MSI BIOS Update ALL Boards with Flash BIOS Button - Without a CPU or with one! 

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You are the only dude that got this whole process right, no one else ever stated I had to change the name of the file to MSI.ROM I wasted 2 hours of my life because other people and MSI are TROLLING pc builders.

This guide is infinitely more useful than MSI's sad explanation of their own function, thank you

You included some crucial steps other guides left out, pulling the file to the top level and renaming it, keeping the PC turned off while doing it, letting it sit for a bit. In the middle of my update now. Thanks for a thorough guide!

Dude!!!! Thank you! After toiling over my MOBO manual and other online posts, your video finally told me the info I needed. Everything else I looked at left out/didn't explain in detail the need to pull the file to the top directory or the need to not turn the PC on before you press the Flash BIOS button. You are an absolute lifesaver. Wish I could give you more than just a like and a sub.

Just wanted to say thanks for this guide! Very helpful as I was going through this process for the first time. Had to use a second USB stick, as the first one didn't work, but once I did that it was smooth sailing!

This video, and all the comments you've been leaving below, have been extremely helpful! Perfectly straight-forward information. Love it! Thank you!

I had so many problems to get into my bios. with this it was a piece of cake. thank you buddy!

This is my first build. So I’m starting with the bios update. Seems simple enough. Great video.

Thank you so much! Better than MSI's video on the topic. First time building a PC and didn't want to bother with BIOS by the time I got everything up and running. Or at least not as much.

Thank you for this video! It had been quite a few years since I built a PC and I was getting all turned around with the tons of forum posts out there. I'm 'flashed' and up and running now. And you are 'liked' and 'subscribed'!

Belated thank you for this video. Same mobo and I was having some trouble going off a different video. Followed your process steps by the letter and got everything to work. Thank you and subscribed.

Thanks mate. After many videos ive watched on you tube. You answered my question in the first 12 seconds. Top video mate.

Bought a new motherboard, MSI Pro Z690-a WiFi DDR4, and after all assembly a red burning LED on the mourning board. After a lot of searching, I came to you very helpful video. After seeing, done as you describe and the problems were solved. I never thought of this. Certainly not with just the motherboard.🥰

Tysm dude, i was strugling so much with this. This is my first time building a pc and my mobo is 690series msi mobo and my cpu is 13th gen even tho supported needs still bios update to work and ive been scartching my head allday how to do it and watching videos about it and now finally i see the bios flash button light flashing.

Amazing video. The z690 manual doesn’t tell all of these steps. Thanks man. Keep it up!

Thanks a million for this short and helpful video , just now done with updating bios Thank you ❤

I never realize you could do this, this is really a lifesaver for when you get motherboards that may not support the newest CPUs that need a BIOS update but you don't have another older CPU to put in there to get the update. I got a brand new MSI motherboard for my new build and I did this exact same procedure thanks to this video and everything updated and worked perfectly.

this was by far the most helpful video I found for this process. Liked and subbed.

You ARE A GOAT!!!! 10 hours of trying to figure out from other content creators on this. You are just a GOAT!

Im subscribing due to this exact video. Explained everything and made it simple . Thank you !

Works on AM5 with install processor & etc. No need to restart Flash boot many times and get black screen again and again. Man you are the best!

The ONLY tutorial that actually worked! Thank you so much!!!! You are a life saver

Hi, just wanted to say cheers for posting this vid.👍

First build. Was running into issues. This vid helped me realize that the zip was not the file I was suppose to rename... I needed to extract it first. Thank you!!!

This video literally described every little step goddamn good job

This is the best video out there, every time I do update my bios I use your method, thanks and GOD BLESS YOU!!!

By far, it's the best video. Thank you!

Just want to say thank you as a noob to pc's in general you made this incredibly easy! 👌👌👌👌

Worked great with my B550M PRO-VDH WIFI. Thanks!!

Thank you brother, you saved my life. I wrote MSI ROM from other people, I tried different situations, it didn't work, only the point you put together solved the problem. MSI.ROM, thank you. Thank you.

Thanks! You made this process so easy for me. Awesome explanation

Thanks a million worked flawlessly first try

Simple and awesome, better than the MSI video., GOD BLESS YOU!!!

Not done a build in years, had been ripping my hair out trying to figure out why I couldn't post. You sir have saved me from rage quitting tonight. Kudos to you

well, even if this doesnt work, youve earned a sub. ive tried for 2 days to get this process to work, found your video by chance, and youre the only one ive had tell me to lay the file out that way, everyone else just says unzip it and rename it, not pull the individual bios file and rename it. and when i hit the button, it flashed like always, but the file transfer light on the usb came on this time and a diag light on the board came on thats never come on before. cheers man, thanks

Couldnt be simpler or clearer. Thanks.

This was a very helpful video thank you! For me, after the bios button stopped blinking and the MOBO went thru a couple power cycles...some lights and fans continued to stay on and never shutoff.

Thank you, great tutorial with step by step instructutions :)

Amazing video and easy-to-use, better than the MSI tutorial, GOD BLESS YOU!!!

Very helpful thanks man!👌🏻

Thanks, this helped a lot. Especially when my USB drive did not work. Tried flashing three times and just got flashing for a few seconds then everything turned off. Tried another USB stick and it work perfectly. Cheers!

This guide helped me. A 4GB drive was accepted. A 32gb NOT with fat32

Thanks. This helped me update my bios for new rig which I am building with my 8 years old. Merry Christmas!

Thank you. Realy helped me.

Excellent guide thx! I have the same board!

Thanking you for your valuable information

Perfectguide, thanks a lot!

Better than MSI's guide, thank you!

Thanks so much! Saved my board

Solid advice. Thank you.

Appreciate you, bud!

super helpful thank you so much

Not too shabby of a video. I am building out a new PC using the MSI MPG Z790 Carbon and will be using an I9=13900 Raptor (13th Gen) CPU. Even though the board states 12/13th Gen ready, I decided to flash the BIOS after looking that the BIOS update frequency on MSI's support page for the motherboard, every couple of months. Typically motherboards don't have the latest firmware revision, and depending the particular scenario, it may or may not matter if you first flash it before inserting the CPU, RAM, etc. The only time I would think it would necessary is if you're installing a new gen of CPU, then having the current BIOS revision would matter. I just put the MB on the box, hooked up the motherboard power cable, and only used one CPU power cable, even though there are 2 CPU power connect ports -- I'll use both when I'm assembling it into my tower case. A few points to mention: - I used an older USB 2.0 thumb drive that lights up when being accessed that way I can tell if the motherboard flashing process is accessing it. A USB 3.0 would probably work too. Make sure to format it with FAT32. - After downloading the appropriate BIOS update file from MSI's website, make sure you Extract All (uncompress) the .zip file. Then I would recommend to look in File Explorer at the View settings tab, and make sure Details, File name extensions are ticked. - Fully rename the uncompressed BIOS update file to MSI.ROM and copy it to the now formatted, empty USB drive. - There is a USB port labeled on my motherboard for MFLASH which is where I inserted the USB drive into. - I powered on the PSU, verified the motherboard had power and then pressed the labeled Flash BIOS button. It started blinking and I also noticed the USB drive was being accessed. - Ultimately the LED for the Flash BIOS button stopped blinking and went off. Total time took around 6 to 7 minutes of time. I won't know for 100% certainty if it it worked until I get my system fully assembled and a monitor hooked up -- still waiting on the CPU to show up, but I'm assuming the processes did work.

Great video, thank u!

My 128mb usb was in FAT (not FAT32) and i had 3 blinks (error), thank you, man!

yes it was helpful👍🏻 Tank You

Good Video. All these steps are also explained in the Motherboard Manual.

Just ordered This msi mpg z690 Force wifi with i7-13700kf hope i Make This work👌 Nice video

ty!

Thanks you are the best

Cant remember if this was in the video but i changed the allocation to 4096 for my flash drive, it did not work before this. Thanks for the quick tutorial!

top video 👍👍👍

Thank you❤❤❤

Sent my original mobo back for bios boot loop and was nervous about doing this to the new one (MSI MPG X570s edge wifi) - 5 hours no progress; most if not all post left out a few critical parts that you included in your video. Clear instructions, although slightly different from mine - still great. Used a friends computer to get the bios update, followed your instruction and I’m now mid way through the update (at least I think). It stated itself up after the 3 second press followed but the flashes on the bios button, about 5 mins and it shut down, but booted back up. I’m leaving it as is until it does something else lol. still having boot issues tho, specifically cpu ez debug led. Hong cpu isn’t toast all of a sudden, would be my luck tho 😅

Thanks!

U saved our lives.

most complete guide on this topic. MSI may hide their video and hire you

Hey, great video and it is very specific with every step described, i just wanna know should i connect both CPU power to the motherboard ?

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Struggling with this process right now. MSI B650 Tomahawk Wifi and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. I was warned that I would most likely need to update the bios for compatibility with the CPU. Following these steps precisely, repeatedly, all I get is a white blinking light that never seems to end. Goes well past the 5-7 minute estimated timeframe. I’ve also got the red CPU and yellow DRAM LED Debug lights lit up on my motherboard.

hey my guy, thank you so much! one question, can i leave the cpu in the socket for flashing the bios?

In the middle of the process now. Best video by far. I actually have the bios flash light on my MB, will that turn off once it’s done? Cheers

Nice video, where can we buy your motherboard openframe case ?

Hello, This was a great tutorial and process explaining everything but I have came up with a problem so basically I used the usb I got with my motherboard and that usb made the motherboard turn on and there’s a red light flashing where the USB ports are I can see it through the side kind of so I’m not sure if it’s not working or not but after 7 minutes the lights all turn off and then turn back on except for the flashing red lights and my motherboard still has a red dot next to cpu so I’m not sure what to do now as well as I tried another usb that I got from Best Buy and I asked them if it would work with my pc and they said it would but when I tried it sadly didn’t so now I’m very confused on what to do. I was wondering if you could give me a quick explanation on what I should do if your not sure I might have to take it to Best Buy, the reason I’m saying Best Buy is that my cousin works there and she said that they have a very good team that’s helpful with stuff like this so yea. But I don’t wanna keep spending money so I just wanna Finnish this myself.

Heya, nice vid! It is specific and yet to the point, which I like. I'm thinking of building a pc with an MSI MAG H670 Tomahawk Wifi DDR4 (it has a Flash BIOS button based on the manual). So once it updates to the latest BIOS using this version it should be able to run a 13th Gen CPU out of the box right? Asking because I'm worried I might run into some issues where a 12th Gen CPU might still be required (and I don't have access to one unless I buy it). Some motherboards (like the Gigabyte B660M Aorus Elite AX DDR4 BIOS version F20) requires an Intel VMD Driver update, otherwise the system might crash with the 13th Gen CPU, which isn't cool.

Really appreciate the video - thank you:) I never updated the bios before I inserted all the components (including a new 13th gen i7) on my new Z690 Edge WIFI DDR 4 and keep getting a red CPU light blinking. Could not updating the bios be the issue? If so, should I remove all the components before I do the update? At the end of your video you say to not turn on the power if all the components are on the motherboard. Cheers

When it comes to choosing the latest update, you are talking about the latest non-beta update, right? For my motherboard, there are two betas that have been released sooner but the latest non-beta update was released back in '19.

Followed the procedure to the letter. I only got flashing lights on the board and the USB drive for maybe twenty seconds. I didn't want to disturb anything just in case it was still processing the bios update but just not signaling it was doing so. I left it alone for about 10-15 minutes before turning the power off and unplugging everything. With that relatively brief signal from the process could something have gone wrong?

I found this very helpful. Now give me a year to save up for the 4090, mobo, and cpu so I can remember how to do this process 🤣

Heyyy, thank you so much for the amazing vid, I’m expecting to receive my motherboard in few days and I want to buy a usb other than the one on the description, could you recommend me some please?

Worked perfectly now let's hope the infamous red cpu amber ezdebug goes away. Otherwise I'm stuck with this 2grand new build till MSI tech support is open

I noticed that there are other videos that bring up MBR vs GPT for the formatting, but does it actually matter on modern setups of Windows 10 and later?

just tried this, its an agonizing wait for the bios to update 😅

Do you have to do it this way.. or can you have all this downloaded onto the flash drive "as shown" and use it in the new motherboard usb input as your starting it up for the first time?

Do i NEED to do this for z790 ddr5 with i5 13600k?

Does this guide also apply to the MSI Mag X570S Tomahawk Max Wifi? It does look like the back of the motherboard is super similar to yours, just want to check. Do I need to rename the ROM file in this case on an AMD motherboard as you did on your Intel one?

I have a question what do u do if after installation my PC is booted and on bios with lights on and ddr speed drops from 6400 mhz to 4800 mhz Should I just power down and reboot?

Thanks for the tutorial. So, no cpu installed? This can just be done with the MB resting on the box it shipped in?

My z690 none of the USB ports worked. I took it back got the z790 and used this video again and worked

Where can I get that psu and motherboard tray you used?

Can you update the bios if you have already installed the processor and don't want to go through the trouble of uninstalling it? Does it matter if the processor is installed or not?

Thank you a lot for manual and please let me know if it is necessary to uninstall CPU from MB or note, have it some influence to the Updating Process or note? I just ask, because MSI Support recommend to uninstall all devices. Thank you

I have a z690 edge ddr5 and a i7-12700k. Should I update the bios with the 7D31vH9 version? It supports 13 gen now but still supports 12 gen right?

I've waited 12 hours after flashing my bios, my pc is still on. I came to this video after following the steps laid out in another tutorial which near identical. The only differences between the videos was that I was not plug anything else into the board except the power cables and to not turn the PC on, well unfortunately both of those things were done. So when I press the "flash bios" button on the back of my motherboard, the light started blinking on both my usb stick and the flash bios LED. About 10 seconds later, the rest of the pc turned on without me pressing the power button with the red motherboard LED on, and it's been running nonstop with the flash bios LED blinking. I don't want to turn it off without making sure I don't brick the board. It's been 12 hours of it running constantly I'm very worried something is wrong. Hopefully I didn't ruin anything!

where did you get that interesting case setup

one question please. we don't need to put the 2 X 8 pin power for the CPU ? only the one you did ? thank youy for the nice tuto

😲my Bios keep on restarting & Restarting! Why & how to update Bios ! Video demo have ?

Currently building pc for second time brought second hand i7 13700k red cpu light on msi z790-p wifi ddr4 has stayed on usb ports don’t work except for flash bios button is this a motherboard, bios or cpu problem

Great guide, i’ve followed all steps closely but the flash bios led has been blinking for about 30 minutes. Do you recommend clearing the cmos before trying again?