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BIOS flashback

Forum discussion tagged with BIOS flashback.
  1. tmb112358

    Question AMI motherboard does not recognize M.2 drive, cannot install OS from usb ?

    Hi, I have an AMI bios motherboard - h310 micro atx - from amazon (not even sure what manufacturer... amazon link here). i5-9600k with 32 gb ddr4 ram. m.2 drive and no other hdd or sdd. I want to install windows via usb boot drive, but I cannot get into bios settings to select boot...
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    Question Flash BIOS before or after the pc is built?

    Hi, I am building my first PC. I have 13600K and B660-A strix wifi D4 motherboard. I don’t know when to use BIOS flashback. I have seen tutorials doing it without cpu installed, before the pc is built. But I am stressing out because its hard to unplug the ATX cable and I am worried about...
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    Question msi b650 tomahawk wifi board - cant get bios to flash?

    so i recently got an msi b650 tomahawk wifi board for my 7950x3D. 1. ive formatted the usb in fat32 and made sure it was mbr 2. loaded the latest bios version onto the drive and renamed it to MSI.ROM accordingly 3. connected my 4-pin cpu power and 24-pin mobo power to the psu and powered the...
  4. WalkingSH

    Question Trying to do a bios flashback on the MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk

    Just got the parts for my new PC this evening and started building. The build includes the MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk and the 13900K. I tried doing the bios flashback after every component was installed. There was a 16 GB USB stick (seems like USB 2.0 from its black color) included in the...
  5. Lucas G

    Question Can you run windows setup through BIOS flashback?

    So here's my situation, I just upgraded my CPU to Ryzen 5 5600x and was going to flash my bios. Well i did but I first put in a USB that had the windows setup on it and pressed the flash button, of course nothing happened but now that I'm trying to boot my PC it goes straight to the BIOS and...
  6. da real kermit

    Question Pulled my PSU cable when I was doing a flash bios

    Hey all, Today I was going to build a new PC. However I needed to update the BIOS so I can use my 5800x. However, while it was updating my dog jumped on the power cord and it detached the cable from the PSU. I immediately put back the USB drive and pressed the flash bios button. Did I brick my...
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    [SOLVED] ASUS ROG x299 E GAMING - problem with BIOs Flashback {SOLVED}

    Hello everyone. I have problem with BIOS Flashback. It blinks 6 times and there stands solid so that means it didnt started. I downloaded proper bios from asus site. I used renamer. USB pendrive is 16gb, fat32 i ve tried to part normally and with diskpart. And I use proper - according to manual...
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    Question BIOS flash stuck eternally on fast blinking, help needed, system won't boot

    Howdy, I've been trying to get a new system (B550M ProVDH Wifi + Ryzen 5 5600x + 2x16 gig Corsair Vengeance DDR4 + GTX 1660 + CX 600 Watt) to boot to no avail. I think its a bios issue since the cpu debug light is on whenever the system tries to boot and the package said I'd need to update the...
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    [SOLVED] Is my MB okay?

    I am going to build a new PC. I bought all the parts, just waiting for the cooler to arrive. In the meantime, I wanted to flashback the bios because I will use R7 5800x (MB is Aorus b550 Elite v2). I did the whole process with a USB flash drive, I watched this guy ( View...
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    [SOLVED] Does specific USB port matter for BIOS flashback

    I bought a ryzen 7 5800x, Aorus b550 elite v2 for my new PC build. I watched this guy ( View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esNvUVYTmHM&ab_channel=PCBuilder ) to teach me how to bios flashback. He says the motherboards have their special bios flashback USB ports and I need to check the...
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    [SOLVED] ROG Strix B550-F Gaming not posting...tried everything

    Ryzen 5900x Rog Strix B550-F Gaming TForce Dark Force Za CL18 3600 32G Ram NVME (new) + SSD (old boot drive) + HDD (old file drive) 1080 ROG Strix GPU 650 Watt PSU CPU, Mobo, Ram all new and QVL compatible. Of note: I both shut down and unplugged/turned off PSU between each attempt. Repeated...
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    [SOLVED] MSI MAG B550M MORTAR USB BIOS Flash not working

    I purchased a MSI b550m MAG mortar, and tried to use a USB to flash the bios, since it would not post with my ryzen 5600x. I followed the instructions from MSI on creating the flash media, (naming it MSI.ROM...) etc. The problem arises when I plug it in, it flashes a bit, the CPU debug turns...
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    Question Asus Tuf Gaming B550 Plus No POST - BIOS Flashback Issue

    I am just 'finishing' up a PC build and am running into a problem at the POST stage. Here are the parts: Asus Tuf Gaming B550 Plus, AMD Ryzen 5600x, T Force 3200 MHz 32 gb RAM kit, Samsung evo 970 1Tb SSD, Seagate Barracuda 2Tb HDD, Radeon RX 5700xt, evga 650 watt psu, Corsair 220T. So...
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    Question PC doesn't boot without doing BIOS flashback, B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC

    So after a lot of toil and trouble, I got my new PC to boot by putting the newest BIOS update on a flash drive and using the flashback feature on my B450. After installing Windows 10 everything ran smoothly. I played around with everything for about an hour and a half and tried the final test. A...
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    [SOLVED] Will a 3600 work with b450 tomahawk without using a 2nd gen ryzen to update the bios?

    Hello guys. I plan on buying a 2600x but I was thinking if I buy a 3600 with a cheaper motherboard (b450 tomahawk) it will be better. I read somewhere that the tomahawk has a function called bios flashback and you are able to download the latest bios without a 2nd gen ryzen. Is that true? If yes...
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    PSU Enough for Liquid Cooling Kit

    I was in a bind when my main PC died after many years. I did not have the time or cash on hand to build another one. But I was able to get a line of credit from Dell (you can see where this is going). Anyway I picked up an Alienware Aurora R7 (Specs Below). During checkout the wording lead me to...
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    My bootloader Changed suddenly.

    Hello , Today I downloaded an Activation for Windows 7. It requires a reboot. When I rebooted suddenly I was in a "Grub Command prompt" apparently. Just like this : http://members.iinet.net.au/~herman546/p15/fig2grub.gif Important : I downloaded Ubuntu couple days ago but I removed it...