msi bios flash | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 2:42 AM

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I got my motherboard back from msi and it looks like im an idiot or they did nothing. I am trying to update my bios so it can recognize my ryzen 7. But for some reasom the light hates my guts. What am i doing wrong

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 2:56 AM

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carmine niche I got my motherboard back from msi and it looks like im an idiot or they did not...

Which Mobo?

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 2:59 AM

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heavy basin Which Mobo?

MSI B450 gaming pro carbon max wifi

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 2:59 AM

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Lemme check,

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You doing usb flash bios right?

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:00 AM

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Trying to at least

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:01 AM

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Whats your usb type?

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:01 AM

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2.0 8GB

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:01 AM

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It should be fat32 file format

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:01 AM

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yep

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:02 AM

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So yours is fat32 format?

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:02 AM

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Yea. And i have the MSI.ROM file

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:02 AM

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carmine niche Yea. And i have the MSI.ROM file

Can you share that file to me

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:02 AM

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The light turns solid then quits when i hit the button

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:03 AM

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heavy basin Can you share that file to me

How would that work

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:03 AM

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I waana see what file you have

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:03 AM

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Should i be able to just cooy paste it?

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:03 AM

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If you renamed the zip file msi.rom it wont work

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:04 AM

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carmine niche Should i be able to just cooy paste it?

Drag and drop discord

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(For my mobo b550 gaming plus which i updated a week ago)

Insert usb stick
Hold flash button for 3-4 second
Light appears for like 5 minutes
As light turns off, its updated

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@carmine niche u there?

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:08 AM

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Yea im here. Chromebooks suck

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📎 7B85v2B_7.zip

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:10 AM

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I downloaded your bios, are you sure this one is the file you renamed to MSI.ROM

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:14 AM

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The file is up there

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:14 AM

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I checked the file,

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:14 AM

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heavy basin I downloaded your bios, are you sure this one is the file you renamed to MSI.ROM

Can you show which file is in usb, the zip one or this one?

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:15 AM

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Thats just the zip file. If you wanna see the one i renamed i can see if i can get that over too

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:15 AM

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carmine niche Thats just the zip file. If you wanna see the one i renamed i can see if i can g...

Yes that one

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:15 AM

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K

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:16 AM

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Can you share that here

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:17 AM

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Idk its a folder. I can drag the zip np

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:18 AM

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MSI.ROM is folder?

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I waana see the file which you copied in pen drive

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:19 AM

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What

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:19 AM

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The msi.rom which you copied in pendrive

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:22 AM

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I mean thats pretty much it there. I extract then just drag it over my fat32 and rename it

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Gonna send a previous one that didnt work

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📎 MSI.NOM

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:23 AM

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This name incorrect, it should be "MSI.ROM"

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:23 AM

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Ik i can only have one file named MSI.ROM so changed it to try again. Still tho. Didnt work

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:23 AM

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And im downloading file and checking

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:24 AM

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carmine niche

This file wont work, cuz its a zip file,
It contains bios u need to copy that

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Extract then you will see a file named E7B85AMS.2B0 or smth, you need to rename that to MSI.ROM and copy

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:26 AM

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for me it stops at that last B

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:26 AM

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What?

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:26 AM

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heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:27 AM

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Open that foldier

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7b85v2b that is foldier containing bios

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:28 AM

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Yea the other is just text file

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:28 AM

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Only text file?

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Can you open and send photo?

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:28 AM

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Bios is on top. Text file below it

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:29 AM

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carmine niche

Can you share me the link if its on google drive

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:30 AM

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heavy basin I downloaded your bios, are you sure this one is the file you renamed to MSI.ROM

The files will be like this, you need to copy that bios one which i marked, and rename that bios one MSI.ROM

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:31 AM

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Yep got that. Now to figure out google drive again. Feels like im in school again almost lol

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Ooh it did a thing

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:32 AM

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If you found that bios file, copy that to usb and rename it to MSI.ROM,

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:32 AM

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I have a docs named MSI.ROM now

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:34 AM

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Can you send the new file here?

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:35 AM

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Lets see if this works

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/19isQjlv1mg9VaSVXVfhpjoLtQsDvevGb/view?usp=share_link

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heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:35 AM

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The MSI.ROM should be like 32mb

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:36 AM

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Yep

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:36 AM

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carmine niche https://drive.google.com/file/d/19isQjlv1mg9VaSVXVfhpjoLtQsDvevGb/view?usp=share...

Aight if you copied the right file then it should work, and i requested access in this

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:38 AM

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Can i just share it?

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:38 AM

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Aight this is the correct file

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:38 AM

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Ok

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:39 AM

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Now try bios update with this

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:41 AM

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K

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HA

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Never lit up like that before. Now what just wait for flash to stop?

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:42 AM

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Yes

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Once light turns off, wait for like 10-20 seconds before removing usb

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Also the psu fan will get slow after bios completes updating

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:44 AM

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Lol my psu is very quiet

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:45 AM

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XD

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This one is my bios update,

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:47 AM

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I didnt know psu could light up lol

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:48 AM

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carmine niche I didnt know psu could light up lol

This one was the cheapest mid tier psu, and rgb was free so i thought its a good offer, also the rgb is addressable
The price of this is equal to most of the low tier psu

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:49 AM

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Oh wow

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Ok flash light is now off

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Pretty lights back on lol

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:49 AM

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Wait 10 second and pull out usb stick, if psu fan is a lil bit slow then it means it completed,

carmine niche Nov 1, 2022, 3:52 AM

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Done. Hopefully it will now be able to read a Ryzen 7 5800x3D

heavy basin Nov 1, 2022, 3:53 AM

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Good luck, if you need help im always free

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