Willow 2 support Ryzen?

[Seanhall]

Looking for information regarding the Willow 2 Motherboard. I have only found information on the 1st willow board. I am looking to upgrade my A10-9700 to the new Ryzen 1600. Both 65w with AM4. In theory, it should work. Before I spend the money on the new CPU I am looking for some confirmation.

Thank you for the information!

[Grzwacz]

Hi

You can review Willow2 specifications at this HP Support site.

This motherboard may not POST if you install a Ryzen.

There is a BIOS update for your PC. The fixes section in the previous link does not include support for additional processors such as the Ryzen.

Tom

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

In theory the Ryzen should work as the Willow2 has the correct socket and chipset. However, I haven't seen any Willow2 mobos or BIOS updates that mention Ryzen support.

Historically, AMD hasn't required BIOS updates for processors as compared with Intel. If you can get a Ryzen on consignment or with a full money back refund then go for it and let us know the results.

A bit of caution as the Ryzen mobos and BIOS updates for many third party manufacturers took some iterations to get stability.

[Seanhall]

Thanks. This is what I was thinking. I might buy the CPI and try it in a few weeks. I will post my findings.

If someone else has tried this please chime in

[Grzwacz]

Hi Seanhall

Get back to the forum after you install the processor.

I am interested to know if a Ryzen will work when HP specs don't list this processor as an unqualified upgrade path and there is no HP BIOS update to support this processor.

Tom