Ruined BIOS

[KarolR]

In the middle of the update process of the BIOS on my MSI motherboard-problem. it restarted and black screen.
The file was an exe file, ran it from windows 7. the USB was plugged in the front panel of the computer, it can't see it at boot up, maybe that's the problem.
I had that problem of black screen, sometimes, before the BIOS update, but now it doesn't beep to signal successive POST.
I took out and put back the battery, nothing.
Can i flash the bios somehow?
MSI H61M-E23 is the motherboard

 

[file3456]

You shouldn't have ran the BIOS update .EXE from a USB stick. Is that what you did?

Your motherboard has something called M-Flash. Do you have a copy of your current BIOS?

 

[KarolR]

yes i have a copy
I tryied to run the .exe from the HD, as i remember and a message said i have to run it from USB

 

[file3456]

Yeah, reading the motherboard manual you have to flash the BIOS via USB from withen the BIOS screen. What I thought you were doing is flashing from withen Windows via the USB drive.

What I don't understand is that you're able to save the BIOS to a USB drive and use that as a form of BIOS CMOS (Contemporary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) boot in lieu of having real dual BIOS CMOS chips on the motherboard to pick from. This doesn't seem like a good idea because if you can't boot from BIOS in the first place to use the USB device with BIOS you can't boot. It's a stupid idea that doesn't make any sense. Also, their website and manual were written by someone that doesn't use English as their first language. For example, it says after you update the BIOS, "update driver" Update driver? What driver? What are you referring to?! The whole website and manual was probably written by someone in China.

If you can't even get to BIOS and you have no dual BIOS chips on the motherboard, then it's toast.

Try the following:

Turn off the PSU if it has a power on/off switch.

Pull the power cord.

Remove all hard drives and USB devices and PCI cards, etc.

Pull the CMOS battery.

Press and hold the power on button for 30 seconds.

Now replace the CMOS battery and power cord in that order.

Restart the computer without any hard drives or devices attached and try to get into BIOS.

If the BIOS still doesn't boot, then you have a bad flash. If you want to save the motherboard you'll have to replace the CMOS chip with the BIOS. You can go to eBay and there's this seller that already flashed the current BIOS to the CMOS chip. BIOS CHIP MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3), Z77IA-E51, H61M-E23 (B3), B85-G43, 870-C45 (FX) V2 | eBay

You'll need a fine point soldering iron and some solder wick to pull off the old solder. I prefer Weller soldering irons.

soldering wick - Google Search

They also make a solder sucker and there are many different types. Here's an example of one: Amazon.com

From my view on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=solder+sucker&_sacat=0

Before you remove the CMOS chip, make sure you know what the current orientation is so that when you replace it you do it right. Usually there's like a dimple or something near pin one. I'd take a picture of the CMOS chip first before you remove it.

Edit-

Yes, see the attached image. That dimple there on the CMOS chip is probably pin one for correct orientation.

 

[townsbg]

If you can't even get to BIOS and you have no dual BIOS chips on the motherboard, then it's toast.

Agreed. There are sometimes "recovery" images but if the BIOS is too screwed up read anything then all you have is a paperweight. There is no other software update to a computer potentially more damaging than a BIOS update. BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System. It handles all of the processing of the computer. If it's screwed up you might not be able to do anything with the computer, depending upon the level of damage.