BIOS Update Issue

[Viscount Oli]

Hey All

 

Long story short: Downloaded new BIOS onto USB stick for update - When I plugged it into my running pc it crashed and rebooted with green pixels everywhere and then wouldn't boot to windows - A few reboots later it worked fine and I updated the BIOS and all was well - Later I turned my pc off and then pulled out the USB stick and upon next boot the green pixels were back and it refuses to boot to windows like before (the bios is accessible however, just with the green pixels), even after multiple reboots, reinstalling the previous bios and using the windows repair tool (which just says it cant fix it) as well as trying different BIOS boot settings that have previously worked. Although I now assume it is a Windows issue?

 

I managed to get it to boot into Windows in safe mode but the green pixels were still there and my password kept being incorrect even though I double checked that is was indeed correct. Somehow I managed to get a boot error: 0Xc0000359 but that has only occurred once. 50% of the time it boots and just says windows cannot start. The other times it starts and just leaves a blank screen after the mobo logo. I have attached photos to show what is going on. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

 

Kind Regards

[3 Lions]

It looks like you've bricked the motherboard. 

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

It looks like you've bricked the motherboard. 

no.

if it POSTs, then the mobo isn't totally dead.

you can clearly see that, at some level, the motherboard is functioning

 

[Viscount Oli]

2 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

no.

if it POSTs, then the mobo isn't totally dead.

you can clearly see that, at some level, the motherboard is functioning

 

Was it a stupid move to plug in the USB with BIOS update on it whilst the PC was running then? and what upon taking it out, when the PC was off, would cause it to brick?

 

If it is bricked I assume a new motherboard is required?

[Jurrunio]

graphics card playing up? I think it's more like 2 problems going on at once: mobo does not boot and graphics card not working as intended

[RadiatingLight]

1 minute ago, Viscount Oli said:

Was it a stupid move to plug in the USB with BIOS update on it whilst the PC was running then? and what upon taking it out, when the PC was off, would cause it to brick?

 

If it is bricked I assume a new motherboard is required?

no, I have no idea why it freaked out when you plugged the BIOS USB stick in when the PC was running.

I create my BIOS USB sticks on the same PC that I will be updating, and I plug it in/out all the time -- nothing goes wrong.

 

if it is bricked, then you need a new mobo, but that motherboard still might have some life it in.

 

I'd suggest trying to reinstall windows (you can do this on a separate drive, so you don't lose all your files/programs), clearing CMOS, and running your system barebones (one stick of RAM, iGPU, no unneccecary PCI-e devices, only KB+M connected)

[Viscount Oli]

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

no, I have no idea why it freaked out when you plugged the BIOS USB stick in when the PC was running.

I create my BIOS USB sticks on the same PC that I will be updating, and I plug it in/out all the time -- nothing goes wrong.

 

if it is bricked, then you need a new mobo, but that motherboard still might have some life it in.

 

I'd suggest trying to reinstall windows (you can do this on a separate drive, so you don't lose all your files/programs), clearing CMOS, and running your system barebones (one stick of RAM, iGPU, no unneccecary PCI-e devices, only KB+M connected)

Well that's a relative relief. I'll give those recommendations a go and come back with a report (away until Sunday unfortunately so will have to wait). Thanks very much for your input!