported experiencing. Read more...

AMD Smart Access Memory support is now available on select Ryzen 3000 series CPUs too

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:10:01 +0000

AMD has now expanded support for its Smart Access Memory feature to Ryzen 3000 series processors. The feature debuted last year alongside the launch of the Ryzen 5000 CPUs and RX 6000 series GPUs. Read more...

AGESA 1.2.0.0 will fix Ryzen Master issues on 5600X/5800X, add Resizable BAR support

Sayan Sen — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:50:01 +0000

AMD has officially announced that PCIe Resizable BAR support will be arriving next month via the upcoming AGESA 1.2.0.0 BIOS. The new update will also fix some telemetry problems with Ryzen Master. Read more...

AMD's Ryzen 9 3950X has been delayed due to "unsatisfactory clock speeds", says report [Update]

Sayan Sen — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 20:46:01 +0000

AMD delayed the September launch of the Ryzen 9 3950X by a couple of months to November. The 16-core 32-thread monster CPU is allegedly facing clocking issues, similar to other Ryzen 3000 processors. Read more...