Any way to revive my H81M-P33 board due to a failed bios flash?

[Maxime506]

Hi folks,

I recently put up a cheap gaming base (and awaiting the new graphic card), the specs are as follow:

Pentium G3258,
MSI H81M-P33 MOBO
2*4GB Patriot 1600
Seagate ST2000DM001
Antec VP-450 PSU
ANtec 3000E Case

So here's the nightmare: I have a windows 8.1 copy and try to upgrade to windows 10, however the 10 always fail to initiate after the first part of installation on 8.1 (I do it so I can keep the license). Therefore, I try upgrade BIOS to 1.9 since the one shipped is quite a bit behind (1.7) .

I know under windows is risky so I do it using m-flash under bios interface, using a flash drive with bios files. The m-flash found the rom file and start upgrading. However at 47% the system resets and had no signal at all. Then I push reset button on the case and the flash continues till 100% and appears to be successful. Then, the PC never boots up. NO beeps even the RAM is taken out. It won't search the rom file under this method: https://service.msicomputer.com/msi_user/support/techfaqdetail.aspx?formid=3046

One thing here: the keyboard won't work, the flash drive won't read, and the system fans just keep spinning. I unplugged the HDD to protect my drive. So literally the board is "dead". B4 I have to do RMA I know it's a long and tiring process.

Plz, anyone know is there a magical way to make the recovery happens? BTW the AMIBOOT.ROM method won't work either since the MB doesn't even attempt to read the thumb drive.

 

[Mr5oh]

So it sounds like you can't get into the BIOS at all? I always fight with !y MSI board as well during BIOS updates. Mine fail or partially flash if I have a USB keyboard plugged in. So each time I've done it I have to dig out a PS2 keyboard. I always boot into FreeDOS and then rum the update from there. However if you can't get into anything I don't see anything else you can do other than RMA it. Have you tried resetting the CMOS?

 

[smorizio]

take power off the mb..with one ram stick in....clear the cmos make sure the pc unplugged from the wall so the voltage drain from the mb. after 5 min or so plug the pc back in and see if the mb will look for the usb stick. make sure it in the black usb 2.0 ports and also put the newest bios file on the root of the usb stick. if the backup bios is still good it may still post. it take 20 min or more sometime for the pc to beep...leave it alone for a bit see if the mb will try and recover.

 

[Maxime506]

Thank you for fast reply guys!

I cleared the CMOS by jumper. Yup I may want to try waiting method though. Sounds like a gud idea.

I had the USB keyboards so probably mr5oh is right as that wreck the update. I indeed has pull out the mb already and wait for RMA but still if I can get this out I would appreciate everything...

I also noticed that the chassis power LED won't light up either

But I only have USB keyboard so do I have to have ps2 keyboard for emergency recovery in case it wreck again?

Update: That thing shut itself off after 30 minutes and it's still no post after I turn it on....