just bought this MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk + Ryzem 5 5600, was sweating cold bullets when it did not post, came across this video, when I searched for "new mobo b550+ ryzem 5 5600 dram led light on" tremendous help, amazingly calm going into my first bios flash. so happy so say we have ignition. thank you for this, and thank God for people like you who take time off of their day to guide newbies like me.
I'm going through this exact same situation right now, I tried the most recent BIOS and it still didn't work my friend claims is needs 7C91vA9 I dunno if she's crazy or not...
Just picked this board up a couple weeks ago for a build I'm starting this weekend. Thanks for the great video, concise and well thought out, like always.
Thanks Mike, I was worried when I saw the power cycle, I thought it would brick the motherboard. Good to know that's normal. Nice details that you included in the video that others did not. 👍
UK Devon here bud. Just bought a B550 gaming plus with a x5800 and 3080ti going in. You've helped. A lot buddy thank you! Gonna have a beer and put it together lol. :)
Thank you! I didn't see any other tutorials mentioning the other lights would turn on after the USB was done flashing. I let it sit for 20 minutes before I started panicking.
Was looking into the MSI boards to figure out what needs to exactly be done to flash these boards to be able to use the 5800X CPU. This totally just cleared up the steps I was wondering about before when I went somewhere to look at CPUs. I was told I shouldn't bother trying to do the flash myself on these boards because it can get "complicated" and I should just give them $40 to flash the board for me. Obviously it's so simple like it has always been in the past with all other boards! Crazy how people try to make you panic purchase their overpriced services...
You sir have just saved my life. Had a bad bios install and could not get the flash to work. Sadly it was because I was naming the whole folder instead of just the bios. Thank you so much. I legit thought I was going to have to order a new MB.
your videos are the ones that actually help me, i spent so much time trying to troubleshoot my pc and when i figured out the issue finding good videos was even harder xD. such a simple solution great video
THANK YOU!! I tried to update the BIOS through MSI Center and it bricked. I followed your instructions and I managed to update it and IT WORKS NOW!! You saved me.
I just completed this procedure, and one thing that is CRITICAL is what he mentions at 6:20 , that is what to wait for to know for sure that the process is complete. On my previous MB, I didn't wait long enough, the board wouldn't boot, so I returned it. This time, I paid better attention to this video, waited until the board power cycled, and the board now boots up properly. Thanks for this video! One question: why isn't MSI shipping these boards with a recent bios? The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G (what I've got) has been available for more than half a year, but still MSI uses an old bios. Weird.
I just bought the board around last week and am just flashing it now to work with my 5900x. Good to note from him I should take my SSD’s out as one has windows on it lmao
Brilliant video. I was planning to buy this mobo and was confused about whether I needed an old cpu just to update the bios but this solved all my questions. Appreciate the the video!
GUYS!!! If the light starts flashing and it randomly stops, take out the ram and then do the process again (turn off the power supply and then turn it back on and press the bios flash back button again)
Thanks Mike for reminding me I needed to check for a new BIOS for my MOBO. Sure enough, there was one. Took all of 5 mins to update; prefect morning-sunny, calm and no utility or street construction going on. Now my MOBO is ready for a 30 Series card should I ever get my hands on one (brahhaawwahaaawww).
Thanks this video was so helpful, I didn't know what to do when nothing was posted and the flashback wasn't working. I just had to rename the file that was all. Thanks again!
This is the best video on this topic. Thanks for explaining how I will know the reboot has appeared and that it's safe to just turn off the power. Appreciate it. Hopefully it will work as smoothly on my board
@Mike To let you know, I think your steps here worked. I was able to get into the bios on the test bed. Hopefully it will work in its system. Fingers Crossed. Thank's man. If you were USA based, I'd buy you a beer.
Hi, did you still need to do the bios flash when buying recently? It says "amd Ryzen 5000 desktop ready" on the box. This seems to have been a lie, as I don't get no post :(. Now I'm going to try to flash.
@@kooltube100 Should receive my motherboard and other pc parts next week. I did saw another video however where the person had the same sticker as you had on the box 'Ryzen 5000 ready' or sth and he didn't need to flash. Seems to be random, but it seems like a good idea to flash regardless. Did flashing help and did you get it to post?
@@waisecc yeah I got it to work in the end. The problem I had wasn't the bios (atleast flashing didnt work initially). All I had to do is take out one of my ram sticks. I took out my second ram that was in slot 4 (suppose to fill slot 2 and 4 first). For some reason after this was done, the board posted! Then I set everything up on my screen (installed chipset etc....). turned off the system and put back the second ram. seems to be working great now.
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Thanks buddy, that really helped with my server, the language went chinese on me, and it was selected English, second time its done this, I need to get this up and running, its funny that my ASUS board I never have any problems with the B550-F its the most solid motherboard I have ever used. However this MSI Tomahawk B550 has been a real challenge to keep it running, there is always problems with it. MSI in general, and the RTX 3050 6GB GPU from MSI runs at 170 FPS and the ASUS RTX 3050 8GB runs at 550 FPS. Well I buy a lot of computer parts and build so many new devices a year. My new G17 ASUS gaming laptop has problems it will go fans on high when in sleep mode and i have to hold the power button to power it off if i had left anything plugged into the usb ports before it went to sleep. Thanks again, we need videos like this, all these new buggy electronics are getting difficult to diagnose and keep running. I still have my Lenevo legion 5 laptop and I should have not bought a new ASUS one because the Lenovo has no networking problems like the new ASUS. Its really hit or miss with these new computers and mixing parts. You never know what will be a problem, but Amazon has 30 day return policy so I buy all my stuff on there.
MY SOLUTION! I fought with this for over 2 hours following everything step along the way. It would only blink for 5 to 10 seconds then go solid red. I formated my USB drive all the diffrent formats it would allow to try and get it to work after it not working following the video. I was using a "SamData" brand USB drive. This is a cheap USB from Amazon. It did not work with this 32 GB USB drive. I then used my 128 GB name brand "SanDisk". Although 128 GB usb can not be formated into FAT32 it still worked and was formated as "NTFS" when it worked. So use a name brand USB flash drive.
Thanks for the help I tried a USB 2.0 formatted in FAT32 and couldn't get past 10 blinks, then I tried another older USB 2.0 and got the motherboard to do the new update I waited 10 minutes. I turned everything off and mounted (5600G processor) memories etc. First time using UEFI and choosing boot to USB was simple. My mistake was having installed the CD drivers for the motherboard "b550m mortar wifi" I don't advise installing by CD, I downloaded the MSI CENTER software and from there I just installed the drivers for all the motherboard and I finally managed to have the graphics recognized in the system. Install the latest version of win10 and updates.
I can only see 1 red light on the other side of where the USB stick is. Haven’t seen any rgb on the motherboard as yet. Could it not possibly read the USB stick?
I am not sure what is going on wrong but I am trying to do with with my new Msi B550.I only have the power supply connected. THe bios LEd blinks and then does nothing after that when I hold it for 1-2 secs. What could it be? USB?
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Hey nice video, this will help a lot in three months but I have a quick question. I'm thinking of buying this motherboard for my PC and the Ryzen 7 5800x as my CPU, but I saw that this Ryzen requires version 7C91vA7, and I was wondering if I have to install that version first and then move on to the most recent one, which is 7C91vAE, or Can I directly install the most recent one?
I think I’ve bricked my motherboard updated bios then, next day it doesn’t boot tried to q flash bios but it gets stuck red and instead of the ez led being on boot it goes to cpu and now after researching I’m now trying to do q flash again but with mbr and etc but it’s just flashing and nothing else is there anything else I could do I’ve already removed the battery for the motherboard and put it back in and checked if it was the ram and even reseated the cpu
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Good morning, I have a problem with the BIOS flash on my B550 Gaming Plus motherboard. The procedure I am following is as follows: Only the motherboard without any other components. I connect the power supply to the motherboard. I insert the USB drive with the latest update downloaded from the official website (only the file renamed to MSI.ROM). I start the flash process using the button. The red LED starts flashing slowly - the power supply turns on - the CPU LED and the motherboard LEDs light up - the flash button flashes rapidly. It seems to be writing. The problem is that even after an hour, the process still doesn't complete, so I turn it off, reset the BIOS by removing the CMOS battery, and try again with another USB drive - same problem. I don't know how to resolve this. Help Please !
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Followed all steps, but when turning on psu and held the bios flashback button, the psu fan doesn’t start spinning and the motherboard RGB won’t light up. All I have is an orange light by the bios flashback button? What should I do?
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hey I ordered all new parts for my build and I didn't even know that I had to install a bios for the system to work properly. I cannot see display on my monitor and the cpu is lit up and I've tried everything to fix it. now I did the usb thing you showed us but I think I messed up bc I accidentally bumped it with my finger and the usb came undone! now every time I try to click the bios button it is not doing the red flash like it did the first time! could you help me ?
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Is this still needed in 2023? I just got this board brand new plus a 5900x. (still waiting on some other components to arrive). Feels like after all these years it would come from the factory with a recent enough bios but not sure. I don't have access to a FAT32 flash drive currently otherwise it would not be an issue
You can flash bios as long as the ram is not installed. I have seen many people come to me, after a new install and first thing I do is pull out the ram and bios flash.
Greetings from Greece Mike, i bought this mobo but it seems she doesn't like me and or my 5800x3d... Flashed the bios with 2 files (the latest one and the one from march 2022 that added support for the 5800x3d) the same process as in your video, no cpu on no peripherals etc and it booted, flashed from the usb and rebooted again (without the leds blinking. So i believe the flashing process is done (several times) I install the cpu, his fan, 1 ram dimm and the graphics card and the system doesn't want to boot like the psu is out of the wall socket. No lights, no debug lights, no power in general. So the next step was to search everywhere ant talk to the guys ftom msi. I did everything and still nothing. Today i received a replacement from the seller and it does the same thing. -without cpu turns on -with cpu no connection to the matrix detected Any thoughts? Thank you for your time Mike! Jason, Greece
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@@Veldruk nope... i sent the board back and was DOA, the shop sent me an other one and was DOA too...... now i am waiting for refund to buy an other brand of b550
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Great Vid man I appreciate it. Only thing I will add and sorry if I missed it but use no larger than a 32gb flash? I didn’t know this b my 128 gb didn’t do anything. Cheers and great video 👍
Question: if I already built the system before doing this, and I'm using a M.2 SSD from my previous system that had Windows installed onto it, would that get in the way of a proper BIOS Flash? My motherboard still has the red CPU light after following all the steps on here, so I'm thinking either the USB I'm working with is no good or the M.2 with Windows might be getting in the way. The red LED on my motherboard also only flashed in the beginning for a bit then never lit up again I don't think, never saw a power cycle. I have so many things to trouble shoot, going to start later with removing the SSD and trying to flash again, but hoping I can soon finally have my first working PC that I put together myself!! For context, my system: -Ryzen 7 5800X (bought new) -MSI B550 MAG Tomahawk (bought new) -Founders 3070 (from previous system) -16 GB RAM (previous system) -an SSD from previous system -EK AIO Elite 360 mm (bought new)
My red light isn’t flashing, it just stays on the whole time. And my LEDs aren’t turning on when I do it either. Idk what’s wrong. Do I need to unplug my graphics card, hard drive and everything other than the 24 pin power connector and the 8 pin cpu connector? Edit: I found the problem. I moved the whole file into the usb drive, I was only supposed to move the ROM file.
thank you mike i needed to find a quick way to bios update my motherboard so i can start bulding the my pc and i will come back the day i bulid to sa if it worked
@Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to infact is did work but at first it didn't then I put my cpu in and did it again and for some reason it worked better but hey now ima use ur guide on wifi card thing lol ty
Ahhh so Im doing my build and the bios flash won't shut off. I believe i inappropriately did it when I first started my build. Plugged in the motherboard, the psu, but did not connect the 8 pin cpu connector. When flashing the red light stopped blinking (but stayed a solid red) and I assumed that I was done and commenced to complete my build. Now I'm finished and my monitors are getting nothing from my PC and the ez diagnostic light is on for the CPU. I'm at a loss as to what to do. I've tried properly flashing it with all my components in but even after 20+min the red bios indicator won't stop flashing
msi mag b550 would jump to CPU Red light on the motherboard after pressing bios flash button . The flash has a light would blink for 5 seconds then motherboard jumps to CPU RED Light . Motherboard is empty nothing installed but 24pin power and 8 pin CPU power. USB 2.0 Flash MBR Fat32 . MSI.ROM only file on flash drive.
Hi there mike, how would I know if the BIOS flashback worked? Is it only when the LED stops blinking? How about a 2nd round of testing as in would you install the CPU, ram and hook to the monitor to see if all is well? Thanks a lot
I've tried to do this with two mobos with a Corsair rm750x without success. The red light by the io shield flashes for a few seconds and then stays lit red. I formatted the USB drive multiple times and even changed cables from the PSU. I'm stuck.
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Does this method work with already corrupted BIOS (I was doing a BIOS update and it got stuck on 52% for several hours so I had to turn it off because there was nothing I could do)
@@mikesunboxing Hmm I plugged in a 16gb thumbdrive formatted to FAT32/MBR with MSI.ROM on it but it doesn’t seem to work properly the red LED blinks for a while then the computer starts running, it blinks again for a couple of seconds, then it stops blinking forever with the computer running with no POST I tried it a couple of times but the same outcome.
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I know this is an old video but I'm running into a problem with this motherboard. Everything installed trying to get it to work with a ryzen 5700x3d so tried a few different usb sticks and old pny 4 gb to a new Samsung 32. Followed your other video of using cmd to clean and set mbr and all I get is a blinking red light about 10 times then power cycles and stays a solid red. I first tried it with all hardware installed not really paying attention hit the flashback button while the pc was turned on nothing happened so tried again a few times then read a comment saying dont turn the pc on just have power from the power box so did it with just that and it still isnt working. Really frustrating. Thought this should work out the box. Have built my own pcs since 97 and never had to mess with the bios. Does it sound borked?
it is really hard with these boards as there are a number of boards all with the tomahawk name, so triple check you have the right bios for the board the wifi, max and other versions need a different bios
@mikesunboxing well after messing around some more with it the next day, going with an older bios worked. Specifically 7C91vA9 which includes support for the 5800x3d. So thank you. Thought the most current one would work. Not touching it again lol
i did everything as instructed the light was flashing then was stood 5 sec after holding the button. none of the rgb lights lit up either and the fan from the power supply didnt spin. but the red light on the bios continued to stay on. please help thanks
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I'm trying to flash my board. Connected to PSU just as it should be (I've left all components instead installed other than RAM) I am only getting a flashing red light towards the flash Bios button for a couple seconds and that's it. Help!
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Thanks, this was really helpful. Bios flash went great when I followed all of the steps, reformatiing the thumb was key. It did not fix the issue of the the CPU not being recognized. second CPU, everything disconnected, running out of ideas. anyone have a magic bullet?
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This did not work for me. It starts with flashing red light and after for a few second red light stops flashing and it continue to work for hours.. any idea?
Helped me a lot, as i’m a newbie in Building a pc gamer, it was really easy! My fear was more to have eletric discharge touching pc parts than update BIOS and went wrong. 😂😂 Thanks a lot!
will i need to flash my bios if i got a AMD Ryzen 7 5700x ? i dont know if all motherboards comes with the same update for example the motherboards when they first released to now.
is it enough with only 24-pin ATX cable plugged in or plugging the CPU power cable is also important ?? you have CPU power cable plugged in but you dont use any CPU
They do but with shipping and also time spent on the shelf at the distributor and then retailers it adds a lot of time to the age of the board by the time we get our hands on it
@@mikesunboxing hey while I have u hear I followed your video well and I flashed the BIOS but my CPU light is still solid white like it doesnt support it so im not getting it to post? any clue why maybe? CPU pins and mobo seem nice
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My LED is just solid now in the back where I put the USB drive in. It did a quick blinking session then reboot really fast. Now just sitting here doing nothing but having the solid LED in the back.
I did everything you did, but when I pressed the button, my motherboard red light flashed 3 times, then it just flashed a straight red and turned off the PSU fans, the energy kept going but it was not updating. What could it be? I tried with two different 8GB flashdrives and still didn't work.
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Well explained & detailed, thank you for taking the time to make and upload the vid. Good karma to you. Do you have a full build with this MB? A step by step would be much appreciated (those switches!) Also, do you have a recommendation for a thermal paste?
Not yet! sorry the board was sold on to a Discord member. Thermal paste wise i have found the MX4 applied with a plastic spreader to be really good and very easy to remove if needed
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Hey i have a Problem with my Mainboard i have the Same mainboard i make the Same steps how we you and my mainboard Not restarting and the debug cpu light is red constant
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My b550 toma max wifi with 5600x cant be flashed.. Still CPU error.. i try use my old r5 3600 and still nothing .. What i doing wrong please? .. Before red diode close to usb blinking 20 minutes, i trying use multiple USB sticks. . Rly i must have only MSI.ROM file?
hey i bought the usb you recommended and tried to put it in the bios usb and when i flash it it flashes for a 3 second time then turns on the computer could you possibly know why
I am building a new computer. I've got a MSI B550 Tomahawk motherboard and a Ryzen 9 5900X processor. I am using the integrated video card from the motherboard. I flashed the BIOS to the latest version (beta) available. During booting, the CPU led flashes briefly, then the VGA led remains on. The keyboard seems to be working, I can turn on and off the Caps Lock. However, I get no image on the monitor at all. I tried both the HDMI and Display Port. Does anybody know if this motherboard is compatible with Ryzen 9 5900X?
@@mikesunboxing Thanks for info, but I don't understand - it has HDMI and Display Port connectors at the back. In what circumstance do they work? By the way, I installed an RTX 2060 and it works.
I tried this with this mother board and when I held the bios button down it turns the red light on and it stays on no blue lights near the bottom come on either
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What does it mean if I follow all these steps and once I press the flash Bios button for 2 seconds I get 3 red flashes and nothing at all after that. No other lights appear on the motherboard and the power supply fan never starts etc.
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Why does MSI not suggest this method? I have already installed the CPU and Memory! Do I remove it all to do the flashing, or follow MSI's guide and do it after computer assembly? I am a noob at this, and now I'm totally confused.
it can be done assembled in some cases, but doing it before component installation makes sense as it rules out any other system issues and if the board refuses to flash, you can just stick in back in the box and not have to dismantle a complete pc
Hey Mike...my MB has a big sticker on the box saying the board is "Ryzen 5000 ready!" I'm installin a Ryzen 7 5800X. Would you trust it means the BIOS is fairly up to date? I don't really want to pull the CPU (and Cooler) off the board if I don't have to. I could check the BIOS and flash it later? ...but, if you say "tear it down" and flash it now, I'll do it.
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just bought this MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk + Ryzem 5 5600, was sweating cold bullets when it did not post, came across this video, when I searched for "new mobo b550+ ryzem 5 5600 dram led light on" tremendous help, amazingly calm going into my first bios flash. so happy so say we have ignition. thank you for this, and thank God for people like you who take time off of their day to guide newbies like me.
awesome glad to hear it all went well
I’m in the same exact situation did you ever get it to post? Mind helping me out?
@@averagegamer1043 yeah, just followed the instructions, 1st attempt then windows booted.
I'm going through this exact same situation right now, I tried the most recent BIOS and it still didn't work my friend claims is needs 7C91vA9 I dunno if she's crazy or not...
Just picked this board up a couple weeks ago for a build I'm starting this weekend. Thanks for the great video, concise and well thought out, like always.
Have fun!
Thanks Mike, I was worried when I saw the power cycle, I thought it would brick the motherboard. Good to know that's normal. Nice details that you included in the video that others did not. 👍
Glad to help
UK Devon here bud. Just bought a B550 gaming plus with a x5800 and 3080ti going in. You've helped. A lot buddy thank you! Gonna have a beer and put it together lol. :)
Lovely 😊 enjoy your evening
Thank you! I didn't see any other tutorials mentioning the other lights would turn on after the USB was done flashing. I let it sit for 20 minutes before I started panicking.
Was looking into the MSI boards to figure out what needs to exactly be done to flash these boards to be able to use the 5800X CPU. This totally just cleared up the steps I was wondering about before when I went somewhere to look at CPUs. I was told I shouldn't bother trying to do the flash myself on these boards because it can get "complicated" and I should just give them $40 to flash the board for me. Obviously it's so simple like it has always been in the past with all other boards! Crazy how people try to make you panic purchase their overpriced services...
thanks for the comment and i agree this isn't rocket science
You sir have just saved my life. Had a bad bios install and could not get the flash to work. Sadly it was because I was naming the whole folder instead of just the bios. Thank you so much. I legit thought I was going to have to order a new MB.
Glad it helped :-)
Super gut erklärt, habe noch kein besseres Video gefunden.
Super well explained, haven’t found a better video yet.
😊
thank you
your videos are the ones that actually help me, i spent so much time trying to troubleshoot my pc and when i figured out the issue finding good videos was even harder xD. such a simple solution great video
Glad I could help
Much appreciated - took me a while to figure out why the build isn't booting
No problem, glad it helped :-)
THANK YOU!! I tried to update the BIOS through MSI Center and it bricked. I followed your instructions and I managed to update it and IT WORKS NOW!! You saved me.
Glad it helped. handy to have flashback on a board these days
I just completed this procedure, and one thing that is CRITICAL is what he mentions at 6:20 , that is what to wait for to know for sure that the process is complete. On my previous MB, I didn't wait long enough, the board wouldn't boot, so I returned it. This time, I paid better attention to this video, waited until the board power cycled, and the board now boots up properly. Thanks for this video!
One question: why isn't MSI shipping these boards with a recent bios? The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G (what I've got) has been available for more than half a year, but still MSI uses an old bios. Weird.
I just bought the board around last week and am just flashing it now to work with my 5900x. Good to note from him I should take my SSD’s out as one has windows on it lmao
Thanks for the great tutorial, Mike! You are developing quite the library!
Yep that is the plan 😃
Brilliant video. I was planning to buy this mobo and was confused about whether I needed an old cpu just to update the bios but this solved all my questions. Appreciate the the video!
glad it helped
GUYS!!! If the light starts flashing and it randomly stops, take out the ram and then do the process again (turn off the power supply and then turn it back on and press the bios flash back button again)
good tip
It just keeps doing this over and over
Thanks Mike for reminding me I needed to check for a new BIOS for my MOBO. Sure enough, there was one. Took all of 5 mins to update; prefect morning-sunny, calm and no utility or street construction going on. Now my MOBO is ready for a 30 Series card should I ever get my hands on one (brahhaawwahaaawww).
Nice work! And good luck with getting one of those!
Appreciate the wish of good luck Mike. BTW, prices continue to rise on Ebay over here across the pond.
I just bought this motherboard and a ryzen 7 5800 and, in my ignorance, realized I had to do this. Thank you! very helpful!
Glad I could help!
Did yours say it was ryzen 5000 series ready?
@@JoeMama-ly1kc No it didn't
Hey just did the same! Built the whole system and that pesky cpu light is on. Friend suggested I do this, will try it soon!
Thanks this video was so helpful, I didn't know what to do when nothing was posted and the flashback wasn't working. I just had to rename the file that was all. Thanks again!
Glad it helped
This is the best video on this topic. Thanks for explaining how I will know the reboot has appeared and that it's safe to just turn off the power. Appreciate it. Hopefully it will work as smoothly on my board
Glad it was helpful!
@Mike To let you know, I think your steps here worked. I was able to get into the bios on the test bed. Hopefully it will work in its system. Fingers Crossed. Thank's man. If you were USA based, I'd buy you a beer.
Thanks 🙏 glad it works for you post a picture of the working system in the discord if you want to show it off
@@mikesunboxing I'd love too.
Thanks for all the great info you provide! You have helped me thru so many different builds.
This video is super helpful! Good on you for putting it out there! 😁👍
Glad it was helpful!
3 yrs later and still useful 🎉
yeah videos like these are pretty timeless
Thanks fir the video, I was really struggling with this!
Glad it helped!
Mike always nails a bios flash. Stay safe.
Until one day we don't! lol
This was by far the most helpful video ive found by far thank you
appreciate it
Thanks Mike i literally just bought this mb same day as you released the video and i'm installing it now :)
Hope you enjoy it! mine is up and running in the streaming pc and i moved the gaming edge wifi into my main editing pc
Short and to the point. Great tutorial as I'll be ordering this board and a 5600X. Thanks a bunch!
Thanks for watching and commenting
Hi, did you still need to do the bios flash when buying recently? It says "amd Ryzen 5000 desktop ready" on the box. This seems to have been a lie, as I don't get no post :(. Now I'm going to try to flash.
@@kooltube100 Should receive my motherboard and other pc parts next week. I did saw another video however where the person had the same sticker as you had on the box 'Ryzen 5000 ready' or sth and he didn't need to flash. Seems to be random, but it seems like a good idea to flash regardless. Did flashing help and did you get it to post?
@@waisecc yeah I got it to work in the end. The problem I had wasn't the bios (atleast flashing didnt work initially). All I had to do is take out one of my ram sticks. I took out my second ram that was in slot 4 (suppose to fill slot 2 and 4 first). For some reason after this was done, the board posted! Then I set everything up on my screen (installed chipset etc....). turned off the system and put back the second ram. seems to be working great now.
@@kooltube100 Glad you've got it working :-)
Excelent guide, realy easy flash, thank you!
thanks for watching
Thank you so much for the help, I’m super nervous to screw something up when building my first pc so this helps a ton
good luck with it
Thanks man!
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Just picked this mobo up will be putting my system together soon, does this need to be done? Or optional
Thanks buddy, that really helped with my server, the language went chinese on me, and it was selected English, second time its done this, I need to get this up and running, its funny that my ASUS board I never have any problems with the B550-F its the most solid motherboard I have ever used. However this MSI Tomahawk B550 has been a real challenge to keep it running, there is always problems with it. MSI in general, and the RTX 3050 6GB GPU from MSI runs at 170 FPS and the ASUS RTX 3050 8GB runs at 550 FPS. Well I buy a lot of computer parts and build so many new devices a year. My new G17 ASUS gaming laptop has problems it will go fans on high when in sleep mode and i have to hold the power button to power it off if i had left anything plugged into the usb ports before it went to sleep. Thanks again, we need videos like this, all these new buggy electronics are getting difficult to diagnose and keep running. I still have my Lenevo legion 5 laptop and I should have not bought a new ASUS one because the Lenovo has no networking problems like the new ASUS. Its really hit or miss with these new computers and mixing parts. You never know what will be a problem, but Amazon has 30 day return policy so I buy all my stuff on there.
glad it helped
MY SOLUTION!
I fought with this for over 2 hours following everything step along the way. It would only blink for 5 to 10 seconds then go solid red. I formated my USB drive all the diffrent formats it would allow to try and get it to work after it not working following the video. I was using a "SamData" brand USB drive. This is a cheap USB from Amazon. It did not work with this 32 GB USB drive. I then used my 128 GB name brand "SanDisk". Although 128 GB usb can not be formated into FAT32 it still worked and was formated as "NTFS" when it worked. So use a name brand USB flash drive.
Everytime I do a bios update I watch Mikes guide to calm bad spirits and for good fortune.. Has worked well so far 👻😎
haha glad to help
Can i flash the bios after building the pc when every part is connected?? Even when the unsupported cpu (r5 5600) is installed?
either way is fine
Just flashed the bios for a new build, all went ok thanks
You sir are a life saver! Thank you so much for this tutorial!
Glad it helped!
Another great tutorial mike is it the same process useing a imac computer Mike quite new to all this ..very much appreciated..
No idea with a Mac sorry
You're a legend, Mike! :)
Thanks John
@@mikesunboxing :)
This is really helpful mike
Thanks, afandi - have a great weekend :-)
Thanks mate, you solved two issues for me, turns out the bios flash can't see a 64gb thumb drive. Swapped out to a 16gb and it worked.
glad to hear it
Thanks for the help I tried a USB 2.0 formatted in FAT32 and couldn't get past 10 blinks, then I tried another older USB 2.0 and got the motherboard to do the new update I waited 10 minutes. I turned everything off and mounted (5600G processor) memories etc.
First time using UEFI and choosing boot to USB was simple.
My mistake was having installed the CD drivers for the motherboard "b550m mortar wifi" I don't advise installing by CD, I downloaded the MSI CENTER software and from there I just installed the drivers for all the motherboard and I finally managed to have the graphics recognized in the system. Install the latest version of win10 and updates.
awesome glad you got it sorted in the end, how is the system now? settled down nicely
@@mikesunboxing Yes for now it is stable, let's see how it behaves with future updates. Thanks again for the tutorial. :)
@@Ricardo-kh7qr And thank you for watching :-)
I can only see 1 red light on the other side of where the USB stick is. Haven’t seen any rgb on the motherboard as yet. Could it not possibly read the USB stick?
that is a distinct possibility
@@mikesunboxing thanks, indeed I had the wrong format for the USB. Got it done now. Thanks
@@TinTin_57 Glad to hear 🙂
Great and simply to follow im getting this board tomorrow I dunno if I should try see if works out of the box or just flash straight up
being an older generation of board it is worth flashing it to get all the security and performance patches
@@mikesunboxing thank you
Thank you man. Easy explanation helps!
Glad it helped!
I am not sure what is going on wrong but I am trying to do with with my new Msi B550.I only have the power supply connected. THe bios LEd blinks and then does nothing after that when I hold it for 1-2 secs. What could it be? USB?
yes or wrong bios file
same thing happening with me
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Added 5600x to my setup on a tomahawk b550 (mobo bought before zen 3 launch). everything running in the case but no display. this helped. thanks.
Glad it helped - thanks for watching :-)
Gahhh im still stuck with no display, could it be the format of my usb ?
which cpu you used before 5600 on that mobo?
@@zoran1984 3600
THIS HELPED SO MUCH, THANK YOU!
thanks for watching and commenting
Hey nice video, this will help a lot in three months but I have a quick question. I'm thinking of buying this motherboard for my PC and the Ryzen 7 5800x as my CPU, but I saw that this Ryzen requires version 7C91vA7, and I was wondering if I have to install that version first and then move on to the most recent one, which is 7C91vAE, or Can I directly install the most recent one?
install the newest one
I think I’ve bricked my motherboard updated bios then, next day it doesn’t boot tried to q flash bios but it gets stuck red and instead of the ez led being on boot it goes to cpu and now after researching I’m now trying to do q flash again but with mbr and etc but it’s just flashing and nothing else is there anything else I could do I’ve already removed the battery for the motherboard and put it back in and checked if it was the ram and even reseated the cpu
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Good morning, I have a problem with the BIOS flash on my B550 Gaming Plus motherboard.
The procedure I am following is as follows:
Only the motherboard without any other components.
I connect the power supply to the motherboard.
I insert the USB drive with the latest update downloaded from the official website (only the file renamed to MSI.ROM).
I start the flash process using the button.
The red LED starts flashing slowly - the power supply turns on - the CPU LED and the motherboard LEDs light up - the flash button flashes rapidly. It seems to be writing.
The problem is that even after an hour, the process still doesn't complete, so I turn it off, reset the BIOS by removing the CMOS battery, and try again with another USB drive - same problem. I don't know how to resolve this. Help Please !
did you unzip the download before renaming it
@@mikesunboxing yes 😭
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Followed all steps, but when turning on psu and held the bios flashback button, the psu fan doesn’t start spinning and the motherboard RGB won’t light up. All I have is an orange light by the bios flashback button? What should I do?
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did u solve it somehow ? I have the same problem...
Same here
Thank you you helped so much!
Glad it helped!
hey I ordered all new parts for my build and I didn't even know that I had to install a bios for the system to work properly. I cannot see display on my monitor and the cpu is lit up and I've tried everything to fix it. now I did the usb thing you showed us but I think I messed up bc I accidentally bumped it with my finger and the usb came undone! now every time I try to click the bios button it is not doing the red flash like it did the first time! could you help me ?
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thanks mike great tutorial helped a lot
Glad to hear it!
Is this still needed in 2023? I just got this board brand new plus a 5900x. (still waiting on some other components to arrive). Feels like after all these years it would come from the factory with a recent enough bios but not sure. I don't have access to a FAT32 flash drive currently otherwise it would not be an issue
depends how long the board has been on the shelf
oooooh thank you! this will save my future build! wise Mike
so even for an older cpu like the ryzen 5 5600x we can update the motherboard to the latest bios? (7C91vAF released 2023-10-24).
Yes newer versions have stability and security patches
ok thanks !@@mikesunboxing
You can flash bios as long as the ram is not installed.
I have seen many people come to me, after a new install and first thing I do is pull out the ram and bios flash.
that is something i generally suggest now when asked
I just did all what you showed but it never booted . So in desperate move , I've installed an older bios version and it worked!!!
glad it worked out in the end
@@mikesunboxing Thanks for your good explanations !!
Greetings from Greece Mike, i bought this mobo but it seems she doesn't like me and or my 5800x3d...
Flashed the bios with 2 files (the latest one and the one from march 2022 that added support for the 5800x3d) the same process as in your video, no cpu on no peripherals etc and it booted, flashed from the usb and rebooted again (without the leds blinking. So i believe the flashing process is done (several times)
I install the cpu, his fan, 1 ram dimm and the graphics card and the system doesn't want to boot like the psu is out of the wall socket. No lights, no debug lights, no power in general.
So the next step was to search everywhere ant talk to the guys ftom msi.
I did everything and still nothing.
Today i received a replacement from the seller and it does the same thing.
-without cpu turns on
-with cpu no connection to the matrix detected
Any thoughts?
Thank you for your time Mike!
Jason, Greece
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did you manage to fix it? The same thing is happening to me and I'm desperate. I have a 5800x3d too
@@Veldruk nope... i sent the board back and was DOA, the shop sent me an other one and was DOA too...... now i am waiting for refund to buy an other brand of b550
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Great Vid man I appreciate it. Only thing I will add and sorry if I missed it but use no larger than a 32gb flash? I didn’t know this b my 128 gb didn’t do anything. Cheers and great video 👍
Good tip! i think i did mention it but not sure done a lot of these videos, so it is good to highlight it again
Question: if I already built the system before doing this, and I'm using a M.2 SSD from my previous system that had Windows installed onto it, would that get in the way of a proper BIOS Flash?
My motherboard still has the red CPU light after following all the steps on here, so I'm thinking either the USB I'm working with is no good or the M.2 with Windows might be getting in the way. The red LED on my motherboard also only flashed in the beginning for a bit then never lit up again I don't think, never saw a power cycle. I have so many things to trouble shoot, going to start later with removing the SSD and trying to flash again, but hoping I can soon finally have my first working PC that I put together myself!!
For context, my system:
-Ryzen 7 5800X (bought new)
-MSI B550 MAG Tomahawk (bought new)
-Founders 3070 (from previous system)
-16 GB RAM (previous system)
-an SSD from previous system
-EK AIO Elite 360 mm (bought new)
sounds like it isn't flashing, probably it doesn't like the USB drive or maybe the file on the drive
My red light isn’t flashing, it just stays on the whole time. And my LEDs aren’t turning on when I do it either. Idk what’s wrong. Do I need to unplug my graphics card, hard drive and everything other than the 24 pin power connector and the 8 pin cpu connector?
Edit: I found the problem. I moved the whole file into the usb drive, I was only supposed to move the ROM file.
Glad you got it sorted out :-)
thank you mike i needed to find a quick way to bios update my motherboard so i can start bulding the my pc and i will come back the day i bulid to sa if it worked
Hope it helps :-)
@Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to infact is did work but at first it didn't then I put my cpu in and did it again and for some reason it worked better but hey now ima use ur guide on wifi card thing lol ty
The light on my motherboard just goes to solid red after it flashes a few times and I don’t know what to do
that means it can't read the USB drive or the file is not in the correct format the board is expecting
Red light stayed on near cpu power. I was using an old 8gb usb. Tried with a 32gb usb 2.0 and it worked instantly.
glad to hear you got there in the end
Ahhh so Im doing my build and the bios flash won't shut off. I believe i inappropriately did it when I first started my build. Plugged in the motherboard, the psu, but did not connect the 8 pin cpu connector. When flashing the red light stopped blinking (but stayed a solid red) and I assumed that I was done and commenced to complete my build.
Now I'm finished and my monitors are getting nothing from my PC and the ez diagnostic light is on for the CPU. I'm at a loss as to what to do. I've tried properly flashing it with all my components in but even after 20+min the red bios indicator won't stop flashing
i did a live stream on how to recover the bios after a bad flash it might be worth a look, or just try and reflash the bios
Thank you so much! You made it so simple
Glad it helped!
msi mag b550 would jump to CPU Red light on the motherboard after pressing bios flash button . The flash has a light would blink for 5 seconds then motherboard jumps to CPU RED Light .
Motherboard is empty nothing installed but 24pin power and 8 pin CPU power.
USB 2.0 Flash MBR Fat32 .
MSI.ROM only file on flash drive.
is the file unzipped?
Hi there mike, how would I know if the BIOS flashback worked? Is it only when the LED stops blinking? How about a 2nd round of testing as in would you install the CPU, ram and hook to the monitor to see if all is well? Thanks a lot
yes test with cpu and gpu etc to make sure it posts before building the whole system
Awesome video bro! Do you have any videos on high fps but not smooth, stuttering or tearing when gaming?
yes at least four, search for lag in games in the channel homepage
@@mikesunboxing thank you 🙏🏽
I've tried to do this with two mobos with a Corsair rm750x without success. The red light by the io shield flashes for a few seconds and then stays lit red. I formatted the USB drive multiple times and even changed cables from the PSU. I'm stuck.
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Does this method work with already corrupted BIOS (I was doing a BIOS update and it got stuck on 52% for several hours so I had to turn it off because there was nothing I could do)
yes i have managed to recover the BIOS on at least two or three boards this way
@@mikesunboxing Hmm I plugged in a 16gb thumbdrive formatted to FAT32/MBR with MSI.ROM on it but it doesn’t seem to work properly the red LED blinks for a while then the computer starts running, it blinks again for a couple of seconds, then it stops blinking forever with the computer running with no POST I tried it a couple of times but the same outcome.
I’ve tried it with everything removed except 24pin & 8 pin but it still doesn’t work :(
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I know this is an old video but I'm running into a problem with this motherboard. Everything installed trying to get it to work with a ryzen 5700x3d so tried a few different usb sticks and old pny 4 gb to a new Samsung 32. Followed your other video of using cmd to clean and set mbr and all I get is a blinking red light about 10 times then power cycles and stays a solid red. I first tried it with all hardware installed not really paying attention hit the flashback button while the pc was turned on nothing happened so tried again a few times then read a comment saying dont turn the pc on just have power from the power box so did it with just that and it still isnt working. Really frustrating. Thought this should work out the box. Have built my own pcs since 97 and never had to mess with the bios. Does it sound borked?
it is really hard with these boards as there are a number of boards all with the tomahawk name, so triple check you have the right bios for the board the wifi, max and other versions need a different bios
@mikesunboxing well after messing around some more with it the next day, going with an older bios worked. Specifically 7C91vA9 which includes support for the 5800x3d. So thank you. Thought the most current one would work. Not touching it again lol
i did everything as instructed the light was flashing then was stood 5 sec after holding the button. none of the rgb lights lit up either and the fan from the power supply didnt spin. but the red light on the bios continued to stay on. please help thanks
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I'm trying to flash my board. Connected to PSU just as it should be (I've left all components instead installed other than RAM) I am only getting a flashing red light towards the flash Bios button for a couple seconds and that's it. Help!
try another drive and make sure the bios file on the drive is 32MB in size
Mine is z690 tomahawk ddr5 ...when I do this the led is flashing 8time and stay red.... nothing more happen ....what can I do
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Thanks, this was really helpful. Bios flash went great when I followed all of the steps, reformatiing the thumb was key. It did not fix the issue of the the CPU not being recognized. second CPU, everything disconnected, running out of ideas. anyone have a magic bullet?
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This did not work for me. It starts with flashing red light and after for a few second red light stops flashing and it continue to work for hours.. any idea?
wrong file or incompatible flash drive
Helped me a lot, as i’m a newbie in Building a pc gamer, it was really easy!
My fear was more to have eletric discharge touching pc parts than update BIOS and went wrong.
😂😂
Thanks a lot!
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Thank you for the amazing video!
Glad you liked it!
will i need to flash my bios if i got a AMD Ryzen 7 5700x ? i dont know if all motherboards comes with the same update for example the motherboards when they first released to now.
unless it is really old stock you should be okay, look for a ryzen 5000 series ready sticker on the box
is it enough with only 24-pin ATX cable plugged in or plugging the CPU power cable is also important ??
you have CPU power cable plugged in but you dont use any CPU
yes it seems to be needed
Dont know why MSI doesn't provide the latest version out the box but this video helped a great deal man, thx!
They do but with shipping and also time spent on the shelf at the distributor and then retailers it adds a lot of time to the age of the board by the time we get our hands on it
@@mikesunboxing hey while I have u hear I followed your video well and I flashed the BIOS but my CPU light is still solid white like it doesnt support it so im not getting it to post? any clue why maybe? CPU pins and mobo seem nice
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My LED is just solid now in the back where I put the USB drive in. It did a quick blinking session then reboot really fast. Now just sitting here doing nothing but having the solid LED in the back.
hmm that doesn't sound right
@@mikesunboxinghappened the same for me, any solution please?:(
I did everything you did, but when I pressed the button, my motherboard red light flashed 3 times, then it just flashed a straight red and turned off the PSU fans, the energy kept going but it was not updating.
What could it be? I tried with two different 8GB flashdrives and still didn't work.
that is usually the sign the USB is not recognised or the file is not recognised
@@mikesunboxing that's the thing, both were MBR and the file was the most recent, and I even renamed it to MSI.ROM
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Thank you very much, carecoso.
You are welcome!
my flash bios red light stops blinking when all the other lights turn on what do i do? its still not reading my cpu
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Well explained & detailed, thank you for taking the time to make and upload the vid. Good karma to you.
Do you have a full build with this MB? A step by step would be much appreciated (those switches!)
Also, do you have a recommendation for a thermal paste?
Not yet! sorry the board was sold on to a Discord member. Thermal paste wise i have found the MX4 applied with a plastic spreader to be really good and very easy to remove if needed
@@mikesunboxing Thanks for the quick reply + info
@@morganp7238 No problem
Currently trying this now, followed all the steps but my LED just stays red and nothing happens. It's the LES roght by the Flash button. Any ideas??
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Hey i have a Problem with my Mainboard i have the Same mainboard i make the Same steps how we you and my mainboard Not restarting and the debug cpu light is red constant
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My b550 toma max wifi with 5600x cant be flashed.. Still CPU error.. i try use my old r5 3600 and still nothing .. What i doing wrong please? .. Before red diode close to usb blinking 20 minutes, i trying use multiple USB sticks. . Rly i must have only MSI.ROM file?
yes the drive needs to be fat32 format and with the bios file fully unzipped and then renamed msi.rom
Can I use the DVD that comes in the box? Because I'm trying but it won't work
no that won't do it
hey i bought the usb you recommended and tried to put it in the bios usb and when i flash it it flashes for a 3 second time then turns on the computer could you possibly know why
file name wrong or not formatted to fat32
I am building a new computer. I've got a MSI B550 Tomahawk motherboard and a Ryzen 9 5900X processor. I am using the integrated video card from the motherboard. I flashed the BIOS to the latest version (beta) available. During booting, the CPU led flashes briefly, then the VGA led remains on. The keyboard seems to be working, I can turn on and off the Caps Lock. However, I get no image on the monitor at all. I tried both the HDMI and Display Port. Does anybody know if this motherboard is compatible with Ryzen 9 5900X?
That board doesn’t have onboard graphics you will need a video card
@@mikesunboxing Thanks for info, but I don't understand - it has HDMI and Display Port connectors at the back. In what circumstance do they work? By the way, I installed an RTX 2060 and it works.
I tried this with this mother board and when I held the bios button down it turns the red light on and it stays on no blue lights near the bottom come on either
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Does the b550 tomahawk max wifi comes with flashback bios, i just read something and said it does not have one not like the mortar one
yes it does
What does it mean if I follow all these steps and once I press the flash Bios button for 2 seconds I get 3 red flashes and nothing at all after that. No other lights appear on the motherboard and the power supply fan never starts etc.
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Why does MSI not suggest this method? I have already installed the CPU and Memory! Do I remove it all to do the flashing, or follow MSI's guide and do it after computer assembly? I am a noob at this, and now I'm totally confused.
it can be done assembled in some cases, but doing it before component installation makes sense as it rules out any other system issues and if the board refuses to flash, you can just stick in back in the box and not have to dismantle a complete pc
Hey Mike...my MB has a big sticker on the box saying the board is "Ryzen 5000 ready!" I'm installin a Ryzen 7 5800X. Would you trust it means the BIOS is fairly up to date? I don't really want to pull the CPU (and Cooler) off the board if I don't have to. I could check the BIOS and flash it later? ...but, if you say "tear it down" and flash it now, I'll do it.