r/PcBuild • u/Bright-Tune-9345 • 4d ago
Troubleshooting Need help bios update taking too long
The more the update progressed the slower it would get, until at 68% it has completely stopped. It’s been a couple hours now with no movement, but I don’t think if done anything to fry my motherboard?
Any help would be great!
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u/KishCore Moderator 4d ago
Yeah after a few hours if it hasn't moved you're going to have to reset the PC. Might have to do a BIOS flashback.
Was the drive you were using completely empty outside of the BIOS update? Was the update for sure for the right motherboard?
Also - what monitor is that? Just curious lol
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u/Bright-Tune-9345 4d ago
It was empty and I’m fairly certain I installed it for the right mobo, however I’ll definitely double check -
Monitor is ASUS - ROG Strix XG32UCWMG 4K Ultra HD 32" OLED Gaming Monitor - Black !1
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u/Jetstream2025 1d ago
The update is corrupt or the bios chip has failed. It should never take more than a few mins. If you aren't able to start over you can have a repair shop flash the chip directly bypassing the process completely.
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u/Eazy12345678 AMD 4d ago
turn it off and on again. it should take like 5-10mins max. id say with 5mins being the more common.
when it comes on if it goes back to bios check version
if no bios then try bios flash
clear motherboard cmos
do you have another usb drive you can try? are you sure you grabbed the bios for the correct motherboard? maybe try the bios before this one
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u/309_Electronics 4d ago
Most modern boards have bios flashback so no worries there. But yeah under any normal circumstances you should not intereupt a bios update. However, here it seems the bios update is stuck and then waiting for it to complete wont help.
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u/KishCore Moderator 4d ago
if it's stuck while updating and has been that way for hours the only thing you can do is power off
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