I flashed the bios with just the power supply and nothing else first and it seemed to go fine - blinked for a while and then stopped. I then put the rest of my build together and after turning on the power supply the BIOS flashback led won't stop blinking. I plugged the USB back in and pressed the button again and it blinked quickly and cycles between blinking quickly and slowly. The system will not post.
Parts:
Mobo: ASUS b550 TUF gaming
CPU: Ryzen 9 5900x
GPU: 3080 Strix
PSU: Corsair RM 850x
Memory: crucial ballistix 3200 mhz 32 gb
CPU cooler: Be quiet dark rock 4
SSD: SK Hynix m.2
Last night I turned off my PC as usual, nothing strange happened, this morning I went to turn on the PC and it didn't start, not even the RGB, not anything. Then I noticed a green light blinking on the back, it was the bios flbk, I didn't know what it was until now that I researched it. Tried everything to fix it, removed de CMOS, used a screwdriver to turn it on, checked the button itself, I tried to update the bios with a flashdrive, unplugged all the cables from the back, move it to my table and I connected the USB on the bios port, and I let it run for several minutes, but after 30 minutes I thought my MB was dead, so I just let it there to do some other things, came back 2 hours later, pressed the power button, and it booted, I got excited, turn off the pc again, put it back at my desk, plugged everything back, and now it doesn't start again, I don't know whats wrong, its been another 30 minutes, and it's still blinking, am I doing something wrong? And how did this happen if I never have messed with the bios or this button?
Its an Asus prime x670-P WIFI
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Hi there, so I bought an msi b550i gaming edge wifi and was trying to flash the bios using the bios flashback feature. I followed the steps and the led successfully started blinking. But it's been 45 minutes and it won't stop blinking. I'm afraid of pulling the usb thumb drive out as Im concerned that I'll brick the motherboard. What should I do?
What should I do? USB is 2.0 and 4gb.
I just finished my first pc build and the bios flashback led won’t stop blinking. It only blinks when the computer is turned off. The motherboard I am using is the asus tuf gaming x570 pro wifi. Everything works on the computer as I would expect it to except for the flashing led. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I was tearing my damn hair out trying to make my motherboard flash the new BIOS (regardless of version as long as it supports 3000 series).
Like a lot of you guys I had issues where I knew I was doing everything right and following the instructions but it still wouldn't flash and some people had to switch usb drive, but if you are like me and only have one usb drive in your apartment and want to save yourself a trip to the store this is how I fixed it. If this turns out to be an actual fix for peoples flashing problems somebody should really make MSI post this along side their instructions!
Simply put it seems like you need to restore your USB drives to their original state (I won't pretend to know what that means but it seems like regular Windows formatting doesn't do that and so no matter how many times I formatted it would not work). I have a B450 GAMING PLUS but I think it should work with all your Tomahawks aswell.
To fix this follow these instructions to restore your USB; https://www.pendrivelinux.com/restoring-your-usb-key-partition/
(Just follow the instructions for Bootice and make sure its FAT32 as file system).
Use this tool to do it: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/bootice_64_bit.html
It worked instantly when I plugged it in. I really hope this helps guys I was so happy to finally get it working and wanted to share the solution for me and hopefully for you too! V18 worked for me only because that's the one I had downloaded.
EDIT: Unfortunately, as is with all things AMD and MSI, the story doesn't have a happy ending. I keep getting Windows crashes on a fresh install and it's just crazy, can't even download Ryzen master or anything. Really disappointed in all of this, especially MSI.
This is what is required for the BIOS flashback feature:
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Create an MSDOS (MBR) partition table - this is probably what you mean by returning to its original state. I believe Windows 10 defaults to a GPT partition table. I can confirm that this will not work with BIOS flashback.
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Create a single FAT32 partition
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Rename the BIOS file MSI.ROM and copy it to the USB flash drive.
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Plug ATX and CPU power cables into motherboard. Don't connect a CPU, GPU, or RAM.
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Plug flash drive into the designated USB port (see manual, back panel shows a white box around the correct port - it's next to the BIOS flashback button)
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Turn on the PSU and press the BIOS flashback button. If it works, it'll repeatedly flash red for a few minutes and you'll see activitiy on the USB drive. If it dosen't work, it'll flash red for a few seconds and then turn off (this is what happens with a GPT partition table).
This sadly did nothing for my issue. problem i have is that when i hit flashback button it would flash on and off the led for 2 mins then it would stick on red led next to the i/o i just cant seem to flash any bios at all with this feature i need help badly
I have a MSI B550 Gaming Edge WiFi and I’m trying to flash the bios for the 5600x. I plug in the usb with the latest bios from MSI’s website and the led starts flashing. The led doesn’t stop flashing though even after 20 minutes.
The USB is formatted to be fat32.