How To Flash MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max BIOS With USB Flash Back Button
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
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You can use the BIOS flash button on MSI motherboards to update the UEFI BIOS to support newer AMD AM4 processors with MSI flash back USB ports.
So let find out HOW TO use MSI Flash BIOS Button!
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Download the CORRECT BIOS for your Motherboard
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FORMAT the USB stick in the FAT32 file system and ONLY put the BIOS on the drive
RENAME the downloaded BIOS file as MSI.ROM using ALL CAPS
Make sure you have file extensions shown in WIndows Explorer
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Is ryzen 3 1200 compatible with msi b450m mortar max out of the box?
@@samuelmercado3543 Yes it is :-)
Does this solves the problem of monitor showing not signal? have the problem that cpu running but not showing the bios on monitor it doesn’t have signal
@@mikesunboxing If I update to the lastest version do I get all features from older Bios updates?
I want to flash my B450 Gaming Plus to use my Ryzen 5 3600 and I don't know if I should update to the lastest version.
@@nachgebaut4176 Yes, it is a cumulative update
Oh my God. Sir, you just made my day!
Had bought an MSI B550 Tomahawk and a Ryzen 5 5600X today (yes I was able to get one). Firstly I test bench all my hardware before putting it into my case and for some freaking reason the CPU Debug LED was flashing. Did aaaaalll the things, CPU out, making sure everything fits, only one ram module (swapped them of course) no gpu, clear cmos etc.... But then, I read in the manual something with Flash Button....immediately searched on TH-cam, watched your video, and man oh man. Working like a charm now. Thanks!!!!!!
Edit: thanks to MSI for putting this nice feature on their boards. Without this I would have send the board back...
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@@mikesunboxing By the way Mike, have you got any updates on the top comment?
@@mikesunboxing I have a b550 m pro vdh WiFi and I was receiving no signal and no display and I re plugged everything and nothing seemed to work I tried one ram and etc I have a Ryzen 5 3600 should I do this?
WOW! This totally worked for me. My second build had me up until 3 am in my garage wondering what the problem was. After rebuilding and hours of troubleshooting...your method saved me.
I left my CPU in because my heatsink is a pain and 1 stick of RAM. Removed my SSD, GPU and 2nd stick of RAM. Worked like a charm. I can't thank you enough.
Instead of tea however, I had a beer.
Cheers my friend and thanks for helping us all figure out our dilemma.
Fantastic!
@@mikesunboxing sir in in a huge problem please help me no boot screen and red light is continuously on while Bois flashing also and while cpu and all parts installed also ..i tried almost 10 Bois version nothing's supported
@@zaheersuf1 This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
Hey you’re awesome for this. Your video is 100x better than the video MSI put out themselves, their video was lacking in so many ways. Just to address this for anyone else wondering. I tried this with a fully built system that was running fine 5 minutes prior. The system didn’t want to boot. My power button and USB ports on the back went out when I tried to flash from usb. Tried again after taking out gpu and ram, and also resetting the cmos by taking out the battery and it flashed perfectly. Reinstalled gpu and ram, power button and rear usb are back and the system is fully working with the latest bios. Hope this helps anyone else! PS. The led flashback light stayed on after the system rebooted itself. I just waited an extra few minutes to be safe and powered off the system.
thanks really appreciate it
Very helpful, I'd like to add two things:
1. While the update is happening the cpu light will be solid red, this is normal (mine had me worried because this was yhe reason I couldn't get to POST)
2. If format with Windows doesn't work (didn't for me) download a tool called Rufus (latest version as of this comment is 3.21) and format as non-bootable, leave all the other settings as is.
If successful there will be an autorun.inf file and autorin.ico file on the usb, from here follow steps as instructed in the video.
thanks for the info
When yours updated did it flash 3 times then solid?
@@Unkyneurons do you have an answer ?
@@DMRTVFR I decided to buy a nicer mobo
Just finished updating and went perfect, did everything you said even made myself a cup tea!
Great to hear!
Thanks for making this video. It's not a super complicated process, but it's very handy to be able to see somebody else go through it first. 👍
glad it helped
@@mikesunboxing I cannot get it to flash at all :( Tried 5 different usb sticks and I get the 3 blinking lights, or the USB stick blinks a couple times then stops, but no flashing is going on. I also cannot seem to boot the motherboard either :( I ordered it the better part of 2 years ago and just opened it today but I cannot even get it to turn on with just the PSU connected. Tested the PSU seems to work fine, tried another working PSU and same thing. Not sure what I'm gonna do with this 5700x3D now hahaha.
@@AgentPothead This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu
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@@mikesunboxing Appreciated, but I'm okay. I have been assembling PC for nearly 30 years now. Have a feeling this mobo is just dead since it won't even power on. I was just venting really :) Already ordered a new motherboard should be here tomorrow.
Dude all the other videos weren’t nearly as helpful as yours I was ready to return my stuff thanks so mucj
Thanks for watching
mee too i i was ready to sent it back and for the last try i apply this and every thing works
I was shaking for half an hour because I know it's bad to interrupt bios flash. I know how it works when it works but never had this before!!! Thanks for the easy explanation. You made my day!!
Glad it helped
Thank you! I was really stressing on this but you explained it well step by step, and thanks for explaining what to do after it completes!
Glad it helped!
I love that the newer mobos have this feature. I had to do this when I was building an 13700k and Z690 mobo combo.
Thanks for the video, Mike! Interesting procedure. I have done this many times on ASUS boards. In fact, it is usually how I do my BIOS updates now, but in a fully assembled and operational system. After bricking a board during a BIOS update and having to go through the RMA process, it is a feature that gives peace of mind.
thanks Sky i really enjoyed making this one.
I'me not sure to get it. Is this way to do less risky than installing all components and just update Bios ... in the Bios menu ? Or is it just for those who didn't have a compatible CPU yet ?
Thanks for answering
@@07chidu CPU compatibility/upgrading is usually the reason for the bios update (at least on my part it was).
I dont know how you have so few subscribes compared to the production quality of your videos. Good stuff lad
Thanks very kind of you to say. We try and give good content so hopefully will grow to be a bigger channel
You saved me from jumping thru hoops to update my bios thank you
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You have literally just made my day Mike. Liked and subbed. I have a b450 tomahawk max and do not have a 3000 series chip which I was under the assumption I'd need to flash. You saved me a TON of time. Thanks from across the pond!
Glad I could help and welcome to the Channel :-)
my dude you saved my life, thank you!
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@@mikesunboxing hey just a quick question do you need a bios update for ryzen 5 3600x? thanks!
@@xcares4241 i dunno but maybe u can check it here at the msi website then choose bios menu www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450-GAMING-PLUS-MAX
Should be ready to go out if the box
@@mikesunboxing thanks for the reply,I have a problem with my CPU,its perfectly fine i checked the pins again and everything but when I place it in a motherboard it doesnt turn on,the motherboard just blinks red on CPU and "Gaming Plus" logo blinks red... maybe because i bought it off of Amazon for the budget but it still came with everything like brand new
The way you go about explaining this is SO good. Easy and clear. Subscribed! Thank you!
Thanks for the sub!
Just bought z790 with an i7-14700 and this turorial worked like a charm, thanks.
Glad it helped
Saved me from my anxiety of resolving this. Thank You!
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Thank you! Great guide!
It worked, but I had to flash twice. I would probably get upset if I didn't know I should try more than once, like "oh no, I bricked my MB". I also learnt that exFAT doesn't work.
First time, no cpu/ram on the motherboard, red light flashed for 6-7 minutes in my case, then it restarted automatically. I installed the cpu and a single stick of ram but I couldn't get past the cpu-debuglight (even after a few minutes).
The second time I started by removed the bios battery for 30 seconds (unlike the first time), left my cpu and single ram stick in, and let the process run again. After the automatic restart it finally made it all the way to the gpu-debuglight. I shut it down, installed a gpu and got my video output, ready to mess around in the bios.
MB: b550m mortar
CPU: ryzen 7 5800x
glad you got it sorted in the end
I always find your videos very informative and enjoyable. I have watched some of them many times over and always find something new I missed the first time around. Thanks for the great work!
Awesome, thank you!
Got a new cpu ryzen 5 3600 to my new ryzen 7 5800x and this process work 2023!!! TYSM
Bro I love you so much I didn’t want to waste more money on something I can fix for free
Thanks, we try to be a budget minded Channel and keep things realistic. Have a great day!
Thank you! I tried updating my BIOS, but it bricked out on me (black screen when trying to boot) and after following this tutorial it solved the problem perfectly. Thanks dude so much!
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This board is a joke. I had many many flashing issues when Zen2 first came out and a year later and I'm still having issues with it. The light just flashes 3 times and then goes solid which means file not found which is the same problem I had a year ago. I found the work around is to plug in the usb, press the flashback button until you see a solid light, remove the usb and press the button again, and then put the usb back in and press it again. This normally works after a couple of tries. There's a problem with the motherboard not being able to find the file the first try.
sounds like a right faff
mine is still not work oof
I won’t be original, but thanks a lot for this video :)
I had tried to upgrade the bios from windows using the Msi live update utility, and at the moment I clicked reboot, bsod ! And impossible to boot again.
I applied your procedure and it worked perfectly (I have the exact same motherboard). It took about 6-7 minutes for the LED to stop blinking.
Thank you again !
Glad it helped
Make sure your USB flash drive uses the MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table - it won't work with GPT (GUID Partition Table)! You can convert the partition table with diskpart.exe (press the Windows key, type in "diskpart" => Enter)
Now with the command "list disk" it will show you all available SSDs/hard drives/flash drives and mark the GPT ones with an *
"select disk #" (# is the number of the flash drive you want to convert - double check that you picked the right one!)
"clean" DELETES all the data of the selected drive - BACKUP IMPORTANT DATA BEFOREHAND!
"convert mbr" (this process will take a few seconds and it will tell you when it's done)
Now you can exit diskpart and create a single FAT32 partition for the BIOS file.
Thanks alot for saving me, i was doing the steps with gpt partion and nothing was happening, but when i converted my pd partition from gpt to mbr using easeus partion my b450 tomhawk started updating its bios, Thanks alot man
Thank you! I updated the bios with the MSI Center and I just got a black screen, I knew something went wrong. I followed your guide but didn't detach all the components because I wanted to see if I could get it anyway, I would've done it if I had to try it again. It worked with cpu and ram on it, flawless, thank you a lot for your video you really helped me and we solved together the problem!
Uninstalled MSI Center.
Glad to hear it all worked out in the end
OMG!You literally saved me.I cant thank you enough mate.Greets from Belgium.
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Thanks you.
In MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI B/D + 14700KF CPU,
Stopped with (EZ DEBUG LED) VGA white LED on.
The above issue has been resolved.
if you have a sea sonic PSU, make sure the quiet fan toggle button on the PSU is depressed. The PSU doesn't not supply any power if the button is not pressed
thanks for the info
super helpful, thanks so much.
nothing else that I read recommended the battery removal to 'reset' the motherboard, so that was a fresh extra tip unique to here.
Glad it helped
LOVING the upside down motherboard box lol
Yes - that was my wife's fault for not noticing during filming 😂
@@mikesunboxing suuuure blame it on the wife. Reeeaaaal smooth. 😂
@@wittlebirdy6969 she is the camera woman :-)
First time building my PC (last one was prebuilt) store I bought my case from I asked about which motherboard they recommended. After taking their info into account bought a b550 board but they were so persistent to get me to buy with them (Obviously then I could be charged for all this) however watching your video was a great help and worked a treat!
glad to be of help. if you need anything just ask
Hey Mike, this was extremely helpful as I have the exact same motherboard. I did everything you've done (except with all the peripherals attached). However, after a few minutes the Flash Bois light becomes a solid light rather turns off as you described. Is this normal?
Some others have said this also and I am looking into it
Any update
I'm having the same problem
Thank you man you saved me a huge headache! for anyone else reading I did mine on a fully assembled pc.
Thanks for watching and the info :-)
I cannot stress this enough... i searched the internet for so long becuase i was wondering if you can do this on a fully assembled pc and couldnt find it and you just wrote it as an extra in your comment because you knew someone is wondering. Thank you :D
my usb and flash bios led was flashing for ~7mins then it restarted itself. Usb light turned off and flash bios led turned solid red. Still no post. Please help
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
Lol
Thank you SO much, first time pc build and this did exactly the trick, you're a godsend!
Glad I could help!
Hello Mike, great video.
I have order the same motherboard with a Ryzen 5 3600 for my new build I will be getting it next week. Will I need to do this process b4 putting the PC together?
Thank you.
should be okay without it but you can flash the bios after when the system is built.
Excellent thank you very much
Me too bro next week I will my build ryzen 5 3600 and b450 gaming plus , RX 580 ,,what happened with you?? Every thing okay??
@@Mqablehgaming
Yes buddy went superb no problems running 100% :)
i did it with my pc pretty much built except i took out my graphics card cuz its a 3080 and i didnt wanna risk it. It worked perfectly! Note: if the light on the bios button stays a solid red after its done downloading dont worry once you shut the pc off and turn it back on youll be good. At least thats what happened to me
thanks for the feedback and glad you got it sorted
MSI is in Australia 😂
i lol'd
I absolutely love you. Like to the bottom of my heart, thank you. Recently, I had issues with my PC (was on the dev build, my bad). So messed up trying to get off it. Ended up a few days later, randomly needing a restart, and then getting a boot error. Then it wouldn't show a screen at all. Started to panic. Looked up hours of what to do. In the 1st part of my paragraph, i tried installing windows 1st. Every and all ways, windows 10&11. Nothing worked then it did that "no screen on boot, even on BIOS). So eventually found this, did it step by step (was worried as i just built my pc a year ago, so still new) and it worked right away. My pc booted, my user still saved, desktop, everything came up as it was before it needed to restart. So atleast i can get into the desktop, not sure if it'll stay like this (I hope). Absolutely thank you.
awesome! nice to hear a good outcome
Sweet! worked like a charm after a hiccup or two. Mines a B560 Carbon Gaming wifi board. first I used a Kingston G3 8gb pen drive and it failed a few times… first it glashed then stayed stuck on red. then later flashed 5 times and went off. so it may or may not be a faultt stick but this is NOT what caused the error. Luck would have it I also had a Kingston DT 50 8gb drive to hand so cleaned and formatted it and this time worked a charm! the reasol for the fail I suspect was having msi.rom in lower case. second rldrive I was sure to use all caps!
As my rig was already fully built and ises water cooling.. I was mot going to dismantle the cou and have to go hunting for thermal paste later! I stripped out the ram sticks and removed the graphics card leaving header cables etc connected. On reconnect and boot it took a few minutes to register itself onscreen but mission accomplished! thanks for having a clear guide to refer to - confirming the error of my ways even after the fact! lol
thanks and glad it worked out for you in the end
Got a friend's PC Ryzen 5000 ready with this. Had to try multiple USB-sticks. A modern 32GB Intenso USB 3.0 didn't work, an older 8GB Intenso 2.0 (MBR, FAT32) one did. Thanks!
glad the video helped
Thanks for the vid. Followed the process for my MSI MAG B550M Bazooka so it's ready for my Zen 3 Ryzen CPU. GPU comes in Saturday: can't wait to see the result.
Enjoy :-)
@5:04 About that "CMOS clear" procedure: this is a UEFI-based motherboard, which has no real CMOS RAM. The BIOS settings are instead stored in a variable (usually named "Setup") in the UEFI NVRAM, a region within the BIOS flash chip, which is not battery-backed, but truly non-volatile. So, removing the battery will only reset the RTC time, but leave all your NVRAM variables, including Setup, intact - unless MSI implemented specific code to erase the NVRAM if an RTC clock fault is detected (which is possibly something they would do on an enthusiast board like this, where security isn't such a great concern, but is generally bad practice due to all the security-related content in the NVRAM). Shorting the relevant jumper, on the other hand, should work fine. Also, the Flash button itself probably clears the NVRAM - at least regular flashing using M-Flash does.
BTW, this also means, you can alter BIOS settings from within Linux (if you know the right UEFI variable and offset to look), as Linux exposes UEFI NVRAM variables as files in a virtual file system.
i am confused? So why do all motherboard manufacturers ask us to remove the battery to reset the defaults?
@@mikesunboxing Probably the same reason Li-ion batteries for years used to come, and sometimes still come, with formatting instructions, telling you to charge for 18 hours on the first 3 charge cycles, and why some LED bulbs have warnings about mercury content on their packaging.
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Dude this video was soooo helpful! I was using the msi tutorial and stuck for about an hour on what the issue was. Just not detailed enough. Keep it up man
Glad it helped!
Thank you so muchhhhhhhhhh MIke. I am writing in details to help if anybody faces below issue. It is really horrible feeling when bios is crashed .
Recently i tried to to update latest bios on MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC with FAT32 16 GB pen drive 2.0 via M-FLASH option in BIOS . But when i clicked m-flash option to enter flash mode the pc monitor went black out but still cpu was on. So i was waiting over 45 mints but still monitor black out. So I forced shut down pressing power button 6 sec and Again i turned on my PC but no display. So i understood my bios is crashed. Again forced shut down to press power button 5 sec. After that i removed the pen drive. I knew that this motherboard has facility to bios recover via BIOS Flash Back Button . So i searched tutorial then I found your video to recover my bios via USB Flash Back Button. But i didn't want to unplugged processor, ram, graphics card, etc because so much headache to me. So i followed all instructions of yours except removing parts. I just only unplugged HDMI cable of monitor & hard drive cables but all other parts was still on motherboard inside cabinet.Then simply i just plugged FAT32 16 GB pen drive 2.0 with latest bios to renaming MSI.ROM file to specific bios flash back usb port on motherboard. Then i just simply switched on switchboard to supply power and press Flash Back Button for 3 sec and started to flash red led light . As well as processor fan was also spinning up. BIOS Flash back Red led was flashing for about 3 mints after that red led light has turned off and system restarted itself automatically and after that i waited and watched BOOT,VGA,DRAM,CPU debug led was flashing itself automatically to ultimately turned off. Then i pressing cabinet power button for 5 sec to forcefully shut down my system actually I didn't want to direct off SMPS switch off . Anyways remove pen drive and attached all cables which i removed i.e hdmi cable, hard disk cable. Ultimately i successfully turned on PC with latest BIOS. Monitor is now smiling :-) . Thanks once again Mike.
glad to hear you fixed it! awesome job
@@mikesunboxing Thank you once again. :-)
When you plug the psu *PLEASE* make sure the switch is on off. You don't wanna take any chances. Then once the cord is in, you can push it to on. But don't connect the cord with your psu switch on.
good point
You're a lifesaver. I realized what I was doing wrong and got further a than any other attempt
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i was trying to overclock my memory in the bios. After rebooting the pc didnt display anything and my keyboard and mous werent working. I just set up the bios flash and my pc is probably downloading the bios right now. I hope this works. Thank you for this tutorial! Couldn´t have done it without it!
hope it all works out okay, if not i'll be seeing you in the discord chat
This B450 board needs the bios update if you're dropping in a Ryzen 5000 series cpu. Thanks so much for the walk through! 5950x here i come!
Yes it does!
Can I leave my 5900x in while I do this or should I take it out? I tried doing the flashback and the light flashed for so long.
Then it stayed red after like 10 minutes of flashing
@@porthos6042 do you have an answer of this problem ?
@@DMRTVFR yeah. Get a better motherboard lol
Thank you! Very good explanation! Good work!
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Thank you very much! I finally received my MSI MEG X570 Unify today, have put everything together, new CPU is a Ryzen 7 5800X and I was shocked when I started the PC: The CPU fans spinning with full speed, monitor was black. But the PC didn't restart. Never had this before. Then I saw that the CPU LED is blinking, after that I was pretty sure that I'll have to update the BIOS. Didn't knew this before. Thought X570 boards are compatible out of the box (and at least some Asus boards really are) with the new CPUs. 😄 Luckily flashing the BIOS fixed the problem.
Oh, by the way: Since I never test the components before I put everything together, simply because I'm too lazy, my PC already was completed. I didn't wanted to remove CPU, GPU, RAM and all the other stuff again, so I just tested it without removing them before. And it worked without any problems. So it's not just a rumor that it works without removing everything else before flashing. 🙂
awesome glad you got it up and running and also thanks for the heads up on the flash with it built
Nice tutorial. thanx for all the clear explanations :)
You are welcome!
Does the board restart? I followed the guide and it came on to download the bios update and the light was flashing like yours but the board never turned itself back on
sometimes it will sometimes not
Worked perfectly with all the bits installed on a B450M Mortar Max, Thanks. The user manual seems to be out of date on updating bios via the bios menu "M-Flash" procedure. Used a 1st Player dkd3 mATX case, worked well, worth a review?
Glad it helped, and i am looking to get one of those
Hi. I have the msi x570 gaming edge wifi. I done this step by step and my cpu light is still on. Same as b4 the bios was done. I have no idea what is wrong
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
Thank you Mike very clear. Takes the fear out!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the vid, Mike. You mention possible incompatibilities with USB sticks. Aside from being formatted incorrectly, do you have any examples what would make the USB stick incompatible?
Just some brands can be a bit odd at times. Good branded sticks should be fine
Very detail in flashback BIOS button process, great job bro 👍👍🙂
Thank you so much 😀
very helpful sir. much love from the philippines
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Great Video! Just saved me from buying a 2nd Gen Ryzen to flash the BIOS :D Keep it up!
Glad we could help!
live saver cannot thank you enough love you man was scared i messed up on my first build.
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@@mikesunboxing sure man will do it but look like it wasn’t problem for me i still don’t have gpu and have ryzen 5 3600 for cpu which doesn’t have integrated gpu beacuase of which I am not able to get signal I was thinking of running without gpu until rtx 30 series restock turned out I cannot run without gpu so might get Rx 5600Xt which is only gpu I found on stock for good price
@@bishalhamal751 the 5600xt is still a good card
@@mikesunboxing but is it true that no signal might have something to do with not having gpu not even integrated?
Fantastic video Mike! It helped be a lot. Thanks for sharing.
One comment: sometimes some flash drives just don't work. I tried with another USB stick and it worked. The one which didn't work was a SanDisk 32GB. I don't know why it didn't work, maybe a formatting issue. However a no-name 2 GB pen drive worked perfectly.
Thanks for watching and commenting and you are right sometimes the drives just won’t work, but keep trying and you’ll get there eventually
Do you always need to flash it after unboxing to be compatible with the 3000 series?
no this should be ready for most chips out the box
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to thanks for the respond I ordered the mobo last night along with ryzen 5 3600
Alright, video watched, everything ready. Now let's see if my MSI B550 Gaming Plus will work with my 5600g.
Nice Video, i feel well prepared.
Good luck!
@@mikesunboxing And here we go. Thank you, Sir!
@@WuerttembergJihad How did you get on?
I've done everything exactly as stated and the red light next to the usb key flashes for like a second or two, more slowly than in your video, and then goes solid red.
that could be one of many things like the bios being wrong or wrong file name
Thanks jace
Hi Mike, great videos/s!
Quick question......Doesn't the MSI Max boards come ready to put Ryzen 2000/3000 series in, straight out of the box?
I read on MSI website that the Max means there already flashed or already have the correct bios needed.
By the way i'm looking at the X470 version of this board with a Ryzen 5 2600x, would i be ok without updating bios?
Many thanks and keep up the good work!
Alex
Alex that will be fine and thanks for watching
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Thanks for your reply Mike 👍🏻
Please help me I have done the bios update and that’s all ok but when I turn it on to install the os it keeps coming up with vga on the mobo with no display signal. PLEASE HELP ME THANK YOU *Update just bought a gpu hope this solves my problem
join us on discord and i'll try and help you
How did it go?
My board is stuck at vga and I to am not getting any signal.
I think it is the power supply as one of my fans seems to be running very slow
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@@mikesunboxing will do mate! Greetings here from the Philippines! Stay safe!
You too
Hello I am interested in what you think of the MSI B 450M Mortar Titanium motherboard there is also a bios button on it. I wanted to ask you in live yesterday but I had to go get some work done.
Good board nothing I can say good about it really except maybe the price at the moment
I get this motherboard tomorrow hope my 5600x works on it I'll be using the flash bios button
good luck with it
Thanks ill let u know if it works hope so it sound daft but I'm moving from the msi a520m a pro to the b450 gaming plus max because the a520 has only one fan header and I have a 240 aio and 8 fans in my pc, plus need extra pcie ports
Great vid thanks
Dam it won't work think it's my usb stick
this might be useless to comment this years later but has anyone run into where after starting the bios update, the light will continue flashing for a few minutes but then instead of turning off, the light stays constantly on?
seems to be common. as long as the earlier process has finished that means it is done. or try another reflash to be surer
You literally saved me, thanks a lot for this video!!!!
You are welcome!
hell yea! thank you so much
Happy to help!
Great video
Is the clearing of the CMOS (by jumping or removing the battery) necessary? I saw an MSI video of the process that does not do it....
not entirely necessary but good practice incase there are any funky settings in the bios that could cause the bios to not flash
Whether if another parts is assembled then no need to turn on via casing button and just click the flash button on motherboard with the USB stick plug on?
yes that is right
Thank you very much
Perfect, thank you!
You're welcome!
Brilliant video, got the B450 gaming pro MB with the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X in the box. Do I need to follow this process for my new build before putting everything together in the case?
no it will be fine without it
Hi, I have respected all the steps. But I have a light bios problem that turns off after blinks 3 times ??
What should i do with that ??? ...
plsssssssssss help meeee
what are the debug leds saying?
@@mikesunboxing VGA
but i don't have a GPU yet
@@mikesunboxing i have same problem. debug light says CPU
Question, do you have to update the bios for new boards? I just bought the meg ace x570 board, but I dont know if I should update it, and I was trying to see what you think?
Should be ready to go out of the box
When I went to format my drive I could not change it to fat32 the only options I had were NTFS and exFAT, which one would I Choose or would I have to buy a different usb drive.
exfat is good for most drives or ntfs for windows only operation
Thank You! You saved my life!
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on my board, the bios flashback light flashes 3 times then stops. should I reformat the USB drive and try again, or is the Bios chip damaged or blank and won't update.
3 flashes usually means the file or drive cannot be seen by the flash hardware
I tried this on a B450A Pro Max...I had to press the power button after pressing the flash bios button for the led to start flashing. They PC turned off by itself. But now my PC will turn on for a second then turn off. What can I do to fix this. I read that I may have "bricked" my board.
you should not have pressed the power button that is probably not a good idea. you need to try and reflash the bios if possible and don't press the power button
@@mikesunboxing Thank you. If I just press the flash bios button the PC will try to power on then turn off. I waited 30 mins for it to restart but it never did. I decided to try to turn on the pc and that's when it started to actually perform the bios update.
That is very odd. I would open a support chat with msi about this. I don’t know what is going on there
I called MSI and found out something interesting. Basically I had a bad Mobo from the beginning but apparently alot of the A Pro MAXs have issues with using the flash button. The CS I was talking to said they will release an update to these boards soon. TLDR if you have the supposedly "Ryzen 3000 ready" B450A Pro MAX and it's not recognizing the cpu DON'T try to flash your BIOS, just send it back, unless you were extremely sloppy with install it's most likely a defective board.
Thank you! Works perfectly.
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Can i use bios flashback method with CPU and GPU installed? I tried once and after flashing bios red light still loghting (solid)
Yes, you can
did u find a fix? solid red light
Thanks:) made my day a lot better
No problem 😊
U are a fuxxing legend man! Thanks so much!!!!!
Glad to help
When do you put the battery back into the Motherboard. Is it whilst there is still power to the board or after switching off the power?
with the power off
Hello I have a question, do I need to power up the motherboard first after I connect the power supply or just press directly to flashback button?
just press the button
I have a Msi Tomahawk MAX motherboard. After this job, cpu red light of the motherboard is on and i got black screen. Don't know what to do now :( Do you have any suggestion for me?
SAME HERE
Bad flash or incomplete? Maybe a bad usb stick or needs to be powered off completely and bios reset by removing the battery for a while
absolutly perfekt introduction
Thank you - hope the video helped you :-)
Yes it did 👍🏼
@@bavarianpain7425 Good :-)
Anyone alse having problem with the new bios version 7B89v27 ?? I got to roll back to the previous version because of bad responding buttons within the fancontrol part of the bios.
Edit: After rollback to version 7B89v26 problem is gone!! So for everyone whit a working bios beware!!!
be interested to hear more about this
You have just saved my machine. You are a god amongst men.
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After it restarts from flashing and does the cycles it goes solid red. Anything I should do?
no i think that is okay
@@mikesunboxing yeah I just turned off the pc and put in the gpu and ram and turned it back on and it was fine
Hello I have RYZEN 5 3600 with msi 450 pro max and my first built up but my monitor no signal and my motherboard it has white led cpu. I must update bios with out cpu??
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
i have a question, im getting this motherboard next week the b450 gaming plus max, it says it supports 3rd gen which is why im getting a amd ryzen 5 3600, do i have to do this usb bios flashback method or can i just place the processor and boot up the system?
should work out of the box
Another great video, THANKS.
Glad you enjoyed it