msi g45 z87 gaming

AndyCroft1982

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Hi guys, got a problem and need advice. Just tried updating to the latest bios using m flash in bios and a usb pen. It got to 100% and restarted then nothing but black screen. Fans were still spinning but the monitor then went to sleep. I have tried resetting the cmos with power cord in and out. Ive taken the cmos battery out for 10 mins and again the same thing. I cant understand whats happend as i triple checked it was the correct bios. I didnt use the windows live bios update i used the one in bios.

Now im guessing its now bricked and il have to take it back to the retailer i bought it from. It is only a couple of months old if that. Do i tell the retailer that it bricked whilst updating bios or do i just say it stopped working?

Gutted isnt the word as ive always been uber careful when updating bios
 
It should not brick flashing that way so not sure how you can be to blame, down to bad luck.

Does it not have Dual Bios or a recovery option?
 
thanks for the reply, i dont think it does, ive frantically been looking on google but cant find anything that says it does. I updated when i first got it no problem so cant understand why its done it this time
 
Well its something you need to do esp. to support new CPU/GPU's etc.

Not as if you did it in Windows.

If the Bios chip soldered or removable?
 
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soldered, im going to take the board back to the shop i bought it from. Im just worried they wont give me a replacement if i tell them it stopped working after i updated the bios, or whether i should just say it stopped working. Seems so silly that a £100+ bored can fail so easy from updating the bios using the mobos own updater?
 
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Note the Multi-BIOS 2 (third from top on the right column). See if you can spot it on your mobo and if there's a switch or something. That might be the equivalent of "Dual" BIOS on some other mobos.
 
I think you'll find most if not all new boards come with a dual bios now. With overclocking and benching being an integral part if testing and manipulating hardware, its something manufactures cannot ignore.
 
G45 has only one BIOS

1x 64 Mb flash
UEFI AMI BIOS
ACPI 5.0, PnP 1.0a, SM BIOS 2.7, DMI 2.0
Multi-language



You need to do what this says to recover the BIOS.

http://uk.msi.com/service/bios-note/

I'm guessing you can do this with a USB stick too instead of a floppy disk. (format it in FAT the USB stick and copy the BIOS file to it (renamed as stated below), if that fails try FAT32 and if that fails try NTFS and follow the instructions below)

BIOS FILES for you motherboard are here :- http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/Z87G45_GAMING.html#download


BIOS Recovery Feature

For AMI BIOS

1. Rename the desired AMI BIOS file to AMIBOOT.ROM and save it on a floppy disk. e.g. Rename A569MS23.ROM to AMIBOOT.ROM

2. Insert this floppy disk in the floppy drive. Turn On the system and press and hold Ctrl-Home to force update. It will read the AMIBOOT.ROM file and recover the BIOS from the A drive.

3. When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk and restart the computer.





M-Flash function allows you to update BIOS from USB flash disk (FAT32/ NTFS format
only), or allows the system to boot from the BIOS file inside USB flash disk (FAT/
FAT32 format only).
 
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Thanks for the help guys. In the end I took it to the shop. When we got it out if the box we realised whilst taking it out of my pc I must have bent some pins on the mobo socket grrr so the original issue was void. I'm so angry with myself for being careless. Now they will send it to get fixed but will cost me 25 + vat. At least they will fix the original fault I guess. Still means no gaming for a few weeks. Didn't realise how flimsy those pins are ! Makes me want to go back to amd now lol
 
For future reference, MSI has a support forum which you should sign up to. The suggested way to flash is to use their forum flashing tool. It says a lot when MSI have no faith in their built in flashing software.
 
Yeah I stumbled across that this time. The first time I updated it I used m flash because I read people saying not to use windows based flash lol. I've been happy with the board so far until this. You would think a "military class gaming board" would have some fail safe to stop this happening ie dual bios
 
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