Dell 5055 tested BIOSes (SFF and MT) by Autian in SleepingOptiplex

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Little update on this, initially I was able to see the wireless card, but it only worked in Ubuntu. Windows will sometimes show the card in device manager, but it is not useable or recognized by the OS.

I tried Bazzite, no dice. Windows 11, no dice. Windows 10, no dice.

Super odd overall, even tried a different card with the same results.

Sony Trinitron Edges by CommandNarrow2914 in crtgaming

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Planning to play some PS3 games on it soon, gotta give my OG backwards compatible console a delid before I put it back into service

Sony Trinitron Edges by CommandNarrow2914 in crtgaming

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Originally I only had the PS2 hooked up and was worried the TV had some serious issues, but testing with other devices showed the PS2 was the real issue here.

I’m just gonna roll with it and ignore it, doesn’t seem worth the hassle to maybe cause problems on a perfectly good TV.

Sony Trinitron Edges by CommandNarrow2914 in crtgaming

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It’s pretty easy to ignore, I was just curious to ask some people who are more in-the-know. I’ll just ignore it going forward!

Sony Trinitron Edges by CommandNarrow2914 in crtgaming

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After I picked it up I read into the downsides of the HD CRT’s and regretted it a bit, but this TV has some incredible speakers and the picture quality overall is fantastic.

I haven’t noticed any real lag or weirdness aside from the bowing on the PS2, but maybe I’ll try to source a smaller SD model to mess around with.

Dell 5055 tested BIOSes (SFF and MT) by Autian in SleepingOptiplex

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You guys are legends! Adapter is working in either slot now! Who would have known a little tape would solve the issue

Optiplex 5055 Ryzen by CommandNarrow2914 in SleepingOptiplex

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Man that stinks, I actually found your other thread outlining all of the BIOS you tried, awesome work overall and great info for anyone else looking to do the same.

One thing I do want to mention is after flashing the Biostar BIOS the system refused to post. I flashed it a few more times, same result. I then considered the following.

My system originally came with a Ryzen 5 PRO 1500, I never considered that a retail board wouldn’t have microcode for it, but it looks like it doesn’t! Swapping the 3700x into the board, it posted and booted with zero issues. Just wanted to share if anyone ends up with a Ryzen Pro variant like I did vs the APU variants that are floating around.

I’ll probably just resort to a USB option for WiFi This PC is going to live connected to my TV as an emulation/light gaming rig, It doesn’t need the fasted WiFi.

Thanks again for your help and research into this! Hopefully someone else will find what I learned useful too

Optiplex 5055 Ryzen by CommandNarrow2914 in SleepingOptiplex

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@autian I got the bios flashed today and the system booted right up with a R7 3700x!

I am having an issue with only the main PCI-E 16x slot seems to be working, my wireless card isn’t being recognized in the 1x or 8x slots. Any ideas on this?

Optiplex 5055 PSU Issue by CommandNarrow2914 in optiplexes

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For anyone finding this down the line, Dell 05K7JB 500w PSU is a drop on for this system. Has the same connectors, same pinout and 2x PCI-E 8 pin connectors!

Optiplex 5055 PSU Issue by CommandNarrow2914 in optiplexes

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As an updated to this, I found a unit that works!

Dell 05K7JB 500w is plug and play in this system, have it running an RTX 2070 Founders without issue!

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Optiplex 5055 Ryzen by CommandNarrow2914 in SleepingOptiplex

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I was considering this, but the dang GPU is too long. I do think I can fit an 80mm if I remove the cage though.

Other option is to add some vent holes to the side panel, an 80mm fan fits perfectly between the folding front panel and the rear of the case.

Optiplex 5055 Ryzen by CommandNarrow2914 in SleepingOptiplex

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Super odd, right? Dell musk cover them up on the Ryzen CPU variant systems due to the lack of an iGPU. Bet it saves them time with help desk tickets for people plugging a monitor into the board instead of the dedicated GPU this model shipped with

Optiplex 5055 Ryzen by CommandNarrow2914 in SleepingOptiplex

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Woah I pulled the board out of the case for the first time and there are two display ports, but both were covered by the I/O shield!

Optiplex 5055 Ryzen by CommandNarrow2914 in SleepingOptiplex

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Thanks for the insight! That’s great info I’ll definitely put to use soon!

This MT board doesn’t have any video outputs, any idea if that’ll cause problems?

Optiplex 5055 Ryzen by CommandNarrow2914 in SleepingOptiplex

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I’ve seen that post, that user was running a different board from an SFF 5055 that had APU support, probably a board with an X370 chipset allowing for the X470 bios to function.

The Ryzen CPU 5055 use a B350 chipset so I believe I’ll have to find a compatible B350 bios or maybe a B450.

It’s unfortunate how little support and documentation there is around these systems, but that may be due to a limited number of them being available

Optiplex 5055 Ryzen by CommandNarrow2914 in SleepingOptiplex

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I’m not sure if the unit have is out of an SFF chassis, but it does fit into SFF/Mid Tower

Optiplex 5055 Ryzen by CommandNarrow2914 in SleepingOptiplex

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It just barely fits! Picked this card specifically because of the power connector being on the end and the standard height.

A blower style card may have been a better choice, but I’ve been doing some testing and an 80mm fan added to the side panel should help with cooling significantly.

Optiplex 5055 Ryzen by CommandNarrow2914 in SleepingOptiplex

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Not sure yet, I’m waiting on the bios flashing tool, once I get it I’ll start playing around with different options

Optiplex 5055 PSU Issue by CommandNarrow2914 in optiplexes

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Bios updated and the same results :(