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I have a MSI - Z97 PC MATE that I'm trying to use in a new PC programming/gaming build, I also picked up a GTX 1060 so the update to BIOS is required. The current BIOS version is E7850IMS V4.1. I downloaded the latest BIOS files (4.B) from here: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z97-PC-MATE#down-bios and transferred them after extracting onto a freshly formatted USB drive. When I boot into BIOS and select M-Flash, it shows the USB drive but displays this error: "There isn't any BIOS file in this usb key(root folder). Please copy bios file to this usb key(root folder)" when I select it.
Things I have tried:
- Different USB drives that range in storage size
- Different USB formatting
- Different USB ports on case and motherboard
- Made sure I'm not including an extra folder when I transfer the files to the USB. Only two files included
- Older but still later than my BIOS version
Any help is greatly appreciated as I have been stuck on this for ongoing 12 hours now and I need to get work accomplished. I've looked for solutions here, Google, DuckDuckGo, etc. with no luck yet. I was close to trying Live Update 6 but all I've seen are testimonials that it fried their board. I want that to be the absolute last try if possible.
Things I have tried:
- Different USB drives that range in storage size
- Different USB formatting
- Different USB ports on case and motherboard
- Made sure I'm not including an extra folder when I transfer the files to the USB. Only two files included
- Older but still later than my BIOS version
Any help is greatly appreciated as I have been stuck on this for ongoing 12 hours now and I need to get work accomplished. I've looked for solutions here, Google, DuckDuckGo, etc. with no luck yet. I was close to trying Live Update 6 but all I've seen are testimonials that it fried their board. I want that to be the absolute last try if possible.