Reality check needed please.
PcPartPicker is saying these are not compatible. The motherboard box says otherwise. Is this a PCPP glitch?
PcPartPicker was on the money. Despite the March 2021 manufacture date of the motherboard and the sticker on the box, it needed a firmware update to boot.
It's compatible. It just may need a firmware update.
If you read the warning, it'll tell you Warning!Some AMD B450 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vermeer CPUs. Upgrading the BIOS may require a different CPU that is supported by older BIOS revisions.
The warning just says they arent compatible :
Warning!MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor are not compatible.
But this is on the box so im thinking its updated:
Like the others said, it may need a bios update.
Depending on the motherboard, you may need a compatible CPU to run the update. Some boards just need power and the update file on a USB and you just press the bios update button on the board.
It's technically compatible, might have to update your BIOS.
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450M-MORTAR-MAX
BIOS Version 7B89v2C
Released on February 2021.
Description
Updated AMD AGESA ComboAm4v2PI 1.2.0.0
list of supported CPU's https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450M-MORTAR-MAX#sup… scroll right down to the very bottom and you will see it
assuming that the motherboard is manufactured in the last few months, it will have a bios that's new enough to support the CPU.
They're not incompatible. If your board doesn't come with the BIOS required to run the 5600X you can always use a USB flash drive and install the BIOS update without the CPU thanks to MSI.
They are compatible. Don't stress.
depends on the bios/firmware version