Question MSI board, no wifi, can't update or get into BIOS.

[kingeryck]

Half rebuilt my system.

Went from Intel to AMD 9800X3D with a MSI MPG X870E CARBON WIFI and 2x32 GSKILL RAM, Lian Li AIO. Swapped the 4090 and SSDs between systems. It boots into Windows fine, but I can't get into the BIOS.

Pressing DEL does nothing.
Shift + restart does nothing when I choose to go into the UEFI.
Turned off fast boot.
Ran CMD and did a shutdown command. Nothing.

Just boots into Windows. F11 to change the boot order does nothing.

I tried flashing the BIOS through the USB slot on the back and according to System Information, it didn't update. It still shows a BIOS from August when the new one is from March. Oh, the wifi doesn't work as well. There's no option for it in Windows. I reset the CMOS and when I booted up, I had wifi. Then I tried flashing the BIOS again and lost it.

Swapped Display Port for HDMI as that caused issues for some people, didn't work. Made sure the 4090 firmware was updated.

Called MSI and they'll do a RMA but that will take a while and I'll have to take the system apart, send it away, wait, and rebuild it and that's a lot of work and time. Is there anything else i can try before doing that?

 

[Lutfij]

Did you try the steps outlined in this video;

View: https://youtu.be/DJbxoPBAGho

? The board and chipset are different but the principle remains the same.

Are you able to get into BIOS while breadboarded? If the board itself is broken/faulty, there's nothing you can do to remedy it.

 

[dwd999]

You could try disconnecting all of your drives so that the motherboard has nowhere else to go other than the bios. Or you could try updating the bios using their MSI Center app. Refer to page 68 of their bios manual:

https://download-2.msi.com/archive/...erGuide&utm_term=BIOS&utm_content=Manual Link

https://download.msi.com/uti_exe/desktop/MSI-Center.zip

 

[kingeryck]

Did you try the steps outlined in this video;

View: https://youtu.be/DJbxoPBAGho

? The board and chipset are different but the principle remains the same.

Are you able to get into BIOS while breadboarded? If the board itself is broken/faulty, there's nothing you can do to remedy it.

I flashed it that way multiple times while everything was installed. I think removing the drives might be my next step.

 

[kingeryck]

You could try disconnecting all of your drives so that the motherboard has nowhere else to go other than the bios. Or you could try updating the bios using their MSI Center app. Refer to page 68 of their bios manual:

https://download-2.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/AMDAM5800BIOS_English.pdf?utm_source=msi&utm_medium=qr-code&utm_campaign=MB_UserGuide&utm_term=BIOS&utm_content=Manual Link

https://download.msi.com/uti_exe/desktop/MSI-Center.zip

That was going to be my next step.

I used the MSI Center that came on the dongle. Updated what it could. Tried downloading the updated version but it kept freezing when I tried to do the updates, but it only showed me a graphics driver and some third party utility like CPUID or something I forget but it wasn't a BIOS update.

 

[Hellfire13]

I tried flashing the BIOS through the USB slot on the back and according to System Information, it didn't update.

Did you flash with or without the cpu?
This feature is provided so that it can be flashed without the cpu.

 

[kingeryck]

Did you flash with or without the cpu?
This feature is provided so that it can be flashed without the cpu.

With the CPU, entirely assembled.

 

[stuff and nonesense]

(Stupid question but covering the basics)

What is the name of the BIOS file on your USB?

 

[kingeryck]

MSI.ROM

 

[stuff and nonesense]

MSI.ROM

I only asked because I made the mistake of not renaming the bios file….