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sgmfish · ‎02-23-2019

I am a fairly knowledgeable computer user, but I am definitely NOT of the overclocker or gamer level, so perhaps I'm just confused by the lingo you guys use. Here's my "silly" question:

I have a Prime X470-Pro mobo. Is that the same as label "Crosshair VII" used in this forum? Also, and more important, I am having problems booting the mobo, so I've updated the BIOS. On the ASUS webiste I find the lastest BIOS is v4207; and yet everyone on this forum is using numbers such as v1300 for the latest BIOS. What am I missed here??

gorpo · ‎02-23-2019

sgmfish wrote:
I have a Prime X470-Pro mobo. Is that the same as label "Crosshair VII" used in this forum?

No.

MeanMachine · ‎02-23-2019

Never a "silly" question sgmfish :).

The Prime X470-Pro mobo is a completely different motherboard to the Crosshair VII Hero. IMO Crosshair VII Hero is a better board for Overclocking. Prime X470-Pro does not have a Qcode led for troubleshooting and no Flashback on the rear IO panel for Bios updates.
Bios 4207 is correct for X470-PRO and 1300 would be referring to the CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 CPU.

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My System Specs:

MB:ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero/WiFi GPU:EVGA GTX 1080 sc PSU:Corsair AX-1200i
CPU:AMD R7 2700X Cooler: Corsair Hydro H115i Case: Corsair Carbide 780t
Memory:G.Skill TridentZ F4-3200C14D-16GTZR SSD:Samsung 500GB 960 EVO M.2

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sgmfish · ‎02-23-2019

Got it.....thanks.

I was looking around for a user forum that addressed ASUS Prime X470 issues; I saw that this forum did ASUS and X470, so I thought this was it. I am not familiar with all the ASUS mobos, so I just thought that "Crosshair" was some sort of code name early adopters were using.

MeanMachine · ‎02-24-2019

sgmfish wrote:
Got it.....thanks.

I was looking around for a user forum that addressed ASUS Prime X470 issues; I saw that this forum did ASUS and X470, so I thought this was it. I am not familiar with all the ASUS mobos, so I just thought that "Crosshair" was some sort of code name early adopters were using.

To help understand the MB naming convention, please review this thread: https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?100962-Motherboard-Name-labeling 😛

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My System Specs:

MB:ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero/WiFi GPU:EVGA GTX 1080 sc PSU:Corsair AX-1200i
CPU:AMD R7 2700X Cooler: Corsair Hydro H115i Case: Corsair Carbide 780t
Memory:G.Skill TridentZ F4-3200C14D-16GTZR SSD:Samsung 500GB 960 EVO M.2

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sgmfish · ‎02-25-2019

please review this thread: https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...-Name-labeling

Very helpful.....thanks

BIOS numbering scheme