Nah the mobo supports first and second gen ryzen. We tried another motherboard and it had the same issue, so im think the cpu got borked in the transfer from my pc to his somehow. Mind you, i made that pc like right when Ryzen came out, so it is an old motherboard, and i wasnt the kindest to it when i was younger (as in like 5 years ago.) I dont think its his psu, its 750 watt bronze and is fairly new.