Bad flash killed my PC

[TheResidentEvil]

I updated my BIOS because I wanted to get better memory capability. I have DDR1600 and can only run it at 1066 so I updated. I used the windows update program provided by MSI. My motherboard is a p43-c51. It mustve been a bad flash because now I cant get into the cmos at all.

The closest I have got by taking the battery out is the press f1 to run setup and f2 to load defaults. F1 tries to load setup but it locks up. F2 locks up also. After the reboot it wont have display or will lock up around the time it loads the CMOS im guessing.

Do I have to RMA? My mobo has M flash which supposedly lets you load BIOS from usb drive but I a site i read yesterday said I have to get to the BIOS to do that (dumb).

 

[criccio]

I used the windows update program provided by MSI.

This is where you went wrong.

ALWAYS flash from within the BIOS.

 

[TheResidentEvil]

if i press ctrl+home, i get bios recovery requested. then...checking usb flash drive, file not found. please load latest BIOS onto USB flash. cant figure out the file it needs.I downloaded the .570 and exe but no go.

 

[defaultluser]

Are you sure the BIOS file is named correctly? Sometimes it needs a specific name, regardless of what the file is named on their website.

Check your motherboard manual. There should be some mention of a SPECIFIC BIOS file name in there.

Also, make sure your USB device is formatted in FAT/FAT32. I don't know any BIOS recovery program that will read NTFS.

 

[morningreis]

I can't speak for your mobo, but mine stores two BIOS ROMs. One is the main and the other a backup. I can switch between them if I need to by swapping a jumper pin on the mobo itself. Maybe yours has a feature like this also?