Blank screen on MSI PE60 after bios update

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kameleon1983

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So I bought this laptop brand new on eBay. It was working fine until I decided to update the bios from MSI website. I downloaded the latest bios and put it on a flash drive and proceeded to flash the bios. All went well and the laptop restarted...to a blank screen. The keyboard lights up. I can hear the fan etc. I've tried disconnecting the battery and holding down the power button. Also I tried moving around the ram stick to the secondary slot, I also removed the cmos battery and also pressed the little jumper button for the cmos battery. I also tried disconnecting the hard drive and DVD burner and connecting the flash drive in attempt to reflash the older bios. I also tried connecting a HDMI cable to the laptop to a secondary display. The problem is none of this works. Nothing shows up on the screen or a secondary display no matter what I do. I see lots of other individuals with this issue relating to flashing bios on MSI laptops and desktops. Please help because I paid nearly $1000 for this laptop and I really like it and just want it up and running again.
 
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If you get so lucky, try installing the .107 version and then the current version.

You have already reset the BIOS, so you options are fairly limited at this point.
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Do you recall the version before attempting the update?

This is why I am asking (from the site above):

If your system BIOS version is E16J5IMS.106 or older version, please must update BIOS to E16J5IMS.107 before you update to the latest version (E16J5IMS.118 or newer version).
 
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kameleon1983

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I'm pretty sure it's this one
E16J5IMS.106 because I did not update to the E16J5IMS.107

 
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kameleon1983

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No it's not under warranty sadly. I just wonder why measures weren't put into place to prevent this. Thing is I'm not the only one with this issue on this website I see a lot of individuals with the same issue. All because I decided to update the bios. Something I've been doing for years without any issue until now.
 
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Usually, as you know, it isn't an issue. Sometimes, however, the fine print matters. Seems this is one of those cases.

You likely have a bricked motherboard at this point, due to the BIOS compatibility requirements. I really do suggest contacting MSI for help.
 
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kameleon1983

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I'll contact them. Wierldy enough one guy managed to resolve the issue he had the exact same issue I have. But he doesn't know exactly what he did but he said he tried a bunch of stuff and then came back several hours later and it just started working for him. Wierd
 
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kameleon1983

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Yeah gonna retry everything tomorrow morning and hopefully I get somewhere but yeah gonna contact MSI also.

 
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