How To Use MSI USB Flashback BIOS Update AM5 Motherboards B650 Tomahawk WiFi
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How To Use MSI USB Flashback BIOS Update AM5 Motherboards ft MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi
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How to use the USB BIOS Flashback method to update the UEFI BIOS on the modern MSI AM5 platform. This is going to be useful for updating the BIOS to support newer non X chips and also the X3D variants that AMD are bringing out in the future.
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Excellent - thanks, I'm 77 and this will be my first attempt at flashing the MB out of the box and your tutorial was presented perfectly - I've subscribed
Glad it helped and welcome to the community. Hope to see more comments from you in other videos
holy moly good luck
My first PC built alone, and this video helped me a ton. Even trivial stuff like the power connectors helped me! Thank you!
Glad I could help!
You know what I like.....a damn good MSI BIOS tour and update !!! Judging by the number of BIOS questions coming up in Discord this video is bound to get a load of views over time. Thanks Mike and Kath 🙂
hopefully this will answer a lot of questions for us, but it can also be used as a refence point, hopefully
EXCELLENT; EXCELLENT; EXCELLENT ! Finally someone who explained it from A-Z. Thank's a lot, highly appreciated.
Glad it was helpful! we try and take it step by step and explain why things are done a certain way. I find it helps
Clearest and best flash tutorial I have seen!
Thank you!
glad to help
Thank you so much, this was the best clear video I have found for what I was looking for. Grade a instructions.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm impressed to find a video for the exact motherboard I bought. I'm receiveing mine today, unfortunately the power supply comes only next week. Thanks a lot for the video!
Glad I could help!
are you happy with it? how are the boot times? thinking of getting the same for a 7800x3d
@@themaliciousone666 I had problems initially, the computer was restarting from time to time, bsod behavior with power state mode message. This was fixed after a bios update and I think the boot time got better too, or I just got used haha.
Overall I am happy with the board, it has all resources I need and is working well.
Thank you Mike for going through this. I had the same exact board. It was perfect. I had a little trouble with first usb drive, referred to your video about formatting usb correctly. Unfortunately didn't help, switched to an ancient usb stick, and it immediately started working. Thank you again!
Glad it helped
Great video, thank you. I will be doing this tomorrow and always reassuring to watch it being done beforehand.
Have fun!
Thank you for this video, i was uncomfortable doing a bios flash to my mainboard, but I feel comfortable now :)
Glad I could help! hope it goes well
Hi Mike,
A big shout-out to you for all the great work you’ve been doing here.
I only found your channel a few weeks ago but subscribed pretty quickly.
I completed my first pc build over the weekend (owned a lot of PCs but never built one myself) and your videos, especially on Kolink Citadel Mesh RGB, MSI B550m Pro-VDH wifi and BIOS setup, have been an immense help.
I decided to go for the system with integrated graphics and chose Ryzen 7 5700G and everything is working really well so far.
I’m using 1 TB Crucial P3 Plus PCIe 4.0 NVMe ssd at the moment but found out only yesterday that the processor doesn’t support PCIe 4.0 so I guess my ssd is not currently being utilised to it’s full potential. A rookie mistake/oversight I guess.
Not all is lost, however, as I am already planning my next build, this time with a discrete GPU and a processor supporting PCIe 4.0 so I will just use this ssd in my new build and will get something cheaper for this one.
Thanks again and I guess I’ll be back for some more useful tips and tutorials pretty soon. 😊
awesome alex, glad to know the videos are helping and the advice is being used, the citadel range of cases are pretty awesome my video editing PC is the Citadel mesh ATX rgb and it works really well for me
Great video! My BIOS was updated with no problems
glad it helped
Im so mad that nowhere tells you that you have to do this, you saved me a trip back to the PC store! Thank you so much!
Glad I could help
Cheers Mike this looks straight forward enough, clear and and well presented. iv'e got the same mobo. gonna do it when psu and usb stick arrive👍
good luck hope it all goes well, if not jump in the discord and we can try and figure out any issues
This helped a lot thank you, I also was being dumb, I never rearranged the boot up priority after imstalling windows so usb was still number 1 which led to a boot up time of about 3 mins and 26secs then I realized it after watching this so i fixed the priority along with enabling the thing u said and now we are down to 20 secs
that is pretty decent! nice one
Worked great -- flashed her from a May 2023 BIOS to November 2023, easy.
nice work!
Awesome video! Helped me a lot with my first build thanks!
Glad it helped!
Thanks Mike! I have no experience in pc building, and just wanted to say you're a lifesaver
Glad I could help!
I'm building my first pc and was worried about the bios since I have no clue what to expect. This tutorial was perfect and worked like a charm even with my small 3.8gb usb. Thanks so much for the video 😁
Glad I could help!
Perfect. Just what I needed. I came back because I forgot if I had to short the pins or just push the flash button. Just push the flash button :)
Thank you for this it helped immensely. My board light flashed once on the first attempt and didn’t progress. I had to jump the jbat with a screwdriver to clear the cmos. It then worked.
Glad it helped
Thanks for the video. Mine arrives tomorrow ❤️
Hope you like it!
worked on a x670e tomahawk wifi, you're the best!
Glad it worked out for you
SUCH a helpful guide Mike! I'm honestly so grateful for all the videos that you pump out for us. You are genuinely one of my favourite content creators. Rather random question, but do you do a lot of gaming in your free time, and if so, what kinds of games? I've really been enjoying Red Dead Redemption 2 as of recently. It's a slow one for sure, but damn is it detailed! Cya Mike :)
thanks! we really appreciate that, a lot of work goes on here and we have pretty much given up our regular life to do all this, so comments like this make it see more worthwhile.
Gaming wise being that we grab a few minutes here and there it is mostly the games that are in the benchmarks we do, for me mostly CSGO rocket league, Dead Island 2 wreckfest are the key ones at the moment
This process is always so nerve racking to me. But this video is so perfect because I'm working on this exact board. Gives me so much peace of mind. Thanks for sharing and explaining step by step how to do it! My first MSI board. I'm excited
hope the build all goes well, and if you need any help please get in touch or join the discord chat
So straight forward when you follow your tuition, how do people get it so wrong 🙄 Thanks for sharing Mike and Kath🐈👍
Yeah very true
Actually it helped me this video , all i had to do was to rename the file but it still helped
Thank you so much for your help. Danke mein Herr. 👍👍👍
You're welcome 😊
thank you so much! this worked for me except i went into bios and clicked the m-flash and did it thru there. only thing is that if anyone does it thru bios and not the way he did, don’t change the name of the files cause it won’t show when you press on your USB disk
Great video thanks Mike
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the video, very helpfull!
Glad it was helpful!
Very useful video. Subbed.
Thanks for the sub!
You saved my ass, I had everything all set up and the flashback didn't work, ended up taking everything off the mobo and using a 4gb flash drive instead of a 128gb one and boom, it worked. Thank you.
Glad you got it done
Very useful, thanks a lot! This might be my Mainboard of choice, once the 7800x3D is out.
Good choice!
did you get the 7800x3d with this board? I just bought these and im just wondering
@@jenshendrickx2230 Yes i got this Board with the 7800x3D. Worked perfectly fine.
@@jenshendrickx2230update?
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Thanks boss, saved my ass with this one🙌
glad it helped
Thanks Mike, just the cpu left to buy and then I’ll be flooding the discord with newbie build questions
lol can't wait
Massive thanks for this, thought I could get away without a BIOS update but all I got was yellow DRAM & red CPU debug lights for my laziness D:
were you able to use flashback with your cpu installed, or did u have to disassemble the pc?
@@theram8653 Yep! Was fully assembled in tower, CPU installed and a bad BIOS on the board; had 0 problems
Mine won't fully catch. Everything installed and hooked up. USB stick flashes and system restarts but still the CPU and RAM lights are on. No display.
@@stephenmilazzo2535Try reflashing the bios to the USB again and if it doesn't work try the first version of the bios
@@stephenmilazzo2535May need to use a smaller usb, someone said they did it with a 128 gb and failed, after swapping to a 4gb it worked
The CPU and RAM lights are on to tell you that the CPU has a fault and so does the RAM! Which is not surprising since neither of them are present :)
Would there be a problem if I did this with a 1000w psu?
@@brokentvclipsno, I just did it with my 1000 watt psu and it worked just fine. As long as you do this process correctly the wattage of your psu shouldn’t matter
@@brokentvclips Should not make any difference as the power draw is really small
I've been having issues with these lights constantly glowing even when cpu is installed and ram is installed and idk what to do
Can l just skip the previous updates and just straight update bios to the latest one ???
life saver.thanx for effort
Happy to help
You saved my day!
Just got new system (1st time on AMD platform) and decided to use Ryzen Master curve optimiser -same mainboard 7600x cpu.
Turned out that setting curve to -30 was way to agrresive and computer did not want to post even after bios reset.
That was my last hope and it worked, thx to your easy to understad guide.
Subscribed
P.s Be carefull with Ryzen Master..
glad you got it all sorted in the end
Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊
very useful vid. thank you mike
Glad it was helpful!
@@mikesunboxing hi mike. I have a question. The board that I got (b650m mortar wifi) has bios version 7D76vA62. The version I need is 7D76vA65 for the 7500F. But there is a newer bios version next to it which is 7D76vA6. My question is, can I update it directly to the newest version or should I go thru the 7D76vA65 before updating to the latest one?
@@notworthurtym3134 Just go straight for the newest one
@mikesunboxing again, thank you so much for always finding time to answer my question even though I am NotWorthUrTym 🤣
Lol! @@notworthurtym3134
Mike's How it is is Worthy of a Support comment. Like & a share 🙂
thanks WB
Great video many thanks
Thanks for watching hope it was useful
@@mikesunboxing Yes Mike it was and you gained a sub :)
awesome! And welcome to the Channel 🙂@@RealBaldnold
Many thanks.
You are welcome!
Great vid, new subscriber here with this video alone. One question, will I need to install the cpu before the flash?
No need but you can if you want to, and thanks for the sub
I made the decision im upgrading my System this Year ! it was just a CPU upgrade, that i should of got Christmas but one thing leads to another and its on a back burner still.
i may as well save the parts up and do the best build i can now as Mines struggling with what im trying to do !
i may go with a B550 Or 650 I helped my son build a 5900 3d With a 3080 and I Was gutted going back to mine at 70 to 80 fps lol
😆
This feature is what was really needed with AMD's long socket support. Having to find an older cpu just to update was a pain in the back's bottom. I'Ll never buy a motherboard without that feature again, as I ometime forget to flash the bios to the latest one before fully assemble the new one with the newer parts, so resell it is not as easy as it should. I dont like having to remove the cpu and ram of a fully funtional computer just to flash an older board.
got a weird one at the moment with the B650 carbon wifi that doesn't actually have the BIOS flashback port labelled?
@@mikesunboxing Rushed product?
@@patricklebel1141 Maybe
Hey Mike thanks for the great informational video. Kind of confused on when to flash bios, just picked up a brand new 7800x3D and a MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI MSI board.
I'm seeing conflicting reports, do I need to flash before hand or can I install all hardware, get my first boot then update bios?
Thanks!
Either can work but if for some reason it won’t flash you might need to strip in down to diagnose or even return the board, so i try and do it first before the build but it will work on a fully built system if it is built properly
Just ordered this motherboard yesterday for my new ryzen 5 7600, want to know as much about the board as i can and your videos helping.
glad to hear it
Hi. May I ask what RAM you are using?
@@DAVVV39 also the XMP worked right out the box in my case, no BIOS update needed just had to enable the profile and boom, 6000Mhz. just make sure you put the ram in slots 2 & 4 not 1 &3, made that mistake and my PC wouldnt boot till i moved them across.
@@ruinfox4108 You really didn't need to update the bios? And what RAM model do you have exactly?
@@DAVVV39 nope, no bios update needed, same motherboard in this video. I sent you the link to the exact same ram I ordered, Corsair Vengeance 2x16Gb DDR5 c36 6000mhz memory.
Great info. Is the 7950X supported out-of-the-box by any chance?
yes it should be
Hi Mike, thanks for all your time makimg this videos.
I have one quesiton, can i update the mobo bios after complete my build or its necesary update before?
Im asking because the amd expo profile on the ram can cause some troubles.
If the cpu is supported you can do it whenever you like 👍
@@mikesunboxing Excelent. Thanks again Mike. Your the best.
I've been subscribed for some time as I enjoy much of your PC content when I can find time to watch it, on this occasion though I find myself a bit dismayed and confused, I've always been told not to update a bios beta and almost every youtuber I've seen do a bios as part of their build or "how to" have advised to use the previous bios update NOT the beta. Is there a reason why you think differently? thanks.
yes with this current generation there are improvements in the beta that make it worth the risk. Also almost every msi beta has gone on to be a regular release after a short validation period.
The memory support and faster boot times make these current crop of betas worth using.
Also thanks for questioning the reasoning behind this i never want to be in an echo chamber, so please do keep on asking questions and challenging us when you think we might be off the mark.
@@mikesunboxing No worries, thanks for the heads up and quick reply.
Can you do a video of testing with a monitor after this step...for a 1st time builders...you may already have it I haven't seen it tho ....Thanks for your videos they help alot
Yes I can
Hi and thanks for the video! Im just wondering why the flash drive shouldnt be larger than 32gb since I didnt find this info anywhere on the motherboard site itself. Thanks in advance for the answer!
because that is the file size limit of FAT32 unless a new partition is created, which adds another layer of complexity
If your flash drive or external hard drive is larger than 32gb you can use Disk Management to delete the volume, then create a disk with less than 32gb, this way you'll be able to select the FAT32 File system.
But why can't it be less than 32gb?
Great video. I'm have a MSI b650m mortar Wifi. Is the process same with my motherboard ? Also is it a good mobo for 7800x3d?
Yes and yes
Thank you for this guide! I just bought a Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Says I need BIOS version 7d75v13 to run it. Question - probably a dumb one but I'm new to this: does it matter if I use a version *after* that, or do I need to use that BIOS version? Example: can I use 7D75v17 (released August 2023), or do I need to use version 7d7v13?
use the newest version available
Hmmmm
I like this guy.
thanks dude
Very informative video. I feel more safe doing it my self now. One question though, The bios file extension needs to be changed for the "No CPU" version of flashing? What's wrong with the default one? I saw the official msi instructions on how to flash and they kept the original extension but the flashing was done through bios menu and not the button.
the hardware bios flashing system is looking for a specific filename and because the tiny chip is really basic they can't program it to recognise specific files, so it has to be a specific filename
@@mikesunboxingis that necessary for when you have a cpu in? Im trying to understand what the difference is. My brand new board isn't posting at all with red cpu yellow dram and most are saying to flash bios
This is maybe easier to advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu
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@@mikesunboxing i managed to get it working yesterday
Weirdly enough i had to turn off and on the rgb/debug light switch on the motherboard
Removing cmos, jumping jbat1, and everything else all failed till i did that switch. No clue why and never saw a post even suggest it as a solution.
Glad you got it working :-) @@thegoldenatlas753
thank you! really helpful! Do you recommend doing the BIOS update on the motherboard before installing the CPU, RAM, etc, or can it also be done at the end when everything is installed? Does it make any difference?
truth is most B650 won't need it unless you want better RAM support or stability, so at the moment you can do it when you like.
BUT if you try flashing the bios or the system won't POST then you have a lot of possible parts that could be the problem, a bare board obviously limits the troubleshooting hugely
@@mikesunboxing awesome! Thank you for the detailed explanation.
@@razvanrzv93 No problem 🙂
hey mate, now that i’ve flashed my motherboard with the new bios does that mean it’s updates to the latest bios? so I don’t have to change any more settings about bios updates etc.
if you have a new bios it should be good to go and just configure the bios to your liking
Hello mike i just got this case ionz ge336f and let me tell you for £40 the case feel more premium,take a look at it if you haven't reviewed it yet 😉
will do
Can you do similar video for asrock motherboard plus fan configuration on asrock b650m boards
i'll see what i can do
@@mikesunboxing thanks
Is it safe to assume every board will need to be updated at this point? I just ordered one and the latest (non-beta) version was released November 28
i would recommend a bios update before building the pc regardless, there are always fixes and updates
just a few questions, is it safe to assume i can do this with the motherboard already installed in the pc as a fully setup rig? im sure it would make little difference
yes it will work, but if it doesn't you have a lot more variables in play to work out why it isn't working
Great video. Can i do this process on a MAC ?I am building my first PC and have only a mac.
Yes you can!
I havent done much bios flashing and tbh the matter scares me a bit cause i can see myself fucking it up somehow 😂 But there is one matter you touched upon at the end which i kinda wanted to reclarify if i understood you correctly; You somehow screw the process, the fact that board supports qflash or qflash+ (this works on both or needs +?) makes it irrelevant cause flashing that way works even if the current bios is fubar?
Oh yea and regarding usb stick, does it just as well with 64gb stick if you partition it so you can format it to fat32 or does this pose higher risk somehow?
the idea of qflash is to replace or recover a bios in a non booting PC so unless you somehow damage the circuits that operate the flashblack even a screwed up flash can be recovered in almost every instance.
due to the really basic nature of the system i would encourage using a smaller than 32GB drive if possible but smaller partitions on larger drives have been known to work
can you update Bios after build? what's the differences between this video and updating it after build?
yes you can, but if for some reason the update fails you have a more challenging time figuring out why
Hi Mike, I don’t know if you still respond to comments on this vid, but I recently built a new PC. I have a MSI Pro B650-P WiFi and just tried to flash the bios bc it would not post. The Flash indicator stays solid white and I do not know what else to do. Any tips? Components are an R7 7800X3D, ASUS 4070, G.Skill Flare X5, PowerSpec 750Watt Bronze, and motherboard as stated.
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Sorry for the noob question. But, do you actually need to remove all the components (CPU, GPU, RAM, etc) you installed on the motherboard before performing a flashback?
no but it is easier to diagnose if for some reason it doesn't work as it such
Is it the same process for X670E? And do i put the USB into the same flash USB slot if the computer is fully put together?
yes the process is the same just a different bios file
Hi Mike ! is this preaty much the same for Msi mag tomahawk x670e ?
yes that is right just different bios file
MSi also has a general video for updating their MBs and it is very different.
they don't change the file name, they use M-flash from the BIOS itself. i never did a BIOS update so I am quite unsure what to do. my new PC will arrive soon with exactly this MB.
hope it all goes well, if you are unsure join the discord chat and we can walk you through it
If I use this method to flash my bios on this mb do I need to stepp up the bios too latest version? Or can I just go straight too the earliest one?
use the newest one
Hi i just ordered this board and the 7800x3d. Do I have to do this before install?
yes that is very likely unless the box says X3D ready
I'm going to build a computer and I'm getting the MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI motherboard and pairing it with the ryzen 7 7800x3d will i need to do this?
only it the board is old stock
Hey Mike, I have a problem and wondering if you could help. I am trying to test start my build but i get a black screen. the fans of the cpu and gpu turn on. But i never get to see my bios.
1. I also have some other questions which maybe you know. My GPU has a tiny switch. What does it do? its an XFX speedster 6800. i cant find anything about it in the manual.
2. When i try to do a jump/test start and it turns on do i turn it off by the on/off switch on the power suply?
3. should i connect my monitor on the motherboard or on the gpu? i tried both, but both give the same black screen.
4. if i reset my bios with the flash method. Can i leave all the components like gpu, cpu, ssd on assembled?
nevermind. cable wasnt plugged in right in the monitor. I still wonder about the other questions though
the bios switch is a dual bios so if you mess up one you can switch to the other
Is it entirely essential to rename the bios to msi.rom? I've got a B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI from MSI and I can't find any mention on MSI's page of renaming the bios. I've seen some other B650M tomahawk bios updates where people haven't renamed the bios, and just using the M-flash have updated successfully.
If you are using mflash it is not necessary, for usb flash it is
Hello! i ask again even tho i read some of your comments about this alrdy, but i don't think i understood it corectly... is it safe to update bios this way if i have already installed all the parts (i have a working pc with windows installed...)
Yes, it is
Bought the same motherboard only getting still the red and yellow light from it with a r5 7600. I did the bio flash and checked the pins and they are good. Do you know what to do next?
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Hey mike, is it known what the USB differences are to look for in this working/ not working? I bought a USB stick (2.0) today, and am having a similar issue as others where the light flashes for 5ish minutes and then stays solid and never powers off (and doesn't flash the bios). Will get a 3.0 hopefully and report back
how did it go?
@@mikesunboxing a late reply but I turns out both he motherboard and one stick of DDR5 was DOA. It was a bit of a nightmare to debug this with little info to go and and with no signal of DDR5 training taking place but got it sorted. Thanks for the excellent content anyway!
@@lowkeysynbad5479 Sounds a bit of a nightmare! Glad you got it sorted out 🙂
Maybe a stupid question, but I guess you can flash the bios even when all the hardware is installed in the computer, like cpu, gpu ram and so on.
The procedure should be the same?
yes that is right, but if it doesn't work there is a lot more to fault find
do you need remove the cpu, ram etc like you did or can they be intact ?
remove the RAM at least
Is possible doing this with the pc already assembled or should i remove ram CPU ssd and gpu?
just the RAM will likely be okay
I have the same motherboard and waiting on CPU, already installed my SSD and Ram. Does it matter if I have them installed while doing a cpu less BIOS flash?
that is okay
Hello Mike, I’m unsure if I have to update my bios. I just bought a computer and assembled It myself, I am pretty sure I assembled it correctly:
My cpu: ryzen 7700 with integrated graphics.
Motherboard: msi Pro B-650 s wifi
32 gb ram ddr 5 6400mhz (x2 16gb).
Hard drive wd m2 1terabyte.
When I first turn on the computer, it showed the bios were it did not recognize the m2 hard drive. i reset, and after that never again got image, just the computer being ON, fan working and the 2 red lights on (CPU and DRAM). Do You think I should update the bios? The same Way You showed, renaming to msi.rom? Thanks a lot!
that is usually either the ram needs reseating in the slots or the CPU mounting pressure is to high. If you have an nxzt cooler this is likely on too tight
@@mikesunboxing thanks for the answer. I decided to give back the hardware to the store and pay the 50$ fee in order to get the computer totally mounted and configured. Just in case I didn’t put the cpu cooler the right way, already too much time spent on this. I thought I could configure the hardware myself but finally I wasn’t able 😅. Kind regards!
Does this exact motherboard, in the Intel version, need a bios update after a fresh build? First-time builder here
Dependent on what processor you are using really, but odds are on your favour
Pairing it with the i5-12400f !
I just tried this and the bios flash has been in progress for over 20 minutes (this MB is for my son, I previously did this on my MB and it only took 5 min). Not sure if it's an issue with the USB stick being an older 2.0 vs 3.0 so that's why it was taking so long? From what I've read it's okay to turn off the power and retry it again since the Flashback option can be used for corrupted BIOS recovery. About to retry it with a USB 3.0 stick to see if that was the issue.
yeah try it with another USB stick and see how it goes
@@mikesunboxing Hi Mike! Just an update, the USB 3.0 stick did the trick and it flashed in about 5 minutes.
Glad to hear that 🙂@@JCTiggs1
Hi, why didn't you flash it through the bios on the motherboard in the M-FLASH application
you can so that if the system is working and built
i want to build a setup with this motherboard and want to know if you find this motherboard good cause i found mixed reviews online
i sent mine back as i thought it had a problem, it might have, or just the fact that AM5 is a really unreliable platform
@@mikesunboxingi will see i had msi motherboard before so i have a good feeling
I never did any BIOS update on my msi b650m tomahawk WiFi. Using a 7600x paired with a 4070 super. Everything works fine except when I tried to use a usbc 3.1 device in the port on the back and the device asked me to plug into a 3.1 port not a 2.0 port. So devices are recognizing my 3.1 port as only a 2.0. Looked into it and apparently this can be a direct result of not updating to the latest BIOS? Or is there just a BIOS setting that I can change to fix this?
never had that before unless something is sorted or faulty
big thanks for your video! saved me tons of time trouble shooting just cuz i forgot to rename the file to MSI.ROM
hope it is all working okay now?
i did that but still doesn't boot with ryzen 7 7800X3D. returned my board and will get replacement
Hi Mike ,I give it a go twice with no luck ,1st time it wouldn't stop flashing ,2nd time after reformatting and installing it on the thumb again I tried and it then slashed a few times and then the same 2 CPU and Ram lights flashed and then the light when solid
BLOODY PC'S 😂😂
fixed it yet?
Yep,tried another USB stick and all done ,thanks for the quick follow up ,Jamie ,Perth ,Australia
Glad to hear it's up and working :-)@@37jamiedee
Hey bro. Msi b 650 m a here. Been a few months on with no problem until one did it wouldn’t boot or get into the bio phase. Red light cpu and dram orange light appears as awhole. I’ve reseated everything and bios flashed. Still won’t boot
could be the CPU cooler mounting pressure, try loosening the screws a few turns (careful that is still has contact and won't fall off)
should I upgrade even if I have to install the 7600x? or should I run the update with the processor inserted?
either way is fine, the 7600x will work without a bios update
Mine is saying no cpu no ram 7600x
@@sportbrown83 This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu
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What does it mean when the light instantly stops flashing and stays on? I am using the same motherboard as you are. I'm worried it didn't work and I'm too afraid to pull out USB and try again in case I ruin the process
Anything happen?
means the drive is not recognised