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surinder.mana157502dd said:

Thanks Mate for your reply.
am I doing thing wrong here?
Also, can send setup on how you use RUFUS to format your usbs?

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Some directions for you

I only use USB 3.0 drives of a known brand not mystery drives.

It appears that cheap mystery drives may be problematic.

FOR BIOS FLASHBACK

Following Directions are for windows based OS

Right Click on the Downloaded Bios Zip File, select properties if you see the message this file is blocked by windows tick the box to unblock and click OK.

When in windows File Explorer make sure that you select the View tab and Tick the box Show Hidden Files and File Name Extensions.

Extract the BIOS file from the Downloaded ZIP file Open the folder it was extracted to.

Right click on the BIOS file, select copy and then paste it into a USB drive Formatted to FAT32,

When in Windows File Explorer make sure that you select the View Tab and Tick the box Show Hidden Files and File Name Extension.

Now rename the BIOS file to MSI.ROM

There should be no other files or folders on the USB drive, just the BIOS file you have renamed to MSI.ROM

For more details see this post By Mattech

I always strip any partitions out of USB drives when I buy them, Delete the partition or Volume and then make a new simple volume and Format to FAT32 I do this with every USB drive I get as I detest the formatting and software on them done by the Manufacturers is more trouble than they are worth.

I Normally do this with Windows Disk Manager

However if you are having trouble Deleting the Partitions on you USB drive or you have a failed attempt pleas download and use Partition Magic to remove all partitions on the USB and then create a new a single partition formatted to FAT32

Or try as suggested by jaytripathi if that also fails.

QUOTE jaytripathi10156c02dd

This happened to me, so I used diskpart to clean the drive completely and format it to MBR and then I was able to flash it successfully.

Use these steps:

Open cmd as admin and type these commands one after another

Diskpart

list disk

select disk (id)

clean

convert mbr

create partition primary

select part 1

active

format fs=fat32 label=(name) quick

assign letter (letter)Just be careful not to erase the wrong drive.

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FlashBack can be used on a fully assembled PC even if CPU is one of the new 5xxx series.

PC must be turned off for BIOS Flashback to be started do not turn on your PC the Bios Flashback will do it for you

If that Fails see directions below.

And watch this Video

OK turn off and PSU and remove the power cord. Carefully take the PC apart remove all the components from the case as well as the Motherboard Place on a cardboard box or insulated surface, and plug in the 24 pin and the CPU power plugs for the Motherboard. Do not plug in any other leads to the board.

Plug in and turn on the PSU

Wait about 2 minutes before next step just in case there is a power on and off cycle when you turn on the PSU

Plug the USB Drive in to the USB port just below the Bios Button,

Do not touch any Jumpers on the Motherboard

Push the FlashBack button and then release it,

About 5 seconds later a led just above the USB port will start to flash, after 15 seconds of so the speed of the flashing light will double this is the writing to the BIOS period.

Once done writing to the it will stop flashing and PSU will turn off

For 16MB BIOS it will take about 4 to 5 minutes, and flashing stops.

For 32MB BIOS it will take 6 to 7 minutes, and flashing stops.

People have said that it may turn back on if so just turn off and unplug the PSU.

And Bios should be flashed if just one of these steps does not happen it is a failed flash.

jukka.savilaaks154e02d4 said:

Just to check out if the MB even understands the drive itself I have also made some testing:

Wrong file format: (Ie. ExFAT, NTFS etc) the drive flashes, but no power to the motherboard.

Wrong file name: The USB drive led flashes few times, the flash LED flashes few times, but no power to the motherboard

Correct file format and name but other error: the USB LED flashes few times, The flash LED flashes few times, power turns on, USB flashes again few times, flash LED flashes two times and then turns on and stays on.

Successfull flash: same as above except flashing keeps on for several minutes, until the flash LED stays off

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