just to note, updating your bios may enable secure boot, so if you're having problems booting up or think you are stuck in a no signal loop, first try ctrl+alt+del and enter bios to disable it
First time noob here, a word of advice - pay attention to MSI description post - bios update. It says change default boot setting, I thought that was a repair as part of the update. Nope! After getting BSOD, I had to disable secure boot, now PC operates properly. Hope this saves someone time and the hassle of trying to re-image their machine!
back in the day we didn't have images. we would boot from floppys-which would give us a command prompt and HOPEFULLY had the proper cd-rom driver. if it did, we'd be able to run the windows setup from here. this is how you clean install. these days its easier. can boot from USB flash drives and it just goes directly to a GUI installer. anyway: Windows media creation tool. or rufus if you want to make your own-use only trusted isos
Good tip, got stuck on that myself. For anyone else, make sure that you have a USB drive of max size 32gb and then format it to FAT32 (not exFAT) otherwise it will not show up in M-flash.
Thanks so much for this easy-to-follow tutorial. My PC had been restarting unexpectedly for a while now and I couldn't figure out why. After some monitoring I realized it usually did so after watching TH-cam for extended periods of time. I dug further and learned an outdated BIOS might be the issue so I downloaded the latest update and followed your video. So far no more issues. Thanks.
@@rusudan9631oh man if u use chrome and u have outdated bios memory spikes become more than spikes and voltages become brrrr so pc just go ahhh and restart himself had a case of that at repair shop
My computer was freezing periodically while playing games. After trying different things to no avail I decided to try updating my BIOS. I followed this tutorial carefully and updated my BIOS successfully. It fixed my freezing issue. Thanks
@@janoliver7436 My computer was doing the same thing, but I found that it was the RAM that was the issue. The xmp profile was essentially overclocking my ram over the potential it was rated for, which was causing stability issues. I upgraded to DDR5 6000MHz ram and configured it myself and it stopped the freezing.
Just updated my B550 tomahawk from version 7C91vA5 to 7C91vAF(latest), because I'm planning to upgrade to 5800x3d soon. The update went fine, but I couldn't boot to windows after, even after disabling secure boot and TPM. Luckily, everything was backed up, so I reinstalled windows. Update your bios only if you encounter issues or for a specific reason and don't forget to do a full backup of your files!
For my MSI X570 Creation, 2 things of note; 1st: I had to see the M-Flash screen only through an HDMI output. Wouldn't let me see it ever on Displayport. 2nd: contrary to manufacturer instructions of having my USB formatted to Fat32/ exFat, I could only read the file through NTFS. Hope this helps anyone and save you the 2 hours I troubleshooted.
@@SinedWOLF Translation (done with Google Translate, apparently it's in Russian): "UEFI is displayed on the first monitor, the counting order starts from the top where the video card is screwed to the case."
@@katakuri8258 yes it is safe as long you don't have power issues during the BIOS flashing (like an outage), no, you don't need to download everything again, it does not affect your system and storages drives
Most(All?) settings changes to default value and backups most likely are not be loadable after update, so go through all settings and write those down somewhere before update.
Loved the fact that M-FLASH on my Z690 allowed me to find the update file in the computer folder of my main drive where I downloaded it rather than having to use a flash drive
1. Unzip the downloaded bios file 2. Open the folder from the unzipped file 3. Copy the file with a .A10 extension onto a FAT32 flash drive. 4. Reboot while holding Del key to enter BIOS 5. Select M-Flash 6. Select that .A10 file from before. Why can't this be in text on your website? I get that some people need a video guide. But it would take so little work to have a text version for people who know how to move a file.
If your USB still isn't being recognized even after formatting it to FAT32: just don't eject the drive like the video instructs you to. After a lot of troubleshooting, that did the trick for me.
If you are having the problem whereby M-Flash is not detecting your USB then make sure your USB is in fat32 format and not Xfat or anything else. You might need a third party programme to do this. It fixed the issue for me
@@yeastydynasty you need the specific USB 2.o Version, you can check your usb version by checking the plastic pin inside, blue means 3.0, black means 2.0
I just saw that my MSI B350M Mortar Arctic (from 2017) got a BIOS update for the latest CPUs from 2022! Thank you MSI for still delivering updates. Now i can go form my first generation Ryzen _AMD R5 1600_ to the _AMD R7 5800X3D, R7 5700G, R9 5900X_ or even _R9 5950X!_ Imaging buying an _Intel i7 7600K_ in 2017 instead of a Ryzen. You would have stuck to that CPU the moment you bought it!
sameeeee . i just bought a ryzen 5 5600 for a little over 120$ to replace my ryzen 3 1300x that i had since 2018 . holy s*ht what a great deal . i was making plans how much money im gonna need in the near future to upgrade everything lmao but thats not needed anymore . what a day man
@@Yusta19 The first generation Ryzen CPU's were way more power hungry, which led to high temperatures (The OS's also didn't had good drivers for the then new Ryzen CPU's). The current ones, even the Ryzen 9 models are way better in this subject. With a low & steady airflow in the tower you won't see any throttle with top end CPU's. The early "reviews" in 2017 (especially by some TH-cam Overclockers), where garbage.
Make sure you have exact motherboard selected on the website before download. I spent hours trying to run bios for the Z-790 Pro, when in fact I needed the Pro Z-790-P.
Sorry this might be stupid question but when i choose my motherboard can i just download the latest one and install (i ask this beacuse never done update on my motherboard)
@@zendroidchannel8693 with fat32, windows has a 32gb limit to format. You can format larger usb drives but you will need 3rd party free software. and with fat32 it has a 4gb file limit restriction
Once you flashed the bios if you have 'no signal' loop What fixed it for me was tapping on my keyboard multiple times such as cntrl + alt + delete. 'delete' button, numpad, multiple times, you'll go into bios then boot from UEFI to CSM that worked for me. Edit: Worst case scenario you fried your Mobo, and have to replace it. However there is more than one way to fix the no signal issue. Although this solution was my last desperate attempt and it worked.
that helped me a little bit, but it still didnt help me to update my bios. I managed to get into the part, where i have to select the bios, but the bios file wont show up. Instead, there are just 3 dots (" ... ") and not the bios file. When i click on that, it goes back one step (another infinity loop). HELP
It's the first time ever I had to update BIOS as I've never done it before and these steps really helped me, was indeed easy to follow and I was able to download and update my PRO Z790-P WIFI to the latest version using these steps even though they are for different MB, but the steps were identical. Side note for someone doing it. Make sure to check the back of your desktop or the front to see if you have a special BIOS Flash USP port. In my case my MSI Aegis RS 13NUF-439US / Intel Core i7 13th Gen 13700KF PC had a special USB Port called BIOS Flash, it also had a BIOS Flash button, but I did not use it, I followed this video guide and used a USB Flash, formatted it, make sure to format it in case you had anything on it before, just plug it in into you usual non BIOS usb ports, once it loads, mouse right click on the drive and click Format, this will proactively wipe out thievery you had on it, so make sure if you had some files stored on there you wanted to keep to transfer them elsewhere. Once formatted just follow this guide, copy your downloaded BIOS file over onto it like shows in the video, then mouse right click and Eject it as shows in video, take it out of regular USB port and like it was in my case I plugged my USB Flash into the BIOS Flash USB port in the back of my desktop tower and then the rest was exactly as shown on the video, access BIOS, select the folder/file and proceed with the update. Thanks.
"then mouse right click and Eject it as shows in video, take it out of regular USB port and like it was in my case I plugged my USB Flash into the BIOS Flash USB port in the back of my desktop tower and then the rest was exactly as shown on the video" This part is nowhere in the video. All it says/shows is to hit "eject" from taskbar, and then "restart" computer. Maybe one of the worst tutorials for any task in any industry I've ever seen XD
Bio usb port? If you have a red port on the back of your Mobo it just means it's 3.2 or newer lol I just used the standard USB port right on the front of my PC.
IF YOU ARE GETTING A SOLID RED LIGHT. Make sure you have the correct bios for your mobo. I have the DDR4 version of a an MSI mobo, and I had to SPECIFICALLY search for it. Worked first time!
Solid red light on what - DRAM? Cuz that's what I am getting. I flashed Bios to the newest update... Same shit.. Solid Red light and no Signal on Display.. I have a B550 and Ryzen 7 5800x3D... Flashed it with CPU and GPU installed... same thing. Removed the CPU and GPU, flashed it. Same thing. Put the GPU, CPU on and Flashed it with the specific 5800x3D update.. Same thing, red DRAM on, no signal on display.. Removed GPU/CPU, flashed it... same thing... I dont know what to do at this point.
About to upgrade from a tomahawk b450 with amd ryzen 3 3200G to a B550 G plus with Ryzen 5 5600 and it showed on pc part picker flashing is needed before running the cpu. glad to see it’s an easy straightforward peaceful process, never flashed a desktop motherboard before 😅
Literally best video for updating msi mobo's. No need to go anywhere else. Note that after the bios update go back into your bios and reconfigure setting e.g. your ram will go back to default settings, so you need to change that
@Tom Smith so what happened when you removed the battery and put it back in? Did it fix it? Takes 10 seconds to do. And i bit hard to blame msi in general as bios updates come with a risk that they will break software. The warning are everywhere and in most videos about it.
Yes, It's very important what you say. Check the booting sequence after bios upgrade. I sucked 2 hours when figured out, cause I was thinking on: wrong BIOS, Wrong BIOS Update, and I kill my motherboard, what mistake did I, need to reinstal windows etc...
Tried finding my earlier reply. Wasn't able to. So, an update. The reason the driver wasn't turning up on my usb drive was because it was the wrong BIOS for this motherboard. It turns out that m-flash has a built in identifier to differentiate between what is the appropriate driver for the motherboard and what is not. I found the correct driver (through fumbling around on msi website) and it works just fine. Everything updated and now running latest BIOS for my motherboard (z490 Plus, not "Z490 Gaming Plus").
There are a lot of comments here saying you need to use NTFS. This is not always true - It may be related to your motherboard. I have the B450m mortar titanium and it worked perfectly on FAT32 with a 4GB USB
in the same boat but I have the meg x570 ace had a 4gig usb fat32 worked like a charm the first time around no issue, I had also read the comments and started with ntfs and that does not work at all so I guess they need to streamline a bit going forward or perhaps people are lieng who knows.
Guys im really losing my mind. I formatted the msi stick every way and extract the bios update file than send it to my thumbstick and the file wont showup on my mflash no matter what I do. I dont understand what am I doing wrong!? Ive done exfat and ntfs. I have z690 ddr4 tomahawk wifi mobo. Im stuck on this all night.
@@ED-zm8ut I figure it out! Lol I was confusing fat32 and exfat. It worked beautifully when I did fat32 and the update was done in under 1 minute! Im so happy now!
For 2 years I was wondering why my Ryzen 7 5800X3D never boosted past 3.4ghz... turns out my drivers were a year older than the ones supporting my CPU. I didn't really notice the performance hit because I also have an RTX 4090, so for gaming I was still fine... but damn did updating my BIOS make a difference for other stuff. That extra 1GHz on my 5800X3D really made my whole system more snappy, and gained me like 10-20 FPS in Cyberpunk! :D
Hi I'm tryin to update my BIOS but It's not showin me the update on USB and my USB works on PC but always when I wanna do update I can see USB but not the update inside. Someone who knows how can I fix that please? I tried FAT32 and also NTFS
This worked for me, eventually... formatted my USB to FAT32, extracted the file (not the downloaded folder, just the file in my case E7A33AMS.5L4) to the root of the USB. Followed the provided instructions in the video. However on reboot I was prompted with an MBR Error 1 - Press any key to boot from floppy... Message. Basically the boot sequence was incorrect. Pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL restarted the computer and then hitting DEL to get back to BIOS menu, I was able to check and update the boot sequence. Restarted and all good.
I Ran into a boot loop/windows repair issue doing this. I just ordered the 5600x to upgrade from my current R5 2600. Flashing the Bios went fine. But as soon as it was completed I couldn't get into windows and recover, resetting and also restoring didn't work. I then found a way past this issue so I'm sharing here to help others. You need to select, chose different operating system, (for me the default was Windows 10, but the second option was Windows 10 Home). After switching to Windows 10 Home, it boots in fine! But you must select that as the defualt to avoid the same windows repair each time you boot the system! Hope it helps someone
Updated my bios and got infinite boot loop into the BIOS. What solved my issue was this: 1. Enter bios, enter advanced mode 2. Go into settings 3. Go into advanced 4. Go into Windows OS Configuration 5. Change from UEFI to CSM 6. Save and restart
There is a big flaw in this video if it supposed to be a guide for every user! It says that after downloading the BIOS file, extracting it and putting on a flash drive, that then one should "eject the USB flash drive and restart the system". Then next comes rebooting, pressing DEL to go into the BIOS, enter M-Flash mode and restart again after which one is to select the BIOS file on the USB flash drive - which must then require some sort of magic since following the instructions the drive is not connected. I am sorry, but if the video is supposed to help people it needs to be accurate and not skip things. PS. While we are at it, the written instructions on the MSI webpage is flawed as well. In step 1 it says to check the current BIOS version, then in step 2 it says to "Download the new BIOS version that matches the current BIOS version number." which seems to suggest one should flash the current BIOS with a file of the identical version - only how is the supposed to be a upgrade??!!!!
I havent looked at the written instructions, but the video at least isn't misleading anyone. It says eject the drive, not to remove the drive from your USB port. very different things.
@@xTRTSCx Supposedly the video is meant for people that do not know how to go about the process, for it to be the most helpful it should not leave out things - even things that the use will also see on his screen while performing the steps involved. That people can get the full picture by combining the video and the pdf is a let down, they should both describe the whole process. If needed the PDF and the video could also come in "quick guide" versions, then both the experienced and the novice users would get great service.
What worked for my pro z790-p wifi ddr4 was using Rufus to format my 16gb drive to FAT32 instead of the one that came with windows, i selected MBR and non bootable Also, make sure your downloaded drivers match the full name of your motherboard and plug it in to the flash bios port in the top left , I didn't need to rename it either
Just installed 6.1 to update from 4.3...my board z68 -43g and now is dead 😢.... can't started anymore.... MSI have to fixed.... I'll send them the board...
If any of you is having problem to install and find the file there are two ways: Format your USB driver to NTSF (default) + Allocation Unit Size as 4096 bytes (this part cant be as Default).... To make your life easier also paste the installation file both on USB driver and your Main/Secondary root (do not place it in any folder) just drop on the driver partition... = Sorted. (My ssd is 1Tb, I had not problems after properly formatted)
What does that mean I updated bios and it wouldn’t let me install windows so I downloaded it to my ssd on my old pc but when I put it in my new one it blank screens I have a msi mag b550 tomahawk max and a ryzen 9 5900x
As soon as I clicked on m flash in my bios my my screens went black and now I dont get any signal doesnt matter how many times I reboot. Now i cant get in my windows bios or anything its broke now.....
. but basically what is the purpose of this last upgrade of bios ..btw suddenly my 4 x16 gb on my motherboard started to have problems and i downgrade from 3600mHz to 2933mhZ ..WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENED ? My motherboard is the MSI Z590 PRO WIFI DDR4. May this upgrade solve that problem because it makes an annoyind sound during i see you tube and it appears a 100 times THE BLOODY CURSED.. BSOD .Please i appreciate any solution .Thanks so much! bTW THE SPECS OF MY DESKTOP ARE 11700K -Z590 PRO WIFI DDR4 - 64 GBs Vengeance pro SL - Graphics card Powercolor RED DEVIL RX6650XT 8GB 160W - WIN 10pro 22H2 - 750W ASUS TUF GAMING - and ARCTIC WAER COOLER 280 2X140 Fans ..btw i thing that this cooler worth every single euro of its price and i am amazed because its the temp went dowm 7-10 degrees. THANK YOU SO MUCH .Please whats wrong with the DRAM? ..the led light shows problem in memory and after hundrends of BSODs.
If your USB flash drive doesn’t show the BIOS file when you go to update, read this, because I found this online and it was the solution for me: “This suggests that your BIOS is a custom one. They do this sometimes when it's used in a complete PC, they put a special BIOS version on there, and then you can't update with the official BIOS that MSI offer for the mainboard. You have to look for specific BIOS updates for your complete PC. You can confirm this by entering the BIOS and looking carefully at the BIOS version name before the dot. Instead of "E7B61IMS" of the official BIOS for this board, you then might have a different number there, or the last letters will be different like ...IMT. You then have two options: Try to find the correct BIOS for your board. Often times, the custom BIOS will have less updates, or it's difficult to get a BIOS update. Renaming the BIOS update file is not enough, M-FLASH will still decline the update if it doesn't match your board's model”
@Tom Smith well that’s good you did it right. I just have seen other people who used MSI center to update bios and then it ruined their motherboard. I actually couldn’t even update my BIOS on my MSI because after their support sent me the wrong BIOS 2 times, they then said my PC is a custom “Canadian version” and therefore the BIOS from 2020 doesn’t have any updates. Needless to say I am not happy with MSI either.
Hi Mine doesn't show up but when I look into the Mobo info it says MSI But it also says American something with an I for the bios version I have a B450m bazooka So what do u mean by complete pc? Also I'm updating bios because idk if it's the reason my pc randomly restarts whenever I game recently
@@ImPerfection2 i think it means a PC that is pre-built by the company, not one that you put together yourself. But I wasn’t the one that wrote that post, I just found the post online.
@@gleipnirfenrir well, yesterday i buy new motherboard with default bios, and i update it to the newest, nothing happen so you dont need to update one by one just download the newest BIOS and you good to go
I have problem with my M520M Pro, when entering BIOS there is no signal on my monitor, but when i pres ctrl+alt+del it's restarting to windows and display on my monitor, I use AOC G24G2 and Radeon RX560, already test using others monitor and different VGA but still wont display when entering BIOS mode, already reset the JBAT too but nothing help, I need to activated AMD-V and secure boot on BIOS, can anyone help me?
built a computer with friends and a year later i am upgrading it.. time to flash the bios, i love msi boards, i always try for one when building a pc for myself 😅 thanks again for this current straightforward vid
Its all well and done ...but how can I do it without physically installing the new CPU first? OR can I do it after I put the not-supported CPU on the motherboard in order to support it after BIOS update ???
I want to reiterate the previous posts for the people watching this video. USB drive must be NTFS ! Hope you see this before spending as much time troubleshooting as the rest of us.
Only for certain newer motherboard models from MSI. Still always refrain to the manual of your motherboard, where it will tell you if it requires FAT 32, NTFS or if either is fine.
OMG THANK YOU! Literally 2 hours trying to get my new 7800x3d to boot with the new bios. Looking back I should have updated bios prior to cpu swap. Thank you again!
Just did this on my B450M Pro VDH MAX, to get support for a new CPU. My motherboard now appears to be bricked! YAY! /s I can't seem to find any way to roll-back a bios update blind on this thing, so I guess I'm just effed.
Im only getting the original folder with nothing in it to show up even though i copy pasted the file within it onto my flashdrive..i dont know if im doing something wrong or if i need something else
If your USB flash drive doesn’t show the BIOS file when you go to update, read this, because I found this online and it was the solution for me: “This suggests that your BIOS is a custom one. They do this sometimes when it's used in a complete PC, they put a special BIOS version on there, and then you can't update with the official BIOS that MSI offer for the mainboard. You have to look for specific BIOS updates for your complete PC. You can confirm this by entering the BIOS and looking carefully at the BIOS version name before the dot. Instead of "E7B61IMS" of the official BIOS for this board, you then might have a different number there, or the last letters will be different like ...IMT. You then have two options: Try to find the correct BIOS for your board. Often times, the custom BIOS will have less updates, or it's difficult to get a BIOS update. Renaming the BIOS update file is not enough, M-FLASH will still decline the update if it doesn't match your board's model”
I had to do this to my bios becuase i used the secure erase+ for ssds button. It would turn on, display a white line then stop and nothing else would happen at all. There was a white led next to vga but i have an f series intel cpu so no way of figuring that out. I have the pro Z790-p wifi ddr4 mobo with a i7-13700kf and a 3090ti
So I am getting the MSI PRO B660M-B & i5 12400f. And I believe it is not compatible straight away so it will need updating its BIOS. Can I update it via this method with the processor attatched to the motherboard in initial start up?
Instructions unclear- It appears this BIOS update takes place after the pc is set up and running, but I saw something online about flashing the BIOS before installing the CPU. Do I need to update the BIOS on the B650-P before the build or after?
That's called bios flashback. You can rename the bios file to MSI.ROM and paste that inside the USB and you need to plug in the USB into the right USB port which you can find next to the button.
I'm here because i just got an MSI board to replace a gigabyte board that had two bios's both of which got corrupted. the main one corrupted on an update and and the secondary one was apparently already corrupted somehow. Congrats MSI on MAKING A MOTHERBOARD THAT DOESN'T BRICK ITSELF ON A SIMPLE BIOS UPDATE.
@@msihowtochannel No the bios update went perfectly. I was congratulating you on actually making a quality board with a bios update system that doesn't brick the board lol. Gigabyte could learn something from you. I bought a b550 a-pro because my gigabyte board bricked itself in a bios update last week. Love it so far.
Hello! I apologize for the question and if anyone can help me. I just installed the firmware for the new BIOS, everything goes fine until the end, it installs normally without problems. And after installation, the computer turns off and that’s it. The system unit works and is turned on, but the monitor is turned off and I have to press the restart button and then it turns on and so on every time. If anyone can help me how to solve these problems. Thank you for your understanding!
@@JM1404_ If your USB flash drive doesn’t show the BIOS file when you go to update, read this, because I found this online and it was the solution for me: “This suggests that your BIOS is a custom one. They do this sometimes when it's used in a complete PC, they put a special BIOS version on there, and then you can't update with the official BIOS that MSI offer for the mainboard. You have to look for specific BIOS updates for your complete PC. You can confirm this by entering the BIOS and looking carefully at the BIOS version name before the dot. Instead of "E7B61IMS" of the official BIOS for this board, you then might have a different number there, or the last letters will be different like ...IMT. You then have two options: Try to find the correct BIOS for your board. Often times, the custom BIOS will have less updates, or it's difficult to get a BIOS update. Renaming the BIOS update file is not enough, M-FLASH will still decline the update if it doesn't match your board's model”
Meanwhile, while you're at it, maybe place a tiny notification or a message or something somewhere indicating that a STUPID MOTHERBOARD BATTERY IS RUNNING LOW AND PLEASE CHANGE IT. NOT CHANGING MOTHERBOARD BATTERY ON MSI MOBO WILL CAUSE IT TO TAKE 10 MINUTES TO BOOT UP! Thank you
@@MetalMathiasTP true , i dont understand why they want to make the video as short as possible ..they are pretty much leaving some important step that make someone clueless
You can do this without a memory stick, just go to bios by hitting 'del' key repeatedly when your system is restarting, go to m-flash and find the bios file from your drive.
I'm having some audio/hangup/BSOD issues after updating my BIOS. Like when I log into Windows for example the brief startup sound will hang for like 10sec TRRRRRRRRRRRRR and sometimes there's BSODs.
Hey guys, if my motherboard has an old bios ( for instance 5 versions older) can I just go for the latest bios update? Or should I install chronologically all the updates till the last one?
no need to go chronologically, as long as you're downloading the bios for the right motherboard feel free to just grab the latest version and update in one go.
In 95% of the cases, what Storm Blessed said is correct. But I have seen on more than one occasion, certain BIOS FW updates don't necessarily need to step through each individual FW version, but there could be something you HAVE to flash to in order to then flash to the latest. Seen this with server motherboard BMCs, and certain brands of NICs. In this 5% scenario, when downloading the FW file, there should be some callout or warning about this. Or it just may fail the FW update until you can read the release notes on the FW versions and find the correct update path to get to the latest.
Treys right on point. Currently having to go through the "stepped process" on my msi x470 board. Apparently there was a change to the bios file format over the years since launch and the old revision won't recognize the image at all. I could make a bootable flash but lazy to wipe and transfer data. Lesson learned update frequently lol.
@@NuttGreez my bios version is from 2018. How tf do I update this? I’ve literally done what the video has shown and when I’m in flash mode , i click on the DIR file and nothing happens.
Hey, I wanted to update BIOS on my B450 mobo and the M Flash doesn't show any files on my USB, do you mind sending me a link from which you have downloaded the update BIOS? I have just bough ryzen 5 5600x and can't use it :(
@@diedlonelyy Hey, thanks bro for trying to help me, but I found the issue. I have custom bios installed, which differs from original one(even the version name is different). M flash doesn't detect the files because it is built this way- to allow only original bios to update. I have already bought a different MB :) Thanks again for your help man!
My PC (after entering Flash mode) doesnt do anything anymore (my Monitor has no Signal) What do i do now? It works until 1:08 after that, it just says "No Signal" and doesnt do anything else, even after 10 min I have a b360m Bazooka
I ended up having the same problem about a year ago. I watched another video from a different content creator that explained how to use the bios flash button on the back of some motherboards. Here is a link to that video: th-cam.com/video/cU7ZMmSmu20/w-d-xo.html
Another comment on this video from user *Rivia Wolf Edits:* "Once you flashed the bios if you have 'no signal' loop What fixed it for me was tapping on my keyboard multiple times such as cntrl + alt + delete. 'delete' button, numpad, multiple times, you'll go into bios then boot from UEFI to CSM that worked for me."
I want ALL how to videos to be this chill and this direct.
Ive been getting ready to change my bios for a week and had crazy anxiety over it... This video just calmed me down, super easy.
just to note, updating your bios may enable secure boot, so if you're having problems booting up or think you are stuck in a no signal loop, first try ctrl+alt+del and enter bios to disable it
How i disable it
Glad I read your comment while I was flashing the bios. It looped 😮 Ta very much
@@raynbow6 so everything is fine?
@@raynbow6 loop here😅
@@copi4146 yeah, had to disable secure boot then everything was golden 😁
First time noob here, a word of advice - pay attention to MSI description post - bios update. It says change default boot setting, I thought that was a repair as part of the update. Nope! After getting BSOD, I had to disable secure boot, now PC operates properly. Hope this saves someone time and the hassle of trying to re-image their machine!
Dude, that's a very good hint. Hope it fixes random BSOD on my son's computer. Although i didn't analyse the dump till now.
what ?
My hero!
back in the day we didn't have images. we would boot from floppys-which would give us a command prompt and HOPEFULLY had the proper cd-rom driver. if it did, we'd be able to run the windows setup from here. this is how you clean install. these days its easier. can boot from USB flash drives and it just goes directly to a GUI installer. anyway: Windows media creation tool. or rufus if you want to make your own-use only trusted isos
dont get what you mean
Excellent video, but y'all forgot the part where it's required for the USB flash drive to be in FAT32 file system :)
Good tip, got stuck on that myself.
For anyone else, make sure that you have a USB drive of max size 32gb and then format it to FAT32 (not exFAT) otherwise it will not show up in M-flash.
I was on FAT32 by default
I used an 8gb SanDisk formatted as NTFS
Man, always use fat32 even when installing linux you need that xDDDD
@Morrvard The drive doesn't need to be 32GB. You _can_ format drives larger than 32GB to FAT32, just not natively through Windows.
Thanks so much for this easy-to-follow tutorial. My PC had been restarting unexpectedly for a while now and I couldn't figure out why. After some monitoring I realized it usually did so after watching TH-cam for extended periods of time. I dug further and learned an outdated BIOS might be the issue so I downloaded the latest update and followed your video. So far no more issues. Thanks.
whats your motherboards name and model ?
@@voidstrider4187 MSI B450 Tomahawk
doesn't make sense to me how can watching youtube can cause restarts?
@@rusudan9631 Maybe the apps/pc services TH-cam uses crashes.
@@rusudan9631oh man if u use chrome and u have outdated bios memory spikes become more than spikes and voltages become brrrr so pc just go ahhh and restart himself had a case of that at repair shop
My computer was freezing periodically while playing games. After trying different things to no avail I decided to try updating my BIOS. I followed this tutorial carefully and updated my BIOS successfully. It fixed my freezing issue. Thanks
Hey was your pc freezing for 3 to 5 seconds when playing games?
@@zac781 No. When it froze, it froze indefinitely. I had to manually restart it by pressing the button.
Would your game freeze on the first frame while loading? That's been my problem and I haven't found anyone with the same issues
@@janoliver7436 My computer was doing the same thing, but I found that it was the RAM that was the issue. The xmp profile was essentially overclocking my ram over the potential it was rated for, which was causing stability issues. I upgraded to DDR5 6000MHz ram and configured it myself and it stopped the freezing.
I have that issue, I updated and still the same
Just updated my B550 tomahawk from version 7C91vA5 to 7C91vAF(latest), because I'm planning to upgrade to 5800x3d soon. The update went fine, but I couldn't boot to windows after, even after disabling secure boot and TPM. Luckily, everything was backed up, so I reinstalled windows. Update your bios only if you encounter issues or for a specific reason and don't forget to do a full backup of your files!
For my MSI X570 Creation, 2 things of note; 1st: I had to see the M-Flash screen only through an HDMI output. Wouldn't let me see it ever on Displayport. 2nd: contrary to manufacturer instructions of having my USB formatted to Fat32/ exFat, I could only read the file through NTFS. Hope this helps anyone and save you the 2 hours I troubleshooted.
UEFI выводится на первый монитор, порядок отсчёта начинается от верха где видеокарта прикручивается к корпусу.
@@SinedWOLF Translation (done with Google Translate, apparently it's in Russian): "UEFI is displayed on the first monitor, the counting order starts from the top where the video card is screwed to the case."
This was exactly what I had to do, you should go work for them, they didn’t specify any of this. (Edit) Mine was an X570 MAG Tomahawk.
Thank you!! I got so scared when I got stuck on a black screen
If I didn't already have a monitor in each I'd be screwed
Thank you!
This is helpful compared to other youtuber.
Less talk, more work.
Is it save bro ? Do I need to download all drivers all over again? I'm sorry but this my first time 😔
@@katakuri8258 yes it is safe as long you don't have power issues during the BIOS flashing (like an outage), no, you don't need to download everything again, it does not affect your system and storages drives
Most(All?) settings changes to default value and backups most likely are not be loadable after update, so go through all settings and write those down somewhere before update.
Loved the fact that M-FLASH on my Z690 allowed me to find the update file in the computer folder of my main drive where I downloaded it rather than having to use a flash drive
how tell me
makes no difference really, doing it via a flash drive takes minutes
unless you don't have a flash drive handy, then it makes all the difference in the world.
@@henderwho3561 any flashdrive is fine yea or i have to purchase something specific?
@@henderwho3561 it makes all the difference, who even has flash drives lying around these days
1. Unzip the downloaded bios file
2. Open the folder from the unzipped file
3. Copy the file with a .A10 extension onto a FAT32 flash drive.
4. Reboot while holding Del key to enter BIOS
5. Select M-Flash
6. Select that .A10 file from before.
Why can't this be in text on your website? I get that some people need a video guide. But it would take so little work to have a text version for people who know how to move a file.
exactly
My m flash is not recognizing the USB drive wtf?
can you download latest BIOS version? or you need to go 1 by 1 from the oldest to the newest?
@@shaggytoph just need to use the latest version. it will contain all the updates.
@@omarlyttle thanks! but I'm just wondering, why would the guy in this video choose the oldest version instead of the latest version?
If your USB still isn't being recognized even after formatting it to FAT32: just don't eject the drive like the video instructs you to. After a lot of troubleshooting, that did the trick for me.
my usb drive is already fat32 format but it says bios file not found, idk wghat to do
@@markgilbertvenezuela6229 ME PASA LO MISMO Q SOLUCION?????
@@markgilbertvenezuela6229 same here man 😢
system will auto reboot and enter flash mode eso no mas me dice cada ves que quiero instalarlo
I had this happen to me disconnect and connect usb flash drive then reboot your computer.
If you are having the problem whereby M-Flash is not detecting your USB then make sure your USB is in fat32 format and not Xfat or anything else. You might need a third party programme to do this. It fixed the issue for me
My drive is formatted to FAT32 but still is not being recognized in the BIOS.
@@yeastydynasty you need the specific USB 2.o Version, you can check your usb version by checking the plastic pin inside, blue means 3.0, black means 2.0
@@mauicalubaquib4733 Mine is red.
This helped a lot, thank you!!!
@@yeastydynasty did you find a solution ? Same for me.
I just saw that my MSI B350M Mortar Arctic (from 2017) got a BIOS update for the latest CPUs from 2022! Thank you MSI for still delivering updates.
Now i can go form my first generation Ryzen _AMD R5 1600_ to the _AMD R7 5800X3D, R7 5700G, R9 5900X_ or even _R9 5950X!_ Imaging buying an _Intel i7 7600K_ in 2017 instead of a Ryzen. You would have stuck to that CPU the moment you bought it!
for me too... i have a i3 9100f and upgrade to i7 9700kf and never start windows, after updating bios they start. yeeeeeesss
@@Yusta19 No, It's fine. I have seen those early "reviews" here on TH-cam too... very far from reality.
sameeeee . i just bought a ryzen 5 5600 for a little over 120$ to replace my ryzen 3 1300x that i had since 2018 . holy s*ht what a great deal . i was making plans how much money im gonna need in the near future to upgrade everything lmao but thats not needed anymore . what a day man
@@Yusta19 The first generation Ryzen CPU's were way more power hungry, which led to high temperatures (The OS's also didn't had good drivers for the then new Ryzen CPU's).
The current ones, even the Ryzen 9 models are way better in this subject. With a low & steady airflow in the tower you won't see any throttle with top end CPU's.
The early "reviews" in 2017 (especially by some TH-cam Overclockers), where garbage.
same here, I thought my b450 was limited to 3rd gen ryzens. It was a nice surprise to know I can upgrade to the latest gen.
thanks to this video I was able to update the bios
Make sure you have exact motherboard selected on the website before download. I spent hours trying to run bios for the Z-790 Pro, when in fact I needed the Pro Z-790-P.
Thank you very much🙏🏼
Sorry this might be stupid question but when i choose my motherboard can i just download the latest one and install (i ask this beacuse never done update on my motherboard)
@@deviance5158no, check compatibility on the website with your processor
Your MSi center is so broke. Fix it.
True
Imagine using that
Lmao I downloaded thinking it could be cool. It’s so boof
It broke my pc! Had to redo bios!!
Just bricked my mobo with msi center..
Would have been helpful to mention on the driver page or in this video that you need to get a drive with 32GB or less or storage and in FAT32 format.
What does the 32GB of storage part mean? The file is 32.7mb
@@stevieoneder8091 A flash drive with a storage capacity of 32GB or less.
What? It can't read usb drive above 32gb? Wth..
@@zendroidchannel8693 with fat32, windows has a 32gb limit to format. You can format larger usb drives but you will need 3rd party free software. and with fat32 it has a 4gb file limit restriction
@@stephenmorello2688 i see, good idea. I might try this.
Once you flashed the bios if you have 'no signal' loop
What fixed it for me was tapping on my keyboard multiple times such as cntrl + alt + delete. 'delete' button, numpad, multiple times, you'll go into bios then boot from UEFI to CSM that worked for me.
Edit: Worst case scenario you fried your Mobo, and have to replace it. However there is more than one way to fix the no signal issue. Although this solution was my last desperate attempt and it worked.
that helped me a little bit, but it still didnt help me to update my bios. I managed to get into the part, where i have to select the bios, but the bios file wont show up. Instead, there are just 3 dots (" ... ") and not the bios file. When i click on that, it goes back one step (another infinity loop). HELP
@@GWGamerwolf try formating your usb drive to fat32
@@muhamedtrumic4700 i did that already
@@GWGamerwolf Did you extract the bios like he shows in the video?it must be in the root of the usb,not in any folder.
@@EyefyourGf Yes. I did everything, like it was shown in this video (retried a lot of times, but it never worked)
It's the first time ever I had to update BIOS as I've never done it before and these steps really helped me, was indeed easy to follow and I was able to download and update my PRO Z790-P WIFI to the latest version using these steps even though they are for different MB, but the steps were identical. Side note for someone doing it. Make sure to check the back of your desktop or the front to see if you have a special BIOS Flash USP port. In my case my MSI Aegis RS 13NUF-439US / Intel Core i7 13th Gen 13700KF PC had a special USB Port called BIOS Flash, it also had a BIOS Flash button, but I did not use it, I followed this video guide and used a USB Flash, formatted it, make sure to format it in case you had anything on it before, just plug it in into you usual non BIOS usb ports, once it loads, mouse right click on the drive and click Format, this will proactively wipe out thievery you had on it, so make sure if you had some files stored on there you wanted to keep to transfer them elsewhere. Once formatted just follow this guide, copy your downloaded BIOS file over onto it like shows in the video, then mouse right click and Eject it as shows in video, take it out of regular USB port and like it was in my case I plugged my USB Flash into the BIOS Flash USB port in the back of my desktop tower and then the rest was exactly as shown on the video, access BIOS, select the folder/file and proceed with the update. Thanks.
I need help
"then mouse right click and Eject it as shows in video, take it out of regular USB port and like it was in my case I plugged my USB Flash into the BIOS Flash USB port in the back of my desktop tower and then the rest was exactly as shown on the video"
This part is nowhere in the video. All it says/shows is to hit "eject" from taskbar, and then "restart" computer.
Maybe one of the worst tutorials for any task in any industry I've ever seen XD
Bio usb port? If you have a red port on the back of your Mobo it just means it's 3.2 or newer lol
I just used the standard USB port right on the front of my PC.
@@shauns5278 my motherboard is the same as his. it has a usb port labeled flash Bios
clear and concise. quite an easy update. thanks! fingers crossed no more stuttering.
did it work?
any noticeable differences?
IF YOU ARE GETTING A SOLID RED LIGHT. Make sure you have the correct bios for your mobo. I have the DDR4 version of a an MSI mobo, and I had to SPECIFICALLY search for it. Worked first time!
im seeing some comments saying they had to format their flash drive to ntsf instead of fat32, is that something you had to do?
Solid red light on what - DRAM? Cuz that's what I am getting. I flashed Bios to the newest update... Same shit.. Solid Red light and no Signal on Display.. I have a B550 and Ryzen 7 5800x3D... Flashed it with CPU and GPU installed... same thing. Removed the CPU and GPU, flashed it. Same thing. Put the GPU, CPU on and Flashed it with the specific 5800x3D update.. Same thing, red DRAM on, no signal on display.. Removed GPU/CPU, flashed it... same thing... I dont know what to do at this point.
@@Faceless_Chat did you figure
it out?
@@rocman9137 Yea... Bad motherboard. Had amazon sent me another one, works perfectly fine..
what about a solid white light on the debug cpu LED? and no boot, just black screen
About to upgrade from a tomahawk b450 with amd ryzen 3 3200G to a B550 G plus with Ryzen 5 5600 and it showed on pc part picker flashing is needed before running the cpu.
glad to see it’s an easy straightforward peaceful process, never flashed a desktop motherboard before 😅
Literally best video for updating msi mobo's. No need to go anywhere else.
Note that after the bios update go back into your bios and reconfigure setting e.g. your ram will go back to default settings, so you need to change that
@Tom Smith explain?
@Tom Smith so what happened when you removed the battery and put it back in? Did it fix it? Takes 10 seconds to do.
And i bit hard to blame msi in general as bios updates come with a risk that they will break software.
The warning are everywhere and in most videos about it.
Yes, It's very important what you say. Check the booting sequence after bios upgrade. I sucked 2 hours when figured out, cause I was thinking on: wrong BIOS, Wrong BIOS Update, and I kill my motherboard, what mistake did I, need to reinstal windows etc...
Tried finding my earlier reply. Wasn't able to. So, an update. The reason the driver wasn't turning up on my usb drive was because it was the wrong BIOS for this motherboard. It turns out that m-flash has a built in identifier to differentiate between what is the appropriate driver for the motherboard and what is not. I found the correct driver (through fumbling around on msi website) and it works just fine. Everything updated and now running latest BIOS for my motherboard (z490 Plus, not "Z490 Gaming Plus").
There are a lot of comments here saying you need to use NTFS. This is not always true - It may be related to your motherboard.
I have the B450m mortar titanium and it worked perfectly on FAT32 with a 4GB USB
in the same boat but I have the meg x570 ace had a 4gig usb fat32 worked like a charm the first time around no issue, I had also read the comments and started with ntfs and that does not work at all so I guess they need to streamline a bit going forward or perhaps people are lieng who knows.
Guys im really losing my mind. I formatted the msi stick every way and extract the bios update file than send it to my thumbstick and the file wont showup on my mflash no matter what I do. I dont understand what am I doing wrong!? Ive done exfat and ntfs. I have z690 ddr4 tomahawk wifi mobo. Im stuck on this all night.
@@CantTreadOnMe FAT32 =/= ExFAT
@@ED-zm8ut I figure it out! Lol I was confusing fat32 and exfat. It worked beautifully when I did fat32 and the update was done in under 1 minute! Im so happy now!
@@CantTreadOnMe just curious, what's the size of the stick?
For 2 years I was wondering why my Ryzen 7 5800X3D never boosted past 3.4ghz... turns out my drivers were a year older than the ones supporting my CPU. I didn't really notice the performance hit because I also have an RTX 4090, so for gaming I was still fine... but damn did updating my BIOS make a difference for other stuff. That extra 1GHz on my 5800X3D really made my whole system more snappy, and gained me like 10-20 FPS in Cyberpunk! :D
USB drive was not showing up in BIOS even though it was FAT32, so not ejecting the drive before restart solved the issue for me.
If you can’t see your usb drive in M flash mode, try not to eject it, just reboot directly. It did the trick for me.
Hi
I'm tryin to update my BIOS but It's not showin me the update on USB and my USB works on PC but always when I wanna do update I can see USB but not the update inside.
Someone who knows how can I fix that please? I tried FAT32 and also NTFS
Hopefully this fixes my PC display from not turning on.
It did not 😢
This worked for me, eventually... formatted my USB to FAT32, extracted the file (not the downloaded folder, just the file in my case E7A33AMS.5L4) to the root of the USB. Followed the provided instructions in the video. However on reboot I was prompted with an MBR Error 1 - Press any key to boot from floppy... Message. Basically the boot sequence was incorrect. Pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL restarted the computer and then hitting DEL to get back to BIOS menu, I was able to check and update the boot sequence. Restarted and all good.
is everything still working ok?
@@marianalima7972 yes still working fine 👌
@@xGSTQ Thanks for the answer. I'm going to update my bios today, hope everything goes well.
I Ran into a boot loop/windows repair issue doing this.
I just ordered the 5600x to upgrade from my current R5 2600.
Flashing the Bios went fine.
But as soon as it was completed I couldn't get into windows and recover, resetting and also restoring didn't work.
I then found a way past this issue so I'm sharing here to help others.
You need to select, chose different operating system, (for me the default was Windows 10, but the second option was Windows 10 Home).
After switching to Windows 10 Home, it boots in fine! But you must select that as the defualt to avoid the same windows repair each time you boot the system!
Hope it helps someone
me too , I did flashback bios
same
Thank you so much. I had never updated BIOS before this and was so scared when I saw this error lol
Updated my bios and got infinite boot loop into the BIOS. What solved my issue was this:
1. Enter bios, enter advanced mode
2. Go into settings
3. Go into advanced
4. Go into Windows OS Configuration
5. Change from UEFI to CSM
6. Save and restart
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU ARE A FUCKING CRACK MAN
thank you so much you have no idea.
Bios is recognizing the usb drive… it just won’t detect the bios file inside the usb drive for some reason
There is a big flaw in this video if it supposed to be a guide for every user!
It says that after downloading the BIOS file, extracting it and putting on a flash drive, that then one should "eject the USB flash drive and restart the system".
Then next comes rebooting, pressing DEL to go into the BIOS, enter M-Flash mode and restart again after which one is to select the BIOS file on the USB flash drive - which must then require some sort of magic since following the instructions the drive is not connected.
I am sorry, but if the video is supposed to help people it needs to be accurate and not skip things.
PS. While we are at it, the written instructions on the MSI webpage is flawed as well. In step 1 it says to check the current BIOS version, then in step 2 it says to "Download the new BIOS version that matches the current BIOS version number." which seems to suggest one should flash the current BIOS with a file of the identical version - only how is the supposed to be a upgrade??!!!!
I havent looked at the written instructions, but the video at least isn't misleading anyone. It says eject the drive, not to remove the drive from your USB port. very different things.
in the pdf file there's a screenshot showing you what numbers you're meant to look for, I don't consider this that big of a mistake
@@xTRTSCx Supposedly the video is meant for people that do not know how to go about the process, for it to be the most helpful it should not leave out things - even things that the use will also see on his screen while performing the steps involved.
That people can get the full picture by combining the video and the pdf is a let down, they should both describe the whole process.
If needed the PDF and the video could also come in "quick guide" versions, then both the experienced and the novice users would get great service.
But yet you still didn't tell me what I'm supposed to do... IJS
Salty
NTFS worked for me. Was simple and easy.
Keeping the main motive of the video aside. Bgm is soothing 👌
Just updated my bios using msi center. Worked for me!
Before this you need to flash your usb with FAT32 however the NTFS worked for me too.
HDMI cable rather than Display port did it for me! X570 Tomahawk
Can you do this with a motherboard without a CPU in?
depends on if the motherboard you're using has the features to do so.
I just installed the lates bios and it worked fine. No issues so far
Simple and helpful, just what i needed. Thanks
What worked for my pro z790-p wifi ddr4 was using Rufus to format my 16gb drive to FAT32 instead of the one that came with windows, i selected MBR and non bootable
Also, make sure your downloaded drivers match the full name of your motherboard and plug it in to the flash bios port in the top left , I didn't need to rename it either
Just installed 6.1 to update from 4.3...my board z68 -43g and now is dead 😢.... can't started anymore....
MSI have to fixed.... I'll send them the board...
If any of you is having problem to install and find the file there are two ways: Format your USB driver to NTSF (default) + Allocation Unit Size as 4096 bytes (this part cant be as Default).... To make your life easier also paste the installation file both on USB driver and your Main/Secondary root (do not place it in any folder) just drop on the driver partition... = Sorted. (My ssd is 1Tb, I had not problems after properly formatted)
If your system is protected by TPM and Bitlocker, make sure to backup your recovery key also or you'll be unable to boot into Windows.
That's one big IF!
What does that mean I updated bios and it wouldn’t let me install windows so I downloaded it to my ssd on my old pc but when I put it in my new one it blank screens I have a msi mag b550 tomahawk max and a ryzen 9 5900x
oh FINALLY fixed that over 1 minute boot time issue!!! thx.
my mainboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI DDR5
B650 here as well. I think im booting nearly over 5 minutes. Which version did you pick?
@@nicom.5062 the one, in which description is said, that the boot time issue is getting fixed. Don't know the version-number, it was from january
As soon as I clicked on m flash in my bios my my screens went black and now I dont get any signal doesnt matter how many times I reboot. Now i cant get in my windows bios or anything its broke now.....
"Send to USB Drive" is kinda scary back in the day. :D
Congratulations, the new bios (1.40 for MEG z590 unify) breaks my system yay
wait, what? what happen now?
. but basically what is the purpose of this last upgrade of bios ..btw suddenly my 4 x16 gb on my motherboard started to have problems and i downgrade from 3600mHz to 2933mhZ ..WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENED ? My motherboard is the MSI Z590 PRO WIFI DDR4. May this upgrade solve that problem because it makes an annoyind sound during i see you tube and it appears a 100 times THE BLOODY CURSED.. BSOD .Please i appreciate any solution .Thanks so much! bTW THE SPECS OF MY DESKTOP ARE 11700K -Z590 PRO WIFI DDR4 - 64 GBs Vengeance pro SL - Graphics card Powercolor RED DEVIL RX6650XT 8GB 160W - WIN 10pro 22H2 - 750W ASUS TUF GAMING - and ARCTIC WAER COOLER 280 2X140 Fans ..btw i thing that this cooler worth every single euro of its price and i am amazed because its the temp went dowm 7-10 degrees. THANK YOU SO MUCH .Please whats wrong with the DRAM? ..the led light shows problem in memory and after hundrends of BSODs.
where (and when) to plug the usb drive ? will it work if it plugged on front case? or must in the motherboard back of the pc like flashing bios?
I can see my USB on the m flash but not the files, idk what i am doing wrong
If your USB flash drive doesn’t show the BIOS file when you go to update, read this, because I found this online and it was the solution for me:
“This suggests that your BIOS is a custom one. They do this sometimes when it's used in a complete PC, they put a special BIOS version on there, and then you can't update with the official BIOS that MSI offer for the mainboard. You have to look for specific BIOS updates for your complete PC.
You can confirm this by entering the BIOS and looking carefully at the BIOS version name before the dot. Instead of "E7B61IMS" of the official BIOS for this board, you then might have a different number there, or the last letters will be different like ...IMT.
You then have two options: Try to find the correct BIOS for your board. Often times, the custom BIOS will have less updates, or it's difficult to get a BIOS update. Renaming the BIOS update file is not enough, M-FLASH will still decline the update if it doesn't match your board's model”
@Tom Smith well did you install it while the OS was running or with mflash?
@Tom Smith yes they do allow it if you use MSI center
@Tom Smith well that’s good you did it right. I just have seen other people who used MSI center to update bios and then it ruined their motherboard. I actually couldn’t even update my BIOS on my MSI because after their support sent me the wrong BIOS 2 times, they then said my PC is a custom “Canadian version” and therefore the BIOS from 2020 doesn’t have any updates. Needless to say I am not happy with MSI either.
Hi
Mine doesn't show up but when I look into the Mobo info it says MSI
But it also says American something with an I for the bios version
I have a B450m bazooka
So what do u mean by complete pc?
Also I'm updating bios because idk if it's the reason my pc randomly restarts whenever I game recently
@@ImPerfection2 i think it means a PC that is pre-built by the company, not one that you put together yourself. But I wasn’t the one that wrote that post, I just found the post online.
I have a PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4 and i need to update for a i7 13700, i dont have a 12XXX. How can i update my board without the cpu?
Do I have to download and update the BIOS one by one from current BIOS to a new one or I can update it directly to the newest BIOS?
normally you just download the latest update
this need an answer, we are afraid the bios is damaged if we only download the last one
@@gleipnirfenrir well, yesterday i buy new motherboard with default bios, and i update it to the newest, nothing happen
so you dont need to update one by one just download the newest BIOS and you good to go
@@easir4701 thank you for this answer.
@@yoRimazing NP mate
Thanks to the commenters who noted you have to reformat your USB drive to FAT32. MSI, please add this to the instructions!
No power outage during the install, all is fine 😅
I have problem with my M520M Pro, when entering BIOS there is no signal on my monitor, but when i pres ctrl+alt+del it's restarting to windows and display on my monitor, I use AOC G24G2 and Radeon RX560, already test using others monitor and different VGA but still wont display when entering BIOS mode, already reset the JBAT too but nothing help, I need to activated AMD-V and secure boot on BIOS, can anyone help me?
Hello, when i goto flash settings in bios, it doesnt see the file i downloaded from the msi website. Can someone fix?
do you fix this problem ?
@@mohammedalkhateeb4559 Yes thank you
@@layku666 how 🤔
@@mohammedalkhateeb4559 i forgot it was a long time ago
built a computer with friends and a year later i am upgrading it.. time to flash the bios, i love msi boards, i always try for one when building a pc for myself 😅 thanks again for this current straightforward vid
Should you install "all" BIOS updates or just the most current? Does the most current cover all updates from previous BIOS updates?
exactly my question +1
just the newest,. this basicly replaces everything in the bios it always has every thing
Bios updates are not necessary if your PC works without issues. Sometimes new bioses bring new features you might want though
@@tukkeuma8958 the update brought resizable bar in my case
Yes, but what if you need to update the BIOS in order to get CPU support? You won't reach the UEFI menus.
So is it possible to update Bios on a new PC with Z690 tomahawk and i5 13600 on board ?
Its all well and done ...but how can I do it without physically installing the new CPU first? OR can I do it after I put the not-supported CPU on the motherboard in order to support it after BIOS update ???
you need a supported cpu and then you can swap it out for the new one
@@dtav17 well that sucks. Just got through installing everything
So I was wondering, imagine, I am on version 1B and newest is 1G zo do i have to update each update or just go to the last one?
did you find out?
@@shaggytoph yes and the answer is no
Amazing, now how do I do it when its a new build and I can't get a screen to boot??
I want to reiterate the previous posts for the people watching this video. USB drive must be NTFS ! Hope you see this before spending as much time troubleshooting as the rest of us.
Only for certain newer motherboard models from MSI. Still always refrain to the manual of your motherboard, where it will tell you if it requires FAT 32, NTFS or if either is fine.
OMG THANK YOU! Literally 2 hours trying to get my new 7800x3d to boot with the new bios. Looking back I should have updated bios prior to cpu swap. Thank you again!
Just did this on my B450M Pro VDH MAX, to get support for a new CPU. My motherboard now appears to be bricked! YAY! /s
I can't seem to find any way to roll-back a bios update blind on this thing, so I guess I'm just effed.
Im only getting the original folder with nothing in it to show up even though i copy pasted the file within it onto my flashdrive..i dont know if im doing something wrong or if i need something else
If your USB flash drive doesn’t show the BIOS file when you go to update, read this, because I found this online and it was the solution for me:
“This suggests that your BIOS is a custom one. They do this sometimes when it's used in a complete PC, they put a special BIOS version on there, and then you can't update with the official BIOS that MSI offer for the mainboard. You have to look for specific BIOS updates for your complete PC.
You can confirm this by entering the BIOS and looking carefully at the BIOS version name before the dot. Instead of "E7B61IMS" of the official BIOS for this board, you then might have a different number there, or the last letters will be different like ...IMT.
You then have two options: Try to find the correct BIOS for your board. Often times, the custom BIOS will have less updates, or it's difficult to get a BIOS update. Renaming the BIOS update file is not enough, M-FLASH will still decline the update if it doesn't match your board's model”
I had to do this to my bios becuase i used the secure erase+ for ssds button. It would turn on, display a white line then stop and nothing else would happen at all. There was a white led next to vga but i have an f series intel cpu so no way of figuring that out.
I have the pro Z790-p wifi ddr4 mobo with a i7-13700kf and a 3090ti
Didn't work. The Bios didn't recognize the ejected usb. Had it in the Bios flash usb port. Using PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4.
Apparently you can't use the one that says 'BIOS' for a freaking bios update. Go figure. The standard ones worked.
@@sirjared21 have you figured this out?
@@joe-ox5rc plug usb dongle into standard usb port and it will work.
Surprising to see YMTC here!
So I am getting the MSI PRO B660M-B & i5 12400f. And I believe it is not compatible straight away so it will need updating its BIOS. Can I update it via this method with the processor attatched to the motherboard in initial start up?
I’m in the same situation can you lmk how u solved the problem?
@@kr4zypodz309 hi,
I downloaded the BIOS onto a USB stick and updated it that way
How do you know which BIOS to download? Can you install the most recent? Will that include all past BIOS flashes?
You forgot to let everyone know that if people don't backup their saved profiles to USB they will all be lost!!!
Instructions unclear- It appears this BIOS update takes place after the pc is set up and running, but I saw something online about flashing the BIOS before installing the CPU. Do I need to update the BIOS on the B650-P before the build or after?
Literally exactly wondering the same.
That's called bios flashback. You can rename the bios file to MSI.ROM and paste that inside the USB and you need to plug in the USB into the right USB port which you can find next to the button.
Great Video, simple and easy!!!
I'm here because i just got an MSI board to replace a gigabyte board that had two bios's both of which got corrupted. the main one corrupted on an update and and the secondary one was apparently already corrupted somehow.
Congrats MSI on MAKING A MOTHERBOARD THAT DOESN'T BRICK ITSELF ON A SIMPLE BIOS UPDATE.
Please contact us at www.msi.com/support/mb we are happy to help.
@@msihowtochannel No the bios update went perfectly.
I was congratulating you on actually making a quality board with a bios update system that doesn't brick the board lol.
Gigabyte could learn something from you. I bought a b550 a-pro because my gigabyte board bricked itself in a bios update last week. Love it so far.
NOTE: BIOS WILL RESET SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO CONFIGURE BOOT ORDER AGAIN. My pc looked completely different and had no idea why at first
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Hello! I apologize for the question and if anyone can help me. I just installed the firmware for the new BIOS, everything goes fine until the end, it installs normally without problems. And after installation, the computer turns off and that’s it. The system unit works and is turned on, but the monitor is turned off and I have to press the restart button and then it turns on and so on every time. If anyone can help me how to solve these problems. Thank you for your understanding!
I did it but it not worked as the usb was not detected, so i checked in the main storage to launch the update from the original file.
Can you explain? My usb doesn't show either
@@JM1404_ I launched it from my deskop on C.
@@JM1404_ If your USB flash drive doesn’t show the BIOS file when you go to update, read this, because I found this online and it was the solution for me:
“This suggests that your BIOS is a custom one. They do this sometimes when it's used in a complete PC, they put a special BIOS version on there, and then you can't update with the official BIOS that MSI offer for the mainboard. You have to look for specific BIOS updates for your complete PC.
You can confirm this by entering the BIOS and looking carefully at the BIOS version name before the dot. Instead of "E7B61IMS" of the official BIOS for this board, you then might have a different number there, or the last letters will be different like ...IMT.
You then have two options: Try to find the correct BIOS for your board. Often times, the custom BIOS will have less updates, or it's difficult to get a BIOS update. Renaming the BIOS update file is not enough, M-FLASH will still decline the update if it doesn't match your board's model”
Meanwhile, while you're at it, maybe place a tiny notification or a message or something somewhere indicating that a
STUPID MOTHERBOARD BATTERY IS RUNNING LOW AND PLEASE CHANGE IT. NOT CHANGING MOTHERBOARD BATTERY ON MSI MOBO WILL CAUSE IT TO TAKE 10 MINUTES TO BOOT UP!
Thank you
What's the difference between doing it via a flash drive and using the MSI Center?
None, just the amount of work you have to put on and how practical it can be. ;)
Z790 Carbon, 13900KF having black screen no signal while entering M-Flash. Any suggestions?
At what point do you put the flash drive back in usb port?
Thought the same Thing, very very amature video.
@@MetalMathiasTP you put it in before reboot
@@MetalMathiasTP true , i dont understand why they want to make the video as short as possible ..they are pretty much leaving some important step that make someone clueless
You can do this without a memory stick, just go to bios by hitting 'del' key repeatedly when your system is restarting, go to m-flash and find the bios file from your drive.
is the file need to be exactly somewhere on the C drives? i can't find it. my motherboard is z790 ddr5 tomahawak wifi
my usb flash memory not detected in m flash mod !!
what the solve for this problem ?
I am having this problem too, its not seeing the flash file. Have you fixed this problem?
I'm having some audio/hangup/BSOD issues after updating my BIOS. Like when I log into Windows for example the brief startup sound will hang for like 10sec TRRRRRRRRRRRRR and sometimes there's BSODs.
Fantastic! Thank you !
What isn't being said here is unless you have a specific problem never flash a bios...working is working.
The latest BIOS is in Beta right now. I have not updated my BIOS in awhile. Should I download the beta or the previous version available?
Updating a BIOS is always a risk. I would go with the older stable version. For sure. No beta for me. I am not a test dummy i am an end-user.
@@anonman9759 hahahaha youre cute and dumb
But when i put my flash in i dont get any file to choose to update when in flash mode please help
Hey guys, if my motherboard has an old bios ( for instance 5 versions older) can I just go for the latest bios update? Or should I install chronologically all the updates till the last one?
no need to go chronologically, as long as you're downloading the bios for the right motherboard feel free to just grab the latest version and update in one go.
@@stormblessed2673 Thanks for the answer!
*@KozasFTW* Thanks for your question!
In 95% of the cases, what Storm Blessed said is correct. But I have seen on more than one occasion, certain BIOS FW updates don't necessarily need to step through each individual FW version, but there could be something you HAVE to flash to in order to then flash to the latest. Seen this with server motherboard BMCs, and certain brands of NICs.
In this 5% scenario, when downloading the FW file, there should be some callout or warning about this. Or it just may fail the FW update until you can read the release notes on the FW versions and find the correct update path to get to the latest.
Treys right on point. Currently having to go through the "stepped process" on my msi x470 board. Apparently there was a change to the bios file format over the years since launch and the old revision won't recognize the image at all. I could make a bootable flash but lazy to wipe and transfer data. Lesson learned update frequently lol.
@@NuttGreez my bios version is from 2018. How tf do I update this? I’ve literally done what the video has shown and when I’m in flash mode , i click on the DIR file and nothing happens.
This video was very helpful for updating the bios for my b450 mobo for ryzen 5000 cpus
Hey, I wanted to update BIOS on my B450 mobo and the M Flash doesn't show any files on my USB, do you mind sending me a link from which you have downloaded the update BIOS? I have just bough ryzen 5 5600x and can't use it :(
@@GhasterPLwhat brand is your motherboard?
@@Quest-lore MSI b450m pro m-2, apparently I have custom bios installed
@@diedlonelyy Hey, thanks bro for trying to help me, but I found the issue. I have custom bios installed, which differs from original one(even the version name is different). M flash doesn't detect the files because it is built this way- to allow only original bios to update. I have already bought a different MB :) Thanks again for your help man!
@@GhasterPL hope you’re enjoying yourself and your pc 😎
My PC (after entering Flash mode) doesnt do anything anymore (my Monitor has no Signal) What do i do now?
It works until 1:08 after that, it just says "No Signal" and doesnt do anything else, even after 10 min
I have a b360m Bazooka
I ended up having the same problem about a year ago. I watched another video from a different content creator that explained how to use the bios flash button on the back of some motherboards. Here is a link to that video: th-cam.com/video/cU7ZMmSmu20/w-d-xo.html
@@HunterDeLeon my b360m Bazooka doesnt have a BIOS flash button :/
@@GWGamerwolf did you solved? same problem here with amd ryzen 5600x and mb bazooka. How can I update the bios without access the bios settings?
@@francescopolacchi9798 nope
Another comment on this video from user *Rivia Wolf Edits:*
"Once you flashed the bios if you have 'no signal' loop
What fixed it for me was tapping on my keyboard multiple times such as cntrl + alt + delete. 'delete' button, numpad, multiple times, you'll go into bios then boot from UEFI to CSM that worked for me."
Note:If you remember where you unzipped the bios file to on hard drive, you can navigate to it from flash screen-no usb thumb drive needed
@@JaiShreeRam-ryt yes -if that is where you saved the updated bios file
@@JaiShreeRam-ryt I don't have any usb drives but worked on mine-maybe an existing setting in bios needs to be changed?