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Hi guys,

We the forum team have developed a new way of flashing.
You no longer need a floppy or anything, just an USB-stick.

The tool has been tested together with MSI and as far as we have done our testing, there are no problems at all.
As long as the USB-stick is FAT or FAT32 formatted!

However, flashing is always risky, so if it goes bad it's your own fault, but that goes for all flashing you do.

This tool is intended to flash MSI retail motherboards and laptops,
but if needs you can use any other machine to prepare the necessary stuffs and the USB stick there,
before move the USB stick to the msi product that you want to flash.


The way it works is simple: Download the package and download the BIOS from the MSI website that you want to flash.

The rest is straight forward.

Make sure that your board is set to be able to boot from USB.
So turn on USB Legacy Support in the BIOS.
Boot and press F11 to get the boot-popup and select your USB-device to boot.
(some boards have a different key, like K8N Master uses ESC for the boot-menu)

What ever you do, make sure you read all warnings!

The forum nor MSI is responsible if it fails for you.
Nor is this software supported by MSI technical support!


Please report problems/bugs if you find them.


currently supported OS ( 64 bit):
Windows Vista, Windows 7 (also Windows in Virtualbox under Linux!), Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10
(all kind of versions)



NOTE: If you are having problems getting your USB device to boot correctly, you may need to format it correctly as the geometry data may be incorrect. You can do that by pickup option "Fix My USB key" from the Tool or by using >>> Rufus Tool <<< tool and make it bootable with "FreeDOS"!
For future usage you can skip this step, it need to be done only once if your stick need adjustment.


This topic is for discussion of and help with the USB flash tool only. If you have a problem with your PC and need help then do not hijack this topic, please start your own new topic in the correct area of this forum!

NEW! >>> Read the comprehensive user guide here! <<<




The download links are listed below:

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>> tool96 <<

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giannis_so15d402eb said:
answering the 3rd question which might help me in case i did it wrong before retry ,
i used the 1st option in the tool and pointed the zip itself 7818v1B.zip
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Got it.

Did you also switch to the broken BIOS chip right before flashing after booting from the USB key?

Re-try with this special archive:
valcheck_E7818IMS.1B0.rar
Prepare the USB key with Mode 1 and point to whole valcheck_E7818IMS.1B0.rar

Then boot from USB key to proceed with flashing
when you see the menu:
1. Memtest
2. Proceed with Update
3. Flash back

switch to the broken BIOS chip.
then select option [2. Proceed with Update] and press ENTER to proceed with flashing

and let me know how it goes.

giannis_so15d402eb said:
i cant thank you enough for all your inputs sir to help me on this for such an obsolete hardware a z87 in 2026 is still alive ! :)
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:emot-tip-wink:
 
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the procedure went fluent and i was able to flash the bios
now the 2nd chip is happy that can serve me too
a huge thank you sir that help me all the way to fix that ,
i might use the goat as avatar ...
but you sir is the G.O.A.T of tech support i ever had in any forum in my 33 y.o nerd career :worship:
thanks again , god bless you
 
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Hi Svet I have a a320m pro VH Plus motherboard. It keeps on rebooting and won't open for awhile. I upgraded the bios to the latest beta version 7B07v3I9 without checking the risks. I have a ryzen 3 2200. Can I downgrade it to 7B07v3C and what tool i can use?

Thank you for the help.
 
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jericgutierrez4815b402e9 said:
Hi Svet I have a a320m pro VH Plus motherboard. It keeps on rebooting and won't open for awhile. I upgraded the bios to the latest beta version 7B07v3I9 without checking the risks. I have a ryzen 3 2200. Can I downgrade it to 7B07v3C and what tool i can use?

Thank you for the help.
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Can't recommend you any for this board, it has high chance of bricking when downgrading.
SPI Programmer to physically reflash the BIOS chip.
 
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Hey there,

I'm trying to update the bios of an old Z87-GD65 Gaming Motherboard after finding out M-Flash crashes every time. It has a 4770k in it. The version in the bios says E7845IMS V1.4

MSIHQ: Information detected by MSIHQ Tool ver: 1.28j
MSIHQ: Report generated in Tue 23/06/2026 at 11:38:59.89
*********************************
Mainboard: Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)
PCB Version: 1.0
BIOS Version: V1.4
BIOS Date: 16/08/2013

I've used the MSIHQ flashing tool to try and flash a USB with version 1.7 and version 1.C of the downloaded zipped bios packages from the MSI support page, but each time I get an error at the end of process:

..\AppData\Local\Temp\Svche.exe is not recognized as an internal command, operable program or batch file.
File not found - G:\oxibk.ptr

I have started with the Fix my USB key option each time. I have tried on two different USB sticks and I've tried three different computers running Windows but with the same error. I was cautious to try and boot from those USB's before confirming the sticks had everything they needed to work correctly.

The USB has only the files: bios.bin, BK_6.Z7, efiflash, msihq, MSIHQ_INFO

Any information about which bios to update to (I'm not sure if I need to stagger this) or information on how to get around this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
 
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You can ignore and to proceed with flashing.
If you got warning after boot from USB key,
confirm with "Y" to proceed anyway.
 
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