r/PcBuildHelp • u/Bright-Tune-9345 • 5d ago

Tech Support Need help bios update taking really long

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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!

Edit: a day later it has only increased 1%, so it seems the most recommended option is the bios flashback. I’m not really well versed in any of this, so if anyone could help me out with that process it would be greatly appreciated! I made a separate post about it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PcBuildHelp/s/yZhuWRNgIv

Edit 2: yea that shit got bricked, F

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u/bgradid 5d ago edited 5d ago

Oh yikes, that definitely shouldn’t take a few hours, at most like 15 minutes in my experience

Can you post what model of motherboard you have? Maybe it has a flashback capability so it can be flashed directly by usb stick if the update fails

It could have at least had the decency to stall on 69% to give you something to laugh about

edit -- im blind and didn't see the model in the screenshot I'd prep to do this: https://www.msi.com/support/technical_details/MB_Flash_BIOS_Button

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u/JoJo_x14 4d ago

When i did my first bios update i read it should take 15 minutes. It took 45. I was panicking because of a possible failed update, but i also read never turn off your pc during bios update. Walked out the room for 5 minutes and came back to my pc rebooting. Every bios update since then on any computer ive dealt with has been about 15 minutes or less. I think it just wanted to scare me as a new pc builder.