How To USB Flash BIOS MSI B550 Tomahawk Without CPU Guide
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How to USB Flash BIOS MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk without a CPU guide!
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The USB flash or BIOS Flashback option on the MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk and others is a really simple way to flash you motherboards BIOS to get it ready for new processors or just to have the latest BIOS version on your new build.
You will need the following:
The MSI Motherboard
A PSU or power supply with a 4 or 8 pin EPS connection and a 24 pin main power connection.
A suitable USB flash drive - formatted to FAT32
A PC or laptop to download the BIOS file
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Just picked this board up a couple weeks ago for a build I'm starting this weekend. Thanks for the great video, concise and well thought out, like always.
Have fun!
Thanks Mike, I was worried when I saw the power cycle, I thought it would brick the motherboard. Good to know that's normal. Nice details that you included in the video that others did not. 👍
Glad to help
UK Devon here bud. Just bought a B550 gaming plus with a x5800 and 3080ti going in. You've helped. A lot buddy thank you! Gonna have a beer and put it together lol. :)
Lovely 😊 enjoy your evening
Was looking into the MSI boards to figure out what needs to exactly be done to flash these boards to be able to use the 5800X CPU. This totally just cleared up the steps I was wondering about before when I went somewhere to look at CPUs. I was told I shouldn't bother trying to do the flash myself on these boards because it can get "complicated" and I should just give them $40 to flash the board for me. Obviously it's so simple like it has always been in the past with all other boards! Crazy how people try to make you panic purchase their overpriced services...
thanks for the comment and i agree this isn't rocket science
Thanks for the great tutorial, Mike! You are developing quite the library!
Yep that is the plan 😃
your videos are the ones that actually help me, i spent so much time trying to troubleshoot my pc and when i figured out the issue finding good videos was even harder xD. such a simple solution great video
Glad I could help
just bought this MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk + Ryzem 5 5600, was sweating cold bullets when it did not post, came across this video, when I searched for "new mobo b550+ ryzem 5 5600 dram led light on" tremendous help, amazingly calm going into my first bios flash. so happy so say we have ignition. thank you for this, and thank God for people like you who take time off of their day to guide newbies like me.
awesome glad to hear it all went well
I’m in the same exact situation did you ever get it to post? Mind helping me out?
@@averagegamer1043 yeah, just followed the instructions, 1st attempt then windows booted.
THANK YOU!! I tried to update the BIOS through MSI Center and it bricked. I followed your instructions and I managed to update it and IT WORKS NOW!! You saved me.
Glad it helped. handy to have flashback on a board these days
Thank you! I didn't see any other tutorials mentioning the other lights would turn on after the USB was done flashing. I let it sit for 20 minutes before I started panicking.
Much appreciated - took me a while to figure out why the build isn't booting
No problem, glad it helped :-)
Brilliant video. I was planning to buy this mobo and was confused about whether I needed an old cpu just to update the bios but this solved all my questions. Appreciate the the video!
glad it helped
Thanks for all the great info you provide! You have helped me thru so many different builds.
This is the best video on this topic. Thanks for explaining how I will know the reboot has appeared and that it's safe to just turn off the power. Appreciate it. Hopefully it will work as smoothly on my board
Glad it was helpful!
This video is super helpful! Good on you for putting it out there! 😁👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Mike i literally just bought this mb same day as you released the video and i'm installing it now :)
Hope you enjoy it! mine is up and running in the streaming pc and i moved the gaming edge wifi into my main editing pc
I just completed this procedure, and one thing that is CRITICAL is what he mentions at 6:20 , that is what to wait for to know for sure that the process is complete. On my previous MB, I didn't wait long enough, the board wouldn't boot, so I returned it. This time, I paid better attention to this video, waited until the board power cycled, and the board now boots up properly. Thanks for this video!
One question: why isn't MSI shipping these boards with a recent bios? The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G (what I've got) has been available for more than half a year, but still MSI uses an old bios. Weird.
I just bought the board around last week and am just flashing it now to work with my 5900x. Good to note from him I should take my SSD’s out as one has windows on it lmao
Thanks fir the video, I was really struggling with this!
Glad it helped!
@Mike To let you know, I think your steps here worked. I was able to get into the bios on the test bed. Hopefully it will work in its system. Fingers Crossed. Thank's man. If you were USA based, I'd buy you a beer.
Thanks 🙏 glad it works for you post a picture of the working system in the discord if you want to show it off
@@mikesunboxing I'd love too.
Thanks Mike for reminding me I needed to check for a new BIOS for my MOBO. Sure enough, there was one. Took all of 5 mins to update; prefect morning-sunny, calm and no utility or street construction going on. Now my MOBO is ready for a 30 Series card should I ever get my hands on one (brahhaawwahaaawww).
Nice work! And good luck with getting one of those!
Appreciate the wish of good luck Mike. BTW, prices continue to rise on Ebay over here across the pond.
Mike always nails a bios flash. Stay safe.
Until one day we don't! lol
Super gut erklärt, habe noch kein besseres Video gefunden.
Super well explained, haven’t found a better video yet.
😊
thank you
I just bought this motherboard and a ryzen 7 5800 and, in my ignorance, realized I had to do this. Thank you! very helpful!
Glad I could help!
Did yours say it was ryzen 5000 series ready?
@@JoeMama-ly1kc No it didn't
Hey just did the same! Built the whole system and that pesky cpu light is on. Friend suggested I do this, will try it soon!
This was by far the most helpful video ive found by far thank you
appreciate it
You sir have just saved my life. Had a bad bios install and could not get the flash to work. Sadly it was because I was naming the whole folder instead of just the bios. Thank you so much. I legit thought I was going to have to order a new MB.
Glad it helped :-)
Thank you so much for the help, I’m super nervous to screw something up when building my first pc so this helps a ton
good luck with it
Thanks man!
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Just picked this mobo up will be putting my system together soon, does this need to be done? Or optional
THIS HELPED SO MUCH, THANK YOU!
thanks for watching and commenting
Excelent guide, realy easy flash, thank you!
thanks for watching
This is really helpful mike
Thanks, afandi - have a great weekend :-)
Short and to the point. Great tutorial as I'll be ordering this board and a 5600X. Thanks a bunch!
Thanks for watching and commenting
Hi, did you still need to do the bios flash when buying recently? It says "amd Ryzen 5000 desktop ready" on the box. This seems to have been a lie, as I don't get no post :(. Now I'm going to try to flash.
@@kooltube100 Should receive my motherboard and other pc parts next week. I did saw another video however where the person had the same sticker as you had on the box 'Ryzen 5000 ready' or sth and he didn't need to flash. Seems to be random, but it seems like a good idea to flash regardless. Did flashing help and did you get it to post?
@@waisecc yeah I got it to work in the end. The problem I had wasn't the bios (atleast flashing didnt work initially). All I had to do is take out one of my ram sticks. I took out my second ram that was in slot 4 (suppose to fill slot 2 and 4 first). For some reason after this was done, the board posted! Then I set everything up on my screen (installed chipset etc....). turned off the system and put back the second ram. seems to be working great now.
@@kooltube100 Glad you've got it working :-)
Thanks this video was so helpful, I didn't know what to do when nothing was posted and the flashback wasn't working. I just had to rename the file that was all. Thanks again!
Glad it helped
You're a legend, Mike! :)
Thanks John
@@mikesunboxing :)
Thank you so much! You made it so simple
Glad it helped!
GUYS!!! If the light starts flashing and it randomly stops, take out the ram and then do the process again (turn off the power supply and then turn it back on and press the bios flash back button again)
good tip
It just keeps doing this over and over
Another great tutorial mike is it the same process useing a imac computer Mike quite new to all this ..very much appreciated..
No idea with a Mac sorry
Thank you for the amazing video!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you you helped so much!
Glad it helped!
Thank you man. Easy explanation helps!
Glad it helped!
You sir are a life saver! Thank you so much for this tutorial!
Glad it helped!
Thanks mate, you solved two issues for me, turns out the bios flash can't see a 64gb thumb drive. Swapped out to a 16gb and it worked.
glad to hear it
thanks mike great tutorial helped a lot
Glad to hear it!
oooooh thank you! this will save my future build! wise Mike
Great and simply to follow im getting this board tomorrow I dunno if I should try see if works out of the box or just flash straight up
being an older generation of board it is worth flashing it to get all the security and performance patches
@@mikesunboxing thank you
Thanks buddy, that really helped with my server, the language went chinese on me, and it was selected English, second time its done this, I need to get this up and running, its funny that my ASUS board I never have any problems with the B550-F its the most solid motherboard I have ever used. However this MSI Tomahawk B550 has been a real challenge to keep it running, there is always problems with it. MSI in general, and the RTX 3050 6GB GPU from MSI runs at 170 FPS and the ASUS RTX 3050 8GB runs at 550 FPS. Well I buy a lot of computer parts and build so many new devices a year. My new G17 ASUS gaming laptop has problems it will go fans on high when in sleep mode and i have to hold the power button to power it off if i had left anything plugged into the usb ports before it went to sleep. Thanks again, we need videos like this, all these new buggy electronics are getting difficult to diagnose and keep running. I still have my Lenevo legion 5 laptop and I should have not bought a new ASUS one because the Lenovo has no networking problems like the new ASUS. Its really hit or miss with these new computers and mixing parts. You never know what will be a problem, but Amazon has 30 day return policy so I buy all my stuff on there.
glad it helped
Just flashed the bios for a new build, all went ok thanks
Well explained & detailed, thank you for taking the time to make and upload the vid. Good karma to you.
Do you have a full build with this MB? A step by step would be much appreciated (those switches!)
Also, do you have a recommendation for a thermal paste?
Not yet! sorry the board was sold on to a Discord member. Thermal paste wise i have found the MX4 applied with a plastic spreader to be really good and very easy to remove if needed
@@mikesunboxing Thanks for the quick reply + info
@@morganp7238 No problem
Hey nice video, this will help a lot in three months but I have a quick question. I'm thinking of buying this motherboard for my PC and the Ryzen 7 5800x as my CPU, but I saw that this Ryzen requires version 7C91vA7, and I was wondering if I have to install that version first and then move on to the most recent one, which is 7C91vAE, or Can I directly install the most recent one?
install the newest one
Thanks for the help I tried a USB 2.0 formatted in FAT32 and couldn't get past 10 blinks, then I tried another older USB 2.0 and got the motherboard to do the new update I waited 10 minutes. I turned everything off and mounted (5600G processor) memories etc.
First time using UEFI and choosing boot to USB was simple.
My mistake was having installed the CD drivers for the motherboard "b550m mortar wifi" I don't advise installing by CD, I downloaded the MSI CENTER software and from there I just installed the drivers for all the motherboard and I finally managed to have the graphics recognized in the system. Install the latest version of win10 and updates.
awesome glad you got it sorted in the end, how is the system now? settled down nicely
@@mikesunboxing Yes for now it is stable, let's see how it behaves with future updates. Thanks again for the tutorial. :)
@@Ricardo-kh7qr And thank you for watching :-)
Thank you very much, carecoso.
You are welcome!
Added 5600x to my setup on a tomahawk b550 (mobo bought before zen 3 launch). everything running in the case but no display. this helped. thanks.
Glad it helped - thanks for watching :-)
Gahhh im still stuck with no display, could it be the format of my usb ?
which cpu you used before 5600 on that mobo?
@@zoran1984 3600
Hi there mike, how would I know if the BIOS flashback worked? Is it only when the LED stops blinking? How about a 2nd round of testing as in would you install the CPU, ram and hook to the monitor to see if all is well? Thanks a lot
yes test with cpu and gpu etc to make sure it posts before building the whole system
Everytime I do a bios update I watch Mikes guide to calm bad spirits and for good fortune.. Has worked well so far 👻😎
haha glad to help
Flash.......AAAAAHHHHHH. Another great PSA video Mike, apprecaited as always :-)
Thanks, Ugly Bob :-)
Awesome video bro! Do you have any videos on high fps but not smooth, stuttering or tearing when gaming?
yes at least four, search for lag in games in the channel homepage
@@mikesunboxing thank you 🙏🏽
I'm still waiting for the non beta version of the latest bios for my 570 tomahawk. These are nice solid board.
yeah seems like there have not been many releases recently?
Question: if I already built the system before doing this, and I'm using a M.2 SSD from my previous system that had Windows installed onto it, would that get in the way of a proper BIOS Flash?
My motherboard still has the red CPU light after following all the steps on here, so I'm thinking either the USB I'm working with is no good or the M.2 with Windows might be getting in the way. The red LED on my motherboard also only flashed in the beginning for a bit then never lit up again I don't think, never saw a power cycle. I have so many things to trouble shoot, going to start later with removing the SSD and trying to flash again, but hoping I can soon finally have my first working PC that I put together myself!!
For context, my system:
-Ryzen 7 5800X (bought new)
-MSI B550 MAG Tomahawk (bought new)
-Founders 3070 (from previous system)
-16 GB RAM (previous system)
-an SSD from previous system
-EK AIO Elite 360 mm (bought new)
sounds like it isn't flashing, probably it doesn't like the USB drive or maybe the file on the drive
Mike I got a quick question I used to build but my last build was probably about 10-15 years ago how things have changed anyhow I bought matching sticks of RAM 2 8 gig sticks stuck them in have the AMD 5800 X in the b550 tomahawk motherboard I do not have a video card thought maybe I would get it on the HDMI on the board but 5800x does not have integrated graphics... But when I boot the system up I do have a dram red error light on... On the motherboard could this be because I have not looked at my BIOS at all because I can't see it on a monitor and there's things that I need to change on the ram this is 3200...2 8gb sticks... I hope that may be the problem if you could let me know would be great... William
when you get the gpu you should be able to get in and change the ram settings
Great Vid man I appreciate it. Only thing I will add and sorry if I missed it but use no larger than a 32gb flash? I didn’t know this b my 128 gb didn’t do anything. Cheers and great video 👍
Good tip! i think i did mention it but not sure done a lot of these videos, so it is good to highlight it again
So I bought a pc from clx gaming and out this mother board in my system . I’m sure they would take care of any of those bios updates right? Paired it with a ryzen 7 5800x
if it works with your chip then they must have done it or it won't work
Mike I started to have my build I took off the fan took off the memory took off the CPU have it down to bare bones the board is inside the case power supply plugged into the board power to the CPU up on top turning on my power supply no power to the board I even unplugged the plugs up at the top of the case the power switch did work would like to board up that's how I first started it put in my flash drive pushed the button and just next to the flash button was a continuous red light when I had everything hooked up lit up fans the colors the RGB my cx650f brand new Corsair power supply worked working on it right now have it set up just like you did on your bench I don't think it should matter but my power supply not coming on lighting up the board everything was fine yesterday what do you think
sounds like you are doing things right, so not sure exactly what is happening there, maybe come on the discord chat and we can take a look at what is going on there
Great video! Although I'm not getting the board lighting up at all, followed all your steps :( got to the USB in the right port, power on and hold flash for 2 seconds, flashes red near USB but no lights on board at all, any ideas?
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Mike the B550 tom has 2 LAN ports do you think if you connected another cat6 lead to the extra port & bridge it you could double the download speeds? Most modems that are sent out by the provider these days are are for household use & have up to 4 LAN ports which means if you connect 2 cat6 leads to a motherboard that has 2 LAN ports like the B550 tom it may be possible to double your internet speeds in theory...
i don't know to be honest, it might work like that, but there are a lot of factors involved and routing might be an issue as i would think even though you could maybe bridge them the packets are all going to the same destination?
I once tried to "RAID" my internet but that failed with some sort of error. Today's lan adaptor are way faster than modem, so it wont make disfference in speed, but maybe in bandwidh..
thank you mike i needed to find a quick way to bios update my motherboard so i can start bulding the my pc and i will come back the day i bulid to sa if it worked
Hope it helps :-)
@Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to infact is did work but at first it didn't then I put my cpu in and did it again and for some reason it worked better but hey now ima use ur guide on wifi card thing lol ty
You can flash bios as long as the ram is not installed.
I have seen many people come to me, after a new install and first thing I do is pull out the ram and bios flash.
that is something i generally suggest now when asked
Ahhh so Im doing my build and the bios flash won't shut off. I believe i inappropriately did it when I first started my build. Plugged in the motherboard, the psu, but did not connect the 8 pin cpu connector. When flashing the red light stopped blinking (but stayed a solid red) and I assumed that I was done and commenced to complete my build.
Now I'm finished and my monitors are getting nothing from my PC and the ez diagnostic light is on for the CPU. I'm at a loss as to what to do. I've tried properly flashing it with all my components in but even after 20+min the red bios indicator won't stop flashing
i did a live stream on how to recover the bios after a bad flash it might be worth a look, or just try and reflash the bios
Dont know why MSI doesn't provide the latest version out the box but this video helped a great deal man, thx!
They do but with shipping and also time spent on the shelf at the distributor and then retailers it adds a lot of time to the age of the board by the time we get our hands on it
@@mikesunboxing hey while I have u hear I followed your video well and I flashed the BIOS but my CPU light is still solid white like it doesnt support it so im not getting it to post? any clue why maybe? CPU pins and mobo seem nice
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Hi Mike, great video very detailed! I have one question though. When i flipped the psu switch on and pressed the flash bios button, the light turned on however after about 5 seconds it stopped flashing. The psu also did not turn on and the led on the motherboard didnt either! Is this normal or if not, then what does it mean?
that means it could not read the USB drive or the data file on it
Happened to me. After trying everything it was the USB... try using a different one
Thanks Mike for a very informative and useful Video... Im thinking of building using this mobo r similar....I know that these Mobos are over a year old now....do you think/know if the are shipped with an updated Bios that will work out of the box with a Ryzen 5..5600x.
Thanks for taking the time...
new ones in stock should do really by now, lucky this board is really popular so stocks probably don't sit around on the shelves
@@mikesunboxing thanks for the prompt reply.....will take the plunge...Ivery much appreciate your time n vids....keep up the great work...
@@eddieconroy2837 Thanks, will do and feel free to join our Discord chat if you need any further help or just to chat tech! discord.gg/gaeeDPw
Great video!
Will I need to do a flashback for the 7600?
No need
My red light isn’t flashing, it just stays on the whole time. And my LEDs aren’t turning on when I do it either. Idk what’s wrong. Do I need to unplug my graphics card, hard drive and everything other than the 24 pin power connector and the 8 pin cpu connector?
Edit: I found the problem. I moved the whole file into the usb drive, I was only supposed to move the ROM file.
Glad you got it sorted out :-)
Thank you. :)
You're welcome!
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Thanks, this was really helpful. Bios flash went great when I followed all of the steps, reformatiing the thumb was key. It did not fix the issue of the the CPU not being recognized. second CPU, everything disconnected, running out of ideas. anyone have a magic bullet?
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Is this still needed in 2023? I just got this board brand new plus a 5900x. (still waiting on some other components to arrive). Feels like after all these years it would come from the factory with a recent enough bios but not sure. I don't have access to a FAT32 flash drive currently otherwise it would not be an issue
depends how long the board has been on the shelf
Thanks 👌
Welcome 😊
Hi Mike, having a problem with my PC, I only get a black screen on Monitor.
It says no Signal, but I can see all of the RGB/LED lights. can't get into BIOS can't do anything.
could it be that BIOS doesn't like HDMI ports?
thank in advanced
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i did everything as instructed the light was flashing then was stood 5 sec after holding the button. none of the rgb lights lit up either and the fan from the power supply didnt spin. but the red light on the bios continued to stay on. please help thanks
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I have followed the directions every step with 3 different USB sticks, even tried a USB 2 because another video mentioned this BIOS update conflicting with USB 3 sticks. All I get is a solid red light after it blinks 4-5 times. References another comment, I know this is believed to be an unreadable thumb drive. But I'm starting to think I got a bad mobo... ugh. Any advice?
double check the bios file is right, there are a few versions of the tomahawk board and also make sure the file is fully extracted and then renamed
I've tried to do this with two mobos with a Corsair rm750x without success. The red light by the io shield flashes for a few seconds and then stays lit red. I formatted the USB drive multiple times and even changed cables from the PSU. I'm stuck.
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I'm trying to flash my board. Connected to PSU just as it should be (I've left all components instead installed other than RAM) I am only getting a flashing red light towards the flash Bios button for a couple seconds and that's it. Help!
try another drive and make sure the bios file on the drive is 32MB in size
Hi Mike, thanks for the video. I followed these instructions but the LED light won’t turn off. Is that normal? I did it with just the psu and nothing else connected. I thought it was a faulty motherboard at first but the replacement has the same behavior
did the light flash slow then fast then just stop? if so it is likely done
muchas gracias, me sucedió lo mismo y estaba asustado
What does it mean if I follow all these steps and once I press the flash Bios button for 2 seconds I get 3 red flashes and nothing at all after that. No other lights appear on the motherboard and the power supply fan never starts etc.
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Followed all steps, but when turning on psu and held the bios flashback button, the psu fan doesn’t start spinning and the motherboard RGB won’t light up. All I have is an orange light by the bios flashback button? What should I do?
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did u solve it somehow ? I have the same problem...
Same here
That was helpful thanks, I am just wondering since my build is completed. Is it safe to do this process with the CPU plugged or should I remove it? Because I installed a water cooling system.
should be fine with it in place, just remove the RAM and any bootable drives
@@mikesunboxing thanks for confirming that, but I tried one more thing before I start this process which was connecting display port instead of hdmi cable and it worked! Didn't know why is that although I plugged the hdmi in the graphics card. Only display port worked and windows installed successfully.
Wanted to share this information to anyone before updating the bios.
@@qahtanrashid3280 hey Qahtan, so you wanna say that ur 5000 series processor booted up without a bios flash, trough the display port? I bought 5600g and a b550 tomahawk, so I guess I might try it also.
@@SirJohnsonP hello Jonny, if you have the exact same build it shoud run fine without updating anything. I also figured something. During booting up my pc the display wasn’t on and one of the reasons I figured out is the power adapter I was using is not designed to handle 750w for unknown reason. So the pc is on but with limited power and this was a reason as well. It drives me so crazy until I figured it out. Once power adapter is chaged pc worked immediately.
Troubleshooting pc is very difficult sometimes.
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msi mag b550 would jump to CPU Red light on the motherboard after pressing bios flash button . The flash has a light would blink for 5 seconds then motherboard jumps to CPU RED Light .
Motherboard is empty nothing installed but 24pin power and 8 pin CPU power.
USB 2.0 Flash MBR Fat32 .
MSI.ROM only file on flash drive.
is the file unzipped?
hey I ordered all new parts for my build and I didn't even know that I had to install a bios for the system to work properly. I cannot see display on my monitor and the cpu is lit up and I've tried everything to fix it. now I did the usb thing you showed us but I think I messed up bc I accidentally bumped it with my finger and the usb came undone! now every time I try to click the bios button it is not doing the red flash like it did the first time! could you help me ?
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Is this the same process if you have a cou in it? Basically doing a flash update whe the pc is all together? also how would i tell what bios version it has?
no the process is very different for flashing with a cpu and you haven't said if it is a compatible cpu or not
Yes a compatible one
hi mike, im using the same board. but my flashback port suddenly doesnt detect any usb devices on it today after i rebooted my computer. all this years on all my computer's i always insert my wired/wireless mouse on there but today it suddenly doesnt detect my wireless mouse or any usb devices that i connected to there. i thought my wireless mouse battery died but when i put my mouse usb dongle on other ports it worked. so im not sure why it suddenly doesnt detect my mouse on that exact and only port.
i thought the port died or malfunctioned but it did charged up my phone or my keyboard when i connect it using a usb cable so the port is still working because it gives power, but just doesnt detect any usb devices on it anymore. any suggestions or fix on this?
check the pins inside the port are all straight, other than that look for another port that looks damaged that might be on the same power circuit
@@mikesunboxing all ports are fine except that flashback port
Quick question, I already had a CPU inside it when I did this process, yet the CPU error light is still present? Should I be worried?
no that should be okay
Is there a way to do this on an msi mag b660 tomahawk that does not have a flash bios button. I am working on building a new pc and idk how to update the bios without being able to boot since the mobo supports 12th, not 13th gen intel cpus in their current bios version. Pls help
no sorry this is the only way sadly
Does the bios version you download in the video support the ryzen 5000 series
I would think there is a newer one now. Try using a non beta version
I am not sure what is going on wrong but I am trying to do with with my new Msi B550.I only have the power supply connected. THe bios LEd blinks and then does nothing after that when I hold it for 1-2 secs. What could it be? USB?
yes or wrong bios file
same thing happening with me
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so even for an older cpu like the ryzen 5 5600x we can update the motherboard to the latest bios? (7C91vAF released 2023-10-24).
Yes newer versions have stability and security patches
ok thanks !@@mikesunboxing
Why does MSI not suggest this method? I have already installed the CPU and Memory! Do I remove it all to do the flashing, or follow MSI's guide and do it after computer assembly? I am a noob at this, and now I'm totally confused.
it can be done assembled in some cases, but doing it before component installation makes sense as it rules out any other system issues and if the board refuses to flash, you can just stick in back in the box and not have to dismantle a complete pc
Hey Mike...my MB has a big sticker on the box saying the board is "Ryzen 5000 ready!" I'm installin a Ryzen 7 5800X. Would you trust it means the BIOS is fairly up to date? I don't really want to pull the CPU (and Cooler) off the board if I don't have to. I could check the BIOS and flash it later? ...but, if you say "tear it down" and flash it now, I'll do it.
Does the b550 tomahawk max wifi comes with flashback bios, i just read something and said it does not have one not like the mortar one
yes it does
Can I use the DVD that comes in the box? Because I'm trying but it won't work
no that won't do it
Hi Mike! i know this is an old video, but can you tell me if i can flash the latest version BIOS even if the board as the first version? Im gonna use it with a Ryzen 5 5600x so I need to update de BIOS before use it, thank you :)
Yes, you can
@@mikesunboxing Thanks for the answer! I´ll do it today then :)
Currently trying this now, followed all the steps but my LED just stays red and nothing happens. It's the LES roght by the Flash button. Any ideas??
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It's been flashing for a while but nothing's happening. Used different USB, same thing. I Double checked that I got the correct and current bios update. This is my second time building a PC, but first time using bios USB flash. What did I do wrong?
should flash for about 5-6 minutes
My LED is just solid now in the back where I put the USB drive in. It did a quick blinking session then reboot really fast. Now just sitting here doing nothing but having the solid LED in the back.
hmm that doesn't sound right
@@mikesunboxinghappened the same for me, any solution please?:(