MSI B650 Tomahawk WiFi BIOS Tour & Settings Overview

I have a weird story for you
my ryzen 9 7900x can pull 211W (reported form the cpu package power sensor in hwinfo64)
but the max cpu package temperature is 85C it doesnt want to go higher
I get 28 913 pts in cinebench r23 multicore test
fair i did cool my room and coolant to 23C before running the stress tests odd that this cpu doesnt reach 90C easily

my aio is a corsair h150i elite capellix xt 360mm and I used corsair xtm70 paste

so i got this board with a 7800 3dx and gskill tridentz5 with expo but when i go in to bios the expo button is greyed out and i cant click it i switch to 6000 in the memory setting any idea what i need to do ?

I enabled amd expo I have a amd 7800x3D and I had got it working prior I was able to play games but after I deleted my drivers and reinstalled them then enabled amd expo 1 my computer won’t post now.

I have b550 gaming plus should I disable integrated GPU? I have ryzen 5 5600g and GTX 1660 super !! What should I do?

Jo,finde ich bis jetzt auch echt geil das mainboard. Was braucht man noch? Eigentlich alles,was das Herz begehrt oder die CPU und der Speicher.

Hello friend, how do you see the compatibility with a 7800x3d and corsair CL36 Intel XMP iCUE ram?

On my memory tab it only has three boxes. Is the memory loading correctly? I bought G skill. I have 2 32 gig sticks.

yo i was wondering is it possible to update the bios withouy an usb

I'm building my first ever pc with a
ryzen 9 7900x cpu
Msi mag b650 wifi motherboard
And more

Regarding the bios update and win11 installation after the pc is assembled
Correct me where I'm wrong
1.Boot into bios by oressing the del key
2. Use M-flash to update the bios by use of a usb syick with the latest bios version
3.change the boot drive to the usb stick with the win11 installation
4.go through the prompts and select the ssd for installing win11
5.let it copy the win11 file
6. Removethr usb stick after this
7. let the pc install win11

Hi Mike, thanks for the great introduction. I have the same MB and the same processor but the EXPO profile just doesnt want to work. My NB Frequency is permanently at 3000 MHz (I have 2 DDR 5 16GB Rams. Do you know a solution for that problem?

Great video mate, i got this mobo with r5 7600, and gskill 6000 cl30, followed your guide and enabled expo, pbo, CO -20, and everything runs smoothly till now, all the testing (cinebench etc) came out great, had my first gaming session yesterday and no issues whatsoever. Thanks for this detailed guide because honestly it was really tricky to find a step by step guide for clueless people like me! cheers

With this mobo will my fans work i got 3 120mm for the aio and 2 for back fans and 3 140mm for the bottom of my case but i dont know if this motherboard will work with the plugs the fans are Thermaltake SWAFAN EX12

I have just built a new pc using this exact motherboard and cpu. I hav created a Windows 11 installation media on a USB driver (16GB). But even though the system sees the USB it wont boot from it and begin to install windows. I have set the boot priority to the USB and all it does is reboot into the bios screen, any ideas?

Hello, thank you for this effort. I did everything but the screen is black and it is written that there is no signal ... I did not install Windows

When I select "PEG" the board is still always trying to boot from IGPU. I have to remove cable from the GPU and put it into motherboard HDMI to get picture. BIOS reset did not help. Sometimes forcefully resting the PC 10+ times will make the board put the picture through the GPU. But you can imagine how annoying this is. Is there any update for the board or should I return it and get some other board?

Brilliant and thorough video. Excellent content and insight into this boards features. Thanks.

When I put it uefi my ssd disappears😢 only works if I leave it on csm. Am in last bio update too.

If others don't, I will. Thank you for taking the time to help us. Much appreciated 🙏

I can't change the week day in BIOS no matter what on my B650 ???

Hi Mike!
I'll build my 1st PC. I was using an Asus TUF gaming B650 plus wifi and unfortunate i got a faulty MB (A1 and B1 RAM and VGA Slots with no signal) My SSD Already has Win 11. It is ok if i boot Win 11 with this MB? Or i need to make a hard reset? Spec: AMD Ryzen 5 7600x, XPG 2x16 gb RAM 4800MhZ (5200 Mhz AMD EXPO Profile) MSI RTX 4060, EVGA 850 W Bronze +

I got a lot of problems with this one and Ryzen 7700x, it doesn't show my SSD in the bios. But it does show it as a C drive to store things. also only usb audio jack on the front of pc works. its really bad too, my audio jacks in the back don[t work

Why is the IDLE temp in BIOS for you so high? It's sitting at 46c. Is that normal? For me it sits even higher at 58c. Is this an AMD thing? With Intel in BIOS temps are in the 30s.

Has anyone made a walkthrough of the B650? Everyone in their mother made a bios video. I need a video of someone showing what each outlet does and where wires will be located. Any guidance to find the content im looking for would be very appreciated.

How tf do I get out of this screen I already did the bios update it’s a new motherboard with new ram

Why does my ram say 4600 when it should be 6000

The motherboard is really, really bad. I knew that the MSI startup is slow, but not that slow. After installing just Windows, with nothing on it, it takes at least 1 minute just to start. I've tried latest BIOS and it's even worse because it gave BSOD. I had to downgrade it (160 was initially) to make it start somehow. Let me explain. After you press the start button it just stays, screen is black and for at least 40 seconds the CPU and RAM LED (Red and Yellow) are on. After that they switch off, the green one for Boot will be on a second or two on and after all are off, then you'll see Win starting up. After Windows starts there's no problem. It works fine, but time is money and I can't wait it over a minute to start. So much money, but it starts like a 486 from the '80s. I've timed it with an older laptop which is on Win 8.1, i5 6th gen, 20 GB RAM and it takes less than 30 seconds. I've changed it to Gygabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX. DO NOT buy MSI !!!

The MSI driver utility installer closed after it restarted to finish updating windows 10.... Having trouble trying get it back open to install the necessary files. Any help?

Its been a week that I've built myself a pc , (7700x ,with 4x16gb corsair ram and im having issues enabling expo in my bios, when i boot nothing shows) what could be the cause ?

Hello Mike, first time pc builder here and sorry if this is a stupid question. I’m trying to build a system with Ryzen 5 7600 and MSI B650 Tomahawk motherboard.. is it ok if I use “XMP” certified RAM or should I go for “AMD EXPO” certified RAM or is there any difference at all? Reading up online on this topic is a bit confusing so… anyway, Thank you. 🙏

if you plan to buy this thing for a modern ryzen cpu: don't
It's nearly impossible to flash that bios and I've been at it for 3 days now. going to RMA that chunk of e-waste

Can't seem to enable EXPO in the bios myself, every time i try this the system just won't boot anymore and i have to remove the CMOS battery in order to get my PC up and running again. Very frustrating! Am i missing something? (using MSI B650 Tomahawk, 7800x3d and 32Gb of Corsair Vengeance RGB Ram)

Does this board have any coil whine?

PRO B650M-A WIFI No fast boots. Also my computer won't turn on with expo. I have rams that support and I own Rz 5 7600x.

How did you make the menu red?

Guys 1 question, i disabled the intregated graphics and the hybridGraphics and now when i restart my pc i got black screen ... What can i do? I have 4070 nvidia gpu but i think the system dont detect the gpu . Help pls

Hi, i have the same motherboard with 7800x3d but i don’t have CPU Ratio settings in the bios, donyou have an idea ?

Bêta runner msi bios ???

I am literally buying the same setup used here except my ram is tforce delta 2x16 5600, it’s a great build I believe

Again, Thanks for the video. Quick question, how do i disable fast boot ? I manually OC the ram and would like to have the bios train the memory every boot. Any help would be great. Thanks.

Does switching to UEFI also enable fast boot for you? I toggled between cmos/uefi and don’t see a way to disable this now.

What's the highest RAM Mhz that this board and ryzen 5 7600x support?

Thank you very much. I have the exact same MB / CPU combo. My question is does the restore factory default option in bios keep or reset the bios version. Thanks.

Excellent, thank you. Just bought this board and you have done a lot to remove some of the mystic I have experienced with previous PC builds -- great!

my case has one fan in the front and one in the back. both are running, but the fan control in BIOS tells me all systems fans are at 0rpm. only the cpu fan is around 800rpm with default settings. weird.

Hi Mike, i have the carbon motherboard with a 7800x3d. Occasionally on power up. It enters the bios on its own. Not recognising my boot drive; samsung 980 m.2 then rebooting all ok. Your thoughts please as any info would be appreciated. Secondly how do you setup for 2 monitors ( including on board graphics)?

Did u time travel or sth? The time u record the video is 03/2023, but the bios version is 09/2023 😂😂😂😂

Do you know what would make it so i need to have asmedia sata enabled or disabled? Would appreciate the help, been having a frustrating day with the PC

Hi there Mike! I hope you are doing well! I just have a quick question that I'm hoping I can get a answer too. So long story short, I got a brand new PC built not too long ago been about 3 weeks since it was built and the last week of it I accidentally got a malware virus and so I took it back too the company which I bought the parts from and had it built so they could do a fresh install of the OS windows 11 so it would completely get rid of the malware. I just got it back not too long ago and I have the exact same Motherboard and before the fresh install when i would either turn on my PC or even just restart it, I would see the motherboards logo first then it would boot into windows, but after the fresh install I now noticed it doesn't show me the Motherboards logo at all and just fast boots into windows. I'm not a very technical person which is why I am asking how can I get my Motherboards logo too show up again like before? I did go into control panel and disable fast boot in power options but that still didn't do anything so I am guessing that option is also enabled in the bios of my Motherboard, how can I get into the bios of this board and disable fast boot? Any assistance is appreciated thank you!

Using R5 7600 on this and cannot install the wifi driver..