Aurora R10, CPU upgrade from 5950x?

@sm56​ hey so I know this is an old post but did you ever find an updated BIOS?! I'm working on a Alienware Aurora Ryzen edition r10 trying to upgrade the 3700x to a 5950x and have BIOS version 2.8.0. I have read on other forums that with the BIOS update it would support Ryzen 5000 series but I'm getting a black screen with the same "alien guy LED codes"!! Have you heard of anyone being able to successfully upgrade yet?! 

if you had the original R10 oem board NWN7M it does not support 5000 Ryzen.

Aurora R10 motherboard NWN7M Pegatron 69M10HT00B01 released on December 9, 2019 is supported by Dell with these OEM CPU =
* HXPR2 AMD R5-3500, 6C, 65W
V7JDD AMD R5-3600, 6C, 65W
2HCV8 AMD R5-3600X, 6C, 95W
VF3FD AMD R5-3600XT, 6C, 95W
XNKFV AMD R7-3700X, 8C, 65W
4GX0G AMD R7-3800X, 8C, 105W
VJ84G AMD R7-3800XT, 8C, 105W
CHMWG AMD R9-3900, 12C, 65W
6KJC4 AMD R9-3900X, 12C, 105W
2F53D AMD R9-3900XT, 12C, 105W
1MHH5 AMD R9-3950X, 16C, 105W

Aurora R10 motherboard TYR0X Pegatron 69M10HT20A01 released on January 11, 2021 is supported by Dell with these OEM CPU =
* HXPR2 AMD R5-3500, 6C, 65W
VVDNW AMD R5-5600X, 6C, 65W
NTMXC AMD R7-5800, 8C, 65W
P0M7X AMD R7-5800X, 8C, 105W
MCW0T AMD R9-5900, 12C, 65W
KGKW8 AMD R9-5900X, 12C, 105W
MMX5C AMD R9-5950X, 16C, 105W

If you had a Ryzen 3000 R10, it does not support Ryzen 5000 CPU's therefore you get a black screen.

Some of these do support the CPU you purchased;  others do not -- see thread below.

https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-desktops/alienware-aurora-ryzen-edition-r10-upgrade/675f474fb1e8a17c5879cb3c

@VeliComp1​ Dell never made it possible.

@VeliComp1​ Nah... I'm still on BIOS 1.0.8 from 2020... Saw no reason to update the BIOS since the AGESA from AMD is not updated... From what I heard, Gen 1 R10's CPU cannot be upgraded to the 5000 series of Ryzen CPU's but you might want to double-check with DELL.

I still like my old Alienware R10 and even put in a MSI Ventus 4070 TI Super and it is still running great. I will be upgrading to an entirely new system sometime next year to either a 9800x3d or a 9950x3d... and the Alienware R10 will be my RV travel trailer computer! 😜👍

When Ryzen 3rd gen was launched, some motherboard manufacturers released new models with bigger bios chips.

the older R10 board does not have a big enough bios chip to support Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 CPU

the newer R10 does.

@redxps630​ thanks for your response! the board is AMMTS-SH. Thanks again
!

@sm56​ Hey thanks for the reply! So you don't have any bottlenecking issues with the 4070 ti?! I was working with a different machine with a Ryzen 3700x and couldn't figure out why the mouse was lagging, turns out that CPU doesn't work well with the RTX 4000 series!!

@VeliComp1​ Only playing Star Citizen does the CPU bottlekneck in heavily populated areas because that game is CPU bound for the most part BUT still quite playable as the load shifts to the GPU out in space and with terrain tessellation, volumetric clouds on planets that don't have big big bases populated by a gazillion NPC's... On the other hand, Cyberpunk 2020 is about even with the GPU bottle knecking a bit more running Path Tracing or Ray tracing in Psycho mode but still get 120 FPS with RT Psycho and around 80 FPS with Path-tracing @1440p in CP2020.

Re: the board is AMMTS-SH

both older and newer R10 have this Pegatron moniker but you need to look at the Dell DP/N on a small white sticker of board to tell which one it is.

@redxps630​ Thanks for your reply! All I have is AMMTS-SH (REV: A00) It's the Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10. Are there two versions of that machine? Older & newer?

@VeliComp1​ Easiest way is to look at what originally was in there. Ryzen 3000 I am assuming, in which case it will not support Ryzen 5000.

Yes, 3700x. That's crazy! But thanks everyone for helping me out!

@VeliComp1​ Also, another tidbit of information is that they enable PSB at some point, meaning your CPU might be locked to the motherboard and will not work in any other motherboard anymore.

Just a quick word of advice should you consider upgrading to a retail motherboard and case, and try to move the 3700X over. It might not boot due to PSB.