Question Flashing Bios - Continuously blinking (MSI B550 Gaming Plus)

[JamesAtari]

I've tried to flash the bios with a correctly formatted USB.

All seemed okay until the bios LED stayed blinking far past the usual 5-7 minutes, I know I likely need to try a different USB but I'm wondering how I go about cancelling the current attempt?

The LED is still flashing, am I okay to just switch off the PSU and try again with a different USB or could switching off the PSU cause any damage to the board?

 

[Lutfij]

I would leave it alone, be patient with the BIOS flashing process, let it go on for a few more minutes. There are threads here where user thought it was getting too long in the jaw only to end up with a bricked board(and subsequently an RMA process).

MSI B550 Gaming Plus
Did you follow through with steps akin to this guide;

View: https://youtu.be/adrBU9dqcyo

?

 

[JamesAtari]

I would leave it alone, be patient with the BIOS flashing process, let it go on for a few more minutes. There are threads here where user thought it was getting too long in the jaw only to end up with a bricked board(and subsequently an RMA process).

MSI B550 Gaming Plus
Did you follow through with steps akin to this guide;

View: https://youtu.be/adrBU9dqcyo

?

Yeah I followed the steps in that video.

Everything was going smoothly until I realised its been 30 minutes and the bios LED was still flashing.

It's been closed to an hour at this point. I'm not sure how to "cancel" this attempt as I cant see it stopping naturally.

 

[stuff and nonesense]

Did you rename the bios file? It’s in the manual, MSI.rom


I was confused when I got my x670e board and it wouldn’t flash.. then I saw the file name info.

https://www.msi.com/support/technical_details/MB_Flash_BIOS_Button#txt01

The instructions from MSI website

 

[JamesAtari]

Did you rename the bios file? It’s in the manual, MSI.rom


I was confused when I got my x670e board and it wouldn’t flash.. then I saw the file name info.

https://www.msi.com/support/technical_details/MB_Flash_BIOS_Button#txt01

The instructions from MSI website

Yeah I renamed the bios file, formatted the USB correctly.

I ended up powering off the PSU and trying a few different USBs but I have the same problem- flash bios LED just flashes red continuously.