How To USB Flash BIOS MSI B550 Tomahawk Without CPU Guide

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How to USB Flash BIOS MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk without a CPU guide!
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The USB flash or BIOS Flashback option on the MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk and others is a really simple way to flash you motherboards BIOS to get it ready for new processors or just to have the latest BIOS version on your new build.

You will need the following:
The MSI Motherboard
A PSU or power supply with a 4 or 8 pin EPS connection and a 24 pin main power connection.
A suitable USB flash drive - formatted to FAT32
A PC or laptop to download the BIOS file
A working Internet connection.

BIOS files available here

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[Driftnasty]

Just picked this board up a couple weeks ago for a build I'm starting this weekend. Thanks for the great video, concise and well thought out, like always.

[Chris-zmxl]

Thanks Mike, I was worried when I saw the power cycle, I thought it would brick the motherboard. Good to know that's normal. Nice details that you included in the video that others did not. 👍

[oh.]

Thanks for all the great info you provide! You have helped me thru so many different builds.

[skystalker]

Thanks for the great tutorial, Mike! You are developing quite the library!

[souljuh]

your videos are the ones that actually help me, i spent so much time trying to troubleshoot my pc and when i figured out the issue finding good videos was even harder xD. such a simple solution great video

[Rch]

UK Devon here bud. Just bought a B550 gaming plus with a x5800 and 3080ti going in. You've helped. A lot buddy thank you! Gonna have a beer and put it together lol. :)

[TheMaginator]

Thanks fir the video, I was really struggling with this!

[JBDGaming]

Brilliant video. I was planning to buy this mobo and was confused about whether I needed an old cpu just to update the bios but this solved all my questions. Appreciate the the video!

[PRYVTgomerPYLE]

This video is super helpful! Good on you for putting it out there! 😁👍

[TheOlaf]

Thanks Mike i literally just bought this mb same day as you released the video and i'm installing it now :)

[evanwei]

Much appreciated - took me a while to figure out why the build isn't booting

[unkrass]

This is the best video on this topic. Thanks for explaining how I will know the reboot has appeared and that it's safe to just turn off the power. Appreciate it. Hopefully it will work as smoothly on my board

[spcdut]

This was by far the most helpful video ive found by far thank you

[auriceli]

Thank you! I didn't see any other tutorials mentioning the other lights would turn on after the USB was done flashing. I let it sit for 20 minutes before I started panicking.

[MrMunkyMeat]

You sir have just saved my life. Had a bad bios install and could not get the flash to work. Sadly it was because I was naming the whole folder instead of just the bios. Thank you so much. I legit thought I was going to have to order a new MB.

[joo]

Excelent guide, realy easy flash, thank you!

[danesz]

THANK YOU!! I tried to update the BIOS through MSI Center and it bricked. I followed your instructions and I managed to update it and IT WORKS NOW!! You saved me.

[Cabose]

Was looking into the MSI boards to figure out what needs to exactly be done to flash these boards to be able to use the 5800X CPU. This totally just cleared up the steps I was wondering about before when I went somewhere to look at CPUs. I was told I shouldn't bother trying to do the flash myself on these boards because it can get "complicated" and I should just give them $40 to flash the board for me. Obviously it's so simple like it has always been in the past with all other boards! Crazy how people try to make you panic purchase their overpriced services...

[mettigel]

Super gut erklärt, habe noch kein besseres Video gefunden.

Super well explained, haven’t found a better video yet.
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