Question Can I use USB 3.2 (exFAT) for BIOS update ?

[Popikaify]

The motherboard is an MSI B650 Tomahawk WiFi.

On the back of my Kingston 128GB USB stick it says it supports USB 2.0, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2
but if I try to format it I can only choose exFAT (default) or NTFS, and as far as I know it needs to be FAT32.
Am i good like this or do I need new USB stick?

 

[dwd999]

If you update using the MSI Center app you don't need to worry about a usb.

 

[Popikaify]

If you update using the MSI Center app you don't need to worry about a usb.

But everyone says it's not recommended to use MSI Center for BIOS update ?

 

[SkyNetRising]

On the back of my Kingston 128GB USB stick it says it supports USB 2.0, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2
but if I try to format it I can only choose exFAT (default) or NTFS, and as far as I know it needs to be FAT32.
Am i good like this or do I need new USB stick?

Delete existing partition and create 32GB (or smaller) partition.
Then you'll be able to format it to FAT32.

 

[Popikaify]

Delete existing partition and create 32GB (or smaller) partition.
Then you'll be able to format it to FAT32.

Just did it,made 30gb,its fat32.Downloaded and extracted the file and renamed it to msi.rom,plugged it into flash bios usb location on MB,pressed down the flash bios button for 3 seconds and its not working.

 

[Misgar]

renamed it to msi.rom

There's no mention of renaming the BIOS file in the associated text file or the YouTube video.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKMub20CUNI

 

[Richj444]

The motherboard is an MSI B650 Tomahawk WiFi.

On the back of my Kingston 128GB USB stick it says it supports USB 2.0, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2
but if I try to format it I can only choose exFAT (default) or NTFS, and as far as I know it needs to be FAT32.
Am i good like this or do I need new USB stick?

The MSI flash bios procedure is notoriously picky about the usb stick used. People seem to have better luck with smaller USBs under 32Gb. I've seen instances where people went through 4 or 5 different ones before getting it to work.

 

[Misgar]

People seem to have better luck with smaller USBs under 32Gb.

Agreed. I use old 8GB USB memory sticks for updating the BIOS. There's no nonsense about having to use a special FAT32 formatter for 64GB+ memory, which tend to use ExFAT by default. Keep it simple.