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PSA: Do not update MSI B150M Bazooka BIOS to 7982vIG

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The 7982vIG BIOS was released maybe a day or two ago. Do not update to it, as it will probably brick your computer like it did to mine.

 

After downloading, I stuck it on a flash drive and booted into the BIOS to begin the update process. It made it to ~20% before the computer restarted itself inexplicably. My motherboard is now dead and it's out of warranty. :(

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Contact MSI. This is their BIOS update and their fuckup, and they should fix it regardless.

 

Especially considering this is a board where you cannot remove the SPI flash if a flash goes wrong.

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It isn't called a MSI BAZOOKA for nothing... ?

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Just now, Droidbot said:

Contact MSI. This is their BIOS update and their fuckup, and they should fix it regardless.

 

Especially considering this is a board where you cannot remove the SPI flash if a flash goes wrong.

I just submitted a detailed support ticket. Crossing my fingers that they'll do something :(

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On 7/10/2018 at 3:03 AM, Droidbot said:

Contact MSI. This is their BIOS update and their fuckup, and they should fix it regardless.

 

Especially considering this is a board where you cannot remove the SPI flash if a flash goes wrong.

So, I ended up fixing it by following this guide I found:

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=269702.0

My PC turned on, restarted itself twice, and gave me the "Your BIOS is corrupted" message. I chose to use the old file, since I knew that one actually worked, and it flashed successfully! My PC is back to normal.

Happy ending :)

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They do stop and start again a couple times in the process. Just don't freak out and pull the plug when it does.

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21 hours ago, asand1 said:

They do stop and start again a couple times in the process. Just don't freak out and pull the plug when it does.

When my PC restarted during the update, it hadn't finished flashing the BIOS yet. I waited approximately 5 minutes before manually turning it back off. There was no display signal at all.

 

 

But the important thing is that it works now :D

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On 7/11/2018 at 1:17 PM, Shadestones said:

So, I ended up fixing it by following this guide I found:

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=269702.0

My PC turned on, restarted itself twice, and gave me the "Your BIOS is corrupted" message. I chose to use the old file, since I knew that one actually worked, and it flashed successfully! My PC is back to normal.

Happy ending :)

The link is not working. Can you tell me how it's done?

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