No worries! hopefully we can get CCL to remedy this and get you back up and running. Shame it isn't Amazon as this would have been sorted in a matter of days
I found your article particulary enlightening as for me it worked1 I have a X570 Gaming board that was completley dead. I therefore dained the bios as you have shown me. I then decided to try going back in the bios to number 10. I then tried updating the bios and it worked switching off the bios update at the end - this I then repeated successfully. I finished up using the latest bios - which proved successful. Many thanks for your excellent info.
Hi, Mike. I had to do a little diagnostic work of my own. I noticed the flow meter of my open loop was barely turning and the PC temps were up 10 or 20 degrees higher than normal. After checking the pump, and GPU water block, I discovered the CPU water block had a blockage that preventing the liquid from flowing through. So, I drained the loop, took the CPU water block apart, and cleaned it. After I wake up enough, I’ll find my thermal paste and reinstall the water block. I think the clog came from a new dye I used. I need to flush out the entire loop, and then I’ll refill it with conditioned distilled water.
sometimes the water can go a little bad and react with other elements like dyes and whatever. hopefully after the clean up and refill it will be back to normal
@@mikesunboxing I think it will. I just flushed out all the components and they look good. I'm going to reassemble the loop with soft tubing because I'm buying a new case next month so I'll save the hard tubing for that build. Too bad the mobo didn't work. But I think you're right about the X on the box. It was probably already RMA'd. I understand why the store's resale them. The B550 Unify I sent back worked fine with my 3900X. It was just with the 3200G it had problems. The next buyer will most likely not use an APU and have a good board. Take care, I gotta get this loop back to gether. Cheers.
I’m always frustrated that boards fail probably as the result of a component that costs pennies! Manufacturers never publish schematics so no hope for amateur electronic repairs
Thanks for this Mike. I never knew motherboard could be such a pain. Looking online it sounds like MSI boards are a pain but buyer could be unlucky with a product that slipped through QC or damaged somewhere. I have an Asrock Phantom Gaming 4. I don’t know why but I was always an Asus fan boy. Never had issues with Asus. their software is easy to use where as Asrock is for the enthusiast who know what they are doing because they have limited information and software is not user friendly. I do own an Msi rx480 8gb ddr5 and it was an Amazon warehouse sale back in 2016. She’s a beauty and never failed me. I think they make good video cards. Looking after her coz of current gpu shortages.
MSi do sell a lot of boards especially in the b550 range so there are a proportionally large failure rate. this board i think was either a return already or a manufacturing defect i think, but of all the msi boards i have had i think i have only had two boards fail, so not that bad
@@mikesunboxing Strange, I've bought two of these boards. 1 for my build in Nov. 2019 and the 2nd for my nephew's in May 2020. Both are functional to this day. I did buy them however brand new at my local Micro Center and they didn't have the X like the one in the video.
Just want to say thanks for this video. I tried everything in this video before watching, but thought, I would give it a shot. Didn't know about the MSI motherboard not allowing a flash of the same bios. So I had tried to install my 5600G. Nothing. Flashed to 27 which is the version that supports it. It did all the lights and such as you would think. Still nothing. On a whim, took what you said about the MSI not allowing to flash the same bios. Took the version previous and flashed it, and now, I have a working system and don't have to wait 3-4 weeks on an MSI RMA. You saved me a lot of headache.
Cheers buddy and thanks to everyone that has joined us on this journey and it is even more special when we get to meet and get to call people like you and many others true friends. Thanks for the support and on wards and reaching to the next milestone
Great tutorial Mike. At this point if the MB was out of warranty I would send it to Leon Stacey at Computer Room Nottingham. The guy is a legend at repairing PCBs.
Thank you so much for this video, it gave me a very nice clue about what cloud happend the the MSI pro-vdh MB that I just bought, I hope mine will work fine. Over again, thank you so much for this video!!
Mike! a question though, what does those 2 capacitors do between the cpu and the ram? @ 3:40 i accidentally rip one( the lower one) of the capacitors while removing the stock cpu cooler of amd. managed to put it back but didnt resolder it. then after that the pc started normally, but when i do editing stuffs using a 4 ram stick(kingston fury beast 3200mhz) the software im using seems to freeze and the monitor turns black but after a few seconds it comes back to life but the screen(desktop) isnt responding well, so i have to restart everytime. so i did a couple of troubleshooting for the gpu(furmark,3dmark,occt,etc gpu is fine no issues found) also ddu'ed it a couple of times and is on latest gpu drivers. replaced some stuffs already like the cpu cooler, the psu, reseated the ram, gpu, did a win 10 reset. it was the same thing. not until i removed 2 of the ram sticks just now, slot 1 and 3, and now Premiere pro seems to work fine. so does those 2 capacitor have to do with the ram slots? cant seem to find any info on google so i really have to ask. please reply man thankyou!!!
May also be PCB itself. Have had at work & at home boards where the layers short out inside the PCB itself. This makes the PCB itself very hot like in the video. Thanks.
Interesting video Mike, both on steps to take in this situ and comments about nearly new purchases. Thanks again for great content. Stay safe and at least its cooler for some thankfully lol
I always check to see if its a used product you sometimes can tell by packaging stickers. Then get a 10x magnifier and look at the screw holes and any other odd anomalies if there is I just send it back immediately Its not worth fooling with and you usually only have a few days to return it. Ya another retail trick is to send it past the return period so you cant return it to the seller very common scam. That new mother board should be in pristine condition its what you paid for.
Hey mike! so far loving the vids, unfortunately I stumbled upon them because of issues with my board, installed a cooler standoff without a shim and now my first two slots of ram don't work. Not the greatest with soldering or small electronics but is there anything you can recommend? Not really wanting to buy a new board but if thats my only option then so be it. msi z490 a- pro
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Have a simular problem, black screen while starting up but my DRAM light comes on. Did everything you did in this video & i already replaced the motherboard. Still got the same problem. Now i ordered complete new cpu and ram lets hope it will work now.
I'm having a similar issue. I've flashed the motherboard and the CPU light goes out, but now it's stuck on the VGA light. The flash goes through all the proper stages, how can I tell if the flash didn't take? Same board, using a Ryzen 5 AMD 5600X CPU and a Sapphire Radeon R9 270X(Just to boot)
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i bought this board.. 2023 for a second pc as i upgraded from ryzen 5 5600 to ryzen 75800x3d, I decided to build a second pc... and this mobo wont run dual channel ram, I can do single ch ram, i tested with the 2 kits and processors which work flawlessly on my asus rog 550
i think the issue is the motherboards logic is gone so not sure if a bios speaker would have helped, but i might take another look, seems to me the excessive heat is going to be a faulty vrm or something
@@mikesunboxing that's true Mike, another thing you can do is blow some hair dryer hot air to the components and see, sometimes the components choke themself , once it helped me in b350 motherboard to get the display back. And this method is widely used
MSI B450 boards same issue... Now seeing B550 also same.. MSI not changing.. Just avoid MSI motherboards for Ryzen... Sincere opinion based on my personal experience.. Features are very good but no reliability in MSI boards
I had a similar issue with the very same board just the other day. I was trying to use a generic USB drive and it would never flash. Eventually I used a name brand (Sandisk) USB drive and it then worked on the very first try.
yeah those usbs can be a real pain, i have two now that i have confirmed to work on all boards so far, so they are labelled up and kept aside for BIOS flashing only
I've been looking all over for help finding a possible fix for a ROG Strix b550-f board that I think I may have destroyed last week. Full disclosure, I wasn't paying the attention that I should have and when I switched out the stock cables of my EVGA 750w GT PSU for the set of CableMod Modmesh Classic RT Series that I'd picked up, I didn't know at that time that that particular set of cables was intended for a Thor PSU of 850-1200w. When I went to power up my PC with that setup, the fans in my case and GPU repeatedly 'spasmed', like they pulsed, start and stop, over and over while a repeated clicking sound came from the PSU. There was no smoke or ESD or anything like that, and since then. I've been able to determine through contact with EVGA support and external testing that my PSU and GPU are fine. As far as the motherboard though, I have tried everything I can think of given what I have at my disposal and there are no signs of life, whatsoever. No onboard LEDs, no relay of power to any fans, no response even when I try and jump the front I/O power header. I've already ordered another board but if anyone has any legit ideas that might help bring my old one back to life, I'm open to and grateful for any suggestions.
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I've tried everything in this guide except for checking voltage because i cant check voltage due to no tools to do so with, but nothing I've tried has worked
I have Msi b450m pro vdh max and the issue is mobo is completely un responsive when processor is connected and turns on when i remove the processor and i've seen this same issue in multiple mobo, do you have any suggestion what can be the problem? thanks!
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I'm having problems with this motherboard, no wifi or Bluetooth. I've tried the drivers on their website, and the ones that came in the DVD, and nothing.
Mine posts and can access bios menu with ease, every time, but as soon as I exit bios and boot to windows, the HDMI signal drops off straight away. Plugging HDMI to either to MB or GPU has same result. If I reset the CMOS, I can see a windows loading screen before the HDMI drops out again. I basically managed to fully installed windows and ran for 10 mins or so in windows connected to the internet before the issue started. I removed a stick of ram, removed GPU etc but no change. This is a brand new build, any suggestions?
@@mikesunboxing Update: Its driver related. I can get display back when I boot in safe mode and run DDU. I checked the box that says prevent automatic install of update drivers. Now I am in windows with a working display. However when I attempt to install AMDs recommended drivers from there website, the issue returns. Not sure what to try next.
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SOLVED - Swapped out the HDMI lead solved my problem, Install completed. For anyone building a new gaming PC. Add a decent quality HDMI lead to your bucket list.
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Hi Mike .I made a new pc with a Ryzen 5700g msi b550m pro vdh Wi-Fi and 2 modules of 8gb each ram, while I connected them all correctly (checked by a technician) and it opened normally, it went to the bios and after a while or when I shook the mouse the system rebooted and this happened all the time, i tried to go through windows (no mouse) but i did not succeed because it rebooted again, i tried the rams in every possible position i ran and memtest86 (as long as i managed before rebooting again) and no problem appeared , I also tried without the buttons on the box (reset button and power on). I came to the conclusion that the issue is the motherboard,what do you think?
@@panos3385 Yes tech support would be the right place, you can only send photos once you're a member, but if you say you want to post a pic, someone will enable you to do so
What if i press the flashback button and no led glows ? I mean nothing appears on the motherboard. I am trying to fix my mobo but the pc wont boot after a bios reset. I remember i flashed the bios 2-3 times before each time it was successful. Now when i attempt to do so, with the cpu and mobo power cords connected, the lee doesnt turn on. What does it imply ? Is the mobo gone ?
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Been seeing a few of your videos and they have been super helpful. I don't know if you or someone in the comments could help me, as I have this exact Mobo, but I got it all set up and it posted to the BIOS. I got really excited and turned it off, thinking I would install Windows/Linux the following day. When I came back, I powered it on and now it's powering on and off, like with a flickering. I flashed the BIOS as seen in your videos with the latest from MSI. Running AMD Ryzen 3700x, 650w PSU, and Corsair vengeance 2x 8 gigs ram. I feel like I have an $800 brick in the corner of my house now. Any advice would be awesome.
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If Mike aint unboxing then he's fixing. Thanks for the video while I isolate because of dam covid Talking about sniff, I can't sniff anything, making me jeluous lol
this is my new motherboard msi pro 550-vc will this ram work with this motherboard CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro SL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 4000 (PC4 32000) Desktop Memory Model CMH64GX4M2Z4000C18 thank you
Hi , i will build mi first pc and im planing to use a 5000 g series ryzen , but i need to update the bios , could you make a video about that? Mi motherboard is the b550 mag mortar wifi , and im planing to use the flash bios button
@@mikesunboxing and in case that the led stays solyd red or it flashes for more time than the usual should i remove the usb and then power off the psu?
I just received today a msi codex zs barebones pc. It has this motherboard included I've done EVERYTHING. 8 different USB flash drives. It will NOT flash bio. Ordered a older 3 series cpu it will be here Friday... wish me luck PLEASE
@Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to yea I found that info on the listing for the codex barebones, someone mentioned trying that. No luck whatsoever. I even went back 3 bios ago and tried to flash that. It won't bioflash. Last resort I ordered the usb flash drive you recommended in the bioflash video
@Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to I also called msi. They said... "contact amd and see if they'll send you a old cpu to try".... when I was hoping for. Hey we will send you a new motherboard? Lol
Ok. So there is a BIOS from the codex pc. But there is 5 different codex models to pick from. So I basically had to try all 5 to get the one I needed. The one I used had the shortest file name. I'll see if I can locate it and put the file name in my comment
I just had TWO MSI "Warehouse" Discounted boards that were BOTH BAD... 1 Tomahawk and 1 Gaming Edge Elite WiFi (this one didn't have any mobo mounting screws in the box, so you know it had been installed, and it had the same solid CPU debug led)... not going to trust their "open box" or "Renewed" products a third time... will bit the bullet and pay full retail.
My carbon AC done that but it never rebooted itself so it wouldn't post tried another bios version then it rebooted itself and hey presto it posted and booted with graphics
@@mikesunboxing thanks Mike I was ready to bin it the trouble is my purchase a carbon max WiFi to replace it and I forgot I had a bid on a carbon AC on eBay which I won so now I have 2 spare MSI b450's 😂
Hi I just finished my build with this mobo today. And it keeps cycling through the 5 white lights on the mobo into a boot loop. Haven't been able to get into bios or install windows 10 yet. The fans turn on for a second then repeats the cycle. Any idea what could possible be the problem. 2 days ago I followed your other video on how to flash the bios. I did that and it seemed to work fine. Now I can't flash the bios to an older version or same bios file. I tryed unplugging everything and also reseating the ram with no luck. my specs: amd 5600x with CM hyper h412r msi b550m pro wifi gskillz 3600 CL18 2x16gbs gtx 1060 6gbs (my old gpu) rosewill hive 750w 80+ bronze 128 gb ssd san disk 8 tb 7200rpm hdd 2 tb 7200rpm hdd 1 tb 7200rpm hdd
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well the board seems to be still in warranty with CCL here in the UK so Daniel is going to get in touch with them and see what they want to do. I'll keep you all informed but hopefully they will swap it out and it will be a happy ending. At least the board has had some "professional" diagnosis done and we have tried as much as is reasonably possible to get it working
@@mikesunboxing I sometime have a milf.. (motherboard I'd like to fix)😁(it's friday) , especially in the first years of 2000 with bad capacitors that could be changed with cheap soldering iron. Now, you need hot air station to fix these small composent as well as schematics. I hope right to repair succed so that nice board won't end up in waste for a single bad capacitors
had one of these crap boards same thing no video with cpu light ryzen 5...bios update didn't work as usual...switched to a ryzen 3 and got video did the BIOS update to the latest one still no picture with ryzen 5 did the BIOS update to the one on their website for my particular CPu and still no picture tried bios 7C95v28 and 7C95v2A these things are CRAPPPPPPP not buying this brand ever again
sorry to hear that. seems odd that you got video with a ryzen 3 and then flashed, and then the other cpu failed, sure all the parts you have are compatible?
@@mikesunboxing tested the ram video and cpu on a new board all worked fine...it's on the cpu compatibility list from their website for my special board
Same thing happened to me man. Working flawless with a 2600 + 6700xt. Dropped a 5600x in after Bios update…loads into windows or bios and loses display signal after a few minutes.
I've literally went through this pain no less than a month ago with two MSI boards and that damn CPU debug LED, I had a MSI X470 Gaming Pro MAX with a Ryzen5 3600. Had that running for best part of a year until updating the BIOS.. It looked like it had completed but failed to reboot after restart. Then got stuck on a CPU Error LED. That board doesn't have bios flashback so i tried new ram/CPU and nothing then tried old CPU in a B450 Tomahawk MAX and same problem CPU LED i then swapped out to another CPU and still the same issue. That board did have a bios flash button and it was temperamental sometimes it looked like it successfully flashed others it didn't Exactly like yours shown. After many hours routing through the internet looking for similar issues i came across a reddit thread about the CPU debug error loop that the boards can get stuck into. Apparently this can be a common issue with MSI boards : www.reddit.com/r/MSI_Gaming/comments/fctlu4/msi_b450_tomahawk_max_cpu_debug_light/ this thread details the issues. TLDR basically its a crapshoot to what if any of those fixes work. Another one that apparently works is hold power button down and flick PSU switch off/on to force the a power drop as seen here: ruclips.net/video/vdJPz00sxDg/видео.html&ab_channel=YahoobamTV%21 If the end I sacked off MSI and went for a ASUS board and worked first time with all my old equipment. Was my first time with MSI and unfortunately after these issues will be my last.
@@mikesunboxing No problem thanks for the response. Was just to highlight that This is more common than you think with MSI. If you are feeling particularly masochistic and you have your board still you could try some of the 'fixes' they recommend. I would be interested in seeing the outcome!
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Thank you very much for your help Mike !
I really appreciate!
No worries! hopefully we can get CCL to remedy this and get you back up and running.
Shame it isn't Amazon as this would have been sorted in a matter of days
Conclussion: chipset is gone. At least you tried, Mike! Thank you very much.
Thanks buddy I think my reasoning is valid? What do you think 🤔
I found your article particulary enlightening as for me it worked1 I have a X570 Gaming board that was completley dead. I therefore dained the bios as you have shown me. I then decided to try going back in the bios to number 10. I then tried updating the bios and it worked switching off the bios update at the end - this I then repeated successfully. I finished up using the latest bios - which proved successful. Many thanks for your excellent info.
thanks for the feedback, much appreciated
Hi, Mike. I had to do a little diagnostic work of my own. I noticed the flow meter of my open loop was barely turning and the PC temps were up 10 or 20 degrees higher than normal. After checking the pump, and GPU water block, I discovered the CPU water block had a blockage that preventing the liquid from flowing through. So, I drained the loop, took the CPU water block apart, and cleaned it. After I wake up enough, I’ll find my thermal paste and reinstall the water block. I think the clog came from a new dye I used. I need to flush out the entire loop, and then I’ll refill it with conditioned distilled water.
sometimes the water can go a little bad and react with other elements like dyes and whatever. hopefully after the clean up and refill it will be back to normal
@@mikesunboxing I think it will. I just flushed out all the components and they look good. I'm going to reassemble the loop with soft tubing because I'm buying a new case next month so I'll save the hard tubing for that build. Too bad the mobo didn't work. But I think you're right about the X on the box. It was probably already RMA'd. I understand why the store's resale them. The B550 Unify I sent back worked fine with my 3900X. It was just with the 3200G it had problems. The next buyer will most likely not use an APU and have a good board. Take care, I gotta get this loop back to gether. Cheers.
After more research it seems almost every board in the b550 range hates 3200g and 3400g in apu mode even if the 2400g works fine, very weird
I’m always frustrated that boards fail probably as the result of a component that costs pennies! Manufacturers never publish schematics so no hope for amateur electronic repairs
Love the sniff test. Awesome!
Thanks for this Mike. I never knew motherboard could be such a pain. Looking online it sounds like MSI boards are a pain but buyer could be unlucky with a product that slipped through QC or damaged somewhere. I have an Asrock Phantom Gaming 4. I don’t know why but I was always an Asus fan boy. Never had issues with Asus. their software is easy to use where as Asrock is for the enthusiast who know what they are doing because they have limited information and software is not user friendly. I do own an Msi rx480 8gb ddr5 and it was an Amazon warehouse sale back in 2016. She’s a beauty and never failed me. I think they make good video cards. Looking after her coz of current gpu shortages.
MSi do sell a lot of boards especially in the b550 range so there are a proportionally large failure rate. this board i think was either a return already or a manufacturing defect i think, but of all the msi boards i have had i think i have only had two boards fail, so not that bad
@@mikesunboxing Strange, I've bought two of these boards. 1 for my build in Nov. 2019 and the 2nd for my nephew's in May 2020. Both are functional to this day. I did buy them however brand new at my local Micro Center and they didn't have the X like the one in the video.
Just want to say thanks for this video. I tried everything in this video before watching, but thought, I would give it a shot. Didn't know about the MSI motherboard not allowing a flash of the same bios. So I had tried to install my 5600G. Nothing. Flashed to 27 which is the version that supports it. It did all the lights and such as you would think. Still nothing. On a whim, took what you said about the MSI not allowing to flash the same bios. Took the version previous and flashed it, and now, I have a working system and don't have to wait 3-4 weeks on an MSI RMA. You saved me a lot of headache.
awesome glad it helped! Do us a favour and share the video to others on your social media to help us and help others
I have a 5600g trying to flash on b550 mortar can you tell me what you mean by 27?
@@codmobile2012 The bios version, obviously. The one he mentioned is called 7C95v27.
@@codmobile2012J’ai également un 5600g sur la b550 mortar! Tu as réussi à faire quelque chose qui fonctionne?
Congratulations on 60K subscribers, Mike and Kath :-)
Gutted for the dead mobo but still......60k subs :-)
Cheers buddy and thanks to everyone that has joined us on this journey and it is even more special when we get to meet and get to call people like you and many others true friends.
Thanks for the support and on wards and reaching to the next milestone
Wow that reads like a joe Biden speech
@@mikesunboxing Im pleased you said that first lol
Yeah the more I read it the less sense it makes but the sentiment is sound 😜 damn this man flu 😷
Great tutorial Mike. At this point if the MB was out of warranty I would send it to Leon Stacey at Computer Room Nottingham. The guy is a legend at repairing PCBs.
that might be an option, we'll see how daniel gets on with CCL and maybe give that a go if CCL can't help
Thank you so much for this video, it gave me a very nice clue about what cloud happend the the MSI pro-vdh MB that I just bought, I hope mine will work fine. Over again, thank you so much for this video!!
You're welcome!
getting close to that 100k now Mike 🥳
yeah pretty amazing really! thanks to all you awesome people for watching , commenting and being a part of this community
Very good Sir ! In the First 3 Minutes you helped me !!
Glad to hear that
Mike's Un... Wait a, minute. Mike's repairs. Stay safe chap.
Cheers bob got the “thing” now and can’t smell the motherboard at all
Mike! a question though, what does those 2 capacitors do between the cpu and the ram? @ 3:40 i accidentally rip one( the lower one) of the capacitors while removing the stock cpu cooler of amd. managed to put it back but didnt resolder it. then after that the pc started normally, but when i do editing stuffs using a 4 ram stick(kingston fury beast 3200mhz) the software im using seems to freeze and the monitor turns black but after a few seconds it comes back to life but the screen(desktop) isnt responding well, so i have to restart everytime. so i did a couple of troubleshooting for the gpu(furmark,3dmark,occt,etc gpu is fine no issues found) also ddu'ed it a couple of times and is on latest gpu drivers. replaced some stuffs already like the cpu cooler, the psu, reseated the ram, gpu, did a win 10 reset. it was the same thing. not until i removed 2 of the ram sticks just now, slot 1 and 3, and now Premiere pro seems to work fine. so does those 2 capacitor have to do with the ram slots? cant seem to find any info on google so i really have to ask. please reply man thankyou!!!
i'm not sure what there exact use is but i am guessing it is causing your problem. If probably needs remounting properly
May also be PCB itself. Have had at work & at home boards where the layers short out inside the PCB itself. This makes the PCB itself very hot like in the video. Thanks.
Thanks for the info
Fixed my b450 carbon AC after trying 3 processors 3 GPUs and 3 sets of memory, i flashed the bios after watching one your vids
Glad to hear that :-)
i just watched your review of this mobo and now u have one broken:) this is real time review;))))
yes it is
@@mikesunboxing so i wanna buy this one tomorrow, any tips? did u finally got it what the problem was?
Interesting video Mike, both on steps to take in this situ and comments about nearly new purchases. Thanks again for great content. Stay safe and at least its cooler for some thankfully lol
Thanks nick, I thought it would be interesting for you all to see the thought process I go through with these things
I rang the local pizza place earlier and ordered a thin supreme.
They sent me Diana Ross !
lol good one bob!
Did you hear about the loaf of bread found in a cage at Bristol Zoo?
Is was bred in captivity
you been watching peter kay Bob.
Well done… good video.
Glad you enjoyed it :-)
I always check to see if its a used product you sometimes can tell by packaging stickers. Then get a 10x magnifier and look at the screw holes and any other odd anomalies if there is I just send it back immediately Its not worth fooling with and you usually only have a few days to return it. Ya another retail trick is to send it past the return period so you cant return it to the seller very common scam. That new mother board should be in pristine condition its what you paid for.
yes agreed, some checking of the board can reveal some tell tale sign if you know what to look for
Hey mike! so far loving the vids, unfortunately I stumbled upon them because of issues with my board, installed a cooler standoff without a shim and now my first two slots of ram don't work. Not the greatest with soldering or small electronics but is there anything you can recommend? Not really wanting to buy a new board but if thats my only option then so be it. msi z490 a- pro
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lol yeah getting darker every day, need to change the wallpaper again soon before i blend in too much
Have a simular problem, black screen while starting up but my DRAM light comes on. Did everything you did in this video & i already replaced the motherboard. Still got the same problem. Now i ordered complete new cpu and ram lets hope it will work now.
I'm having a similar issue. I've flashed the motherboard and the CPU light goes out, but now it's stuck on the VGA light. The flash goes through all the proper stages, how can I tell if the flash didn't take?
Same board, using a Ryzen 5 AMD 5600X CPU and a Sapphire Radeon R9 270X(Just to boot)
if it is stuck on the vga light the board has flashed okay
@@mikesunboxing any suggestions what I could check then? Im stumped and I've tried two different graphics cards.
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i bought this board.. 2023 for a second pc as i upgraded from ryzen 5 5600 to ryzen 75800x3d, I decided to build a second pc... and this mobo wont run dual channel ram, I can do single ch ram, i tested with the 2 kits and processors which work flawlessly on my asus rog 550
sorry to hear that
Same issue. Never will buy anything from msi again.
If you have placed a buzzer or speaker , it would have known the problem with the number of beeps .nice video
i think the issue is the motherboards logic is gone so not sure if a bios speaker would have helped, but i might take another look, seems to me the excessive heat is going to be a faulty vrm or something
@@mikesunboxing that's true Mike, another thing you can do is blow some hair dryer hot air to the components and see, sometimes the components choke themself , once it helped me in b350 motherboard to get the display back. And this method is widely used
I bought the same motherboard. Have the exact same problem. Tons of 1 star Amazon reviews saying the same thing.
seems there w as a batch of boards with similar problems
MSI B450 boards same issue... Now seeing B550 also same.. MSI not changing.. Just avoid MSI motherboards for Ryzen... Sincere opinion based on my personal experience.. Features are very good but no reliability in MSI boards
considering the huge volume of sales they aren't doing to badly, ask ASUS :-)
I had a similar issue with the very same board just the other day. I was trying to use a generic USB drive and it would never flash.
Eventually I used a name brand (Sandisk) USB drive and it then worked on the very first try.
yeah those usbs can be a real pain, i have two now that i have confirmed to work on all boards so far, so they are labelled up and kept aside for BIOS flashing only
@@mikesunboxingcould we know which one are those and the amount of memory
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I've been looking all over for help finding a possible fix for a ROG Strix b550-f board that I think I may have destroyed last week. Full disclosure, I wasn't paying the attention that I should have and when I switched out the stock cables of my EVGA 750w GT PSU for the set of CableMod Modmesh Classic RT Series that I'd picked up, I didn't know at that time that that particular set of cables was intended for a Thor PSU of 850-1200w.
When I went to power up my PC with that setup, the fans in my case and GPU repeatedly 'spasmed', like they pulsed, start and stop, over and over while a repeated clicking sound came from the PSU. There was no smoke or ESD or anything like that, and since then. I've been able to determine through contact with EVGA support and external testing that my PSU and GPU are fine. As far as the motherboard though, I have tried everything I can think of given what I have at my disposal and there are no signs of life, whatsoever. No onboard LEDs, no relay of power to any fans, no response even when I try and jump the front I/O power header.
I've already ordered another board but if anyone has any legit ideas that might help bring my old one back to life, I'm open to and grateful for any suggestions.
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Hi Mike I am building a new ryzen 5 5600g pc with the same Mobo did I need to flash the BIOS
Edit: it say 5000 series ready
If it says 5000 ready it should be fine
@@mikesunboxing thank you brother
check the cpu socket . i had one from MSI where the socket had damaged pins and the ram was not detected
I've tried everything in this guide except for checking voltage because i cant check voltage due to no tools to do so with, but nothing I've tried has worked
I have Msi b450m pro vdh max and the issue is mobo is completely un responsive when processor is connected and turns on when i remove the processor and i've seen this same issue in multiple mobo, do you have any suggestion what can be the problem? thanks!
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I'm having problems with this motherboard, no wifi or Bluetooth. I've tried the drivers on their website, and the ones that came in the DVD, and nothing.
There are versions of this board that don’t have WiFi or Bluetooth
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Hey Mike, my bios flash light will start flashing, then it will just stop. I followed the directions verbatim. What could be wrong? Ryzen 5600x 3070
could be the wrong file or not fully unzipped
Mine posts and can access bios menu with ease, every time, but as soon as I exit bios and boot to windows, the HDMI signal drops off straight away. Plugging HDMI to either to MB or GPU has same result. If I reset the CMOS, I can see a windows loading screen before the HDMI drops out again.
I basically managed to fully installed windows and ran for 10 mins or so in windows connected to the internet before the issue started.
I removed a stick of ram, removed GPU etc but no change. This is a brand new build, any suggestions?
tried display port?
@@mikesunboxing Update: Its driver related. I can get display back when I boot in safe mode and run DDU. I checked the box that says prevent automatic install of update drivers. Now I am in windows with a working display. However when I attempt to install AMDs recommended drivers from there website, the issue returns. Not sure what to try next.
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SOLVED - Swapped out the HDMI lead solved my problem, Install completed.
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@@jbyfield8809 Glad you got it fixed 🙂
Hey idk if you'll see this but i physically can't get my cmos battery out can u help?
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Hey Mike, I wanted to pair this MB with 5600x, is that possible? I assume I'll need the bios update?
yes and yes 😉
Hello b550 pro wifi and 5600x not working please help me
Vga Led
Bios update not work :(
Hi Mike .I made a new pc with a Ryzen 5700g msi b550m pro vdh Wi-Fi and 2 modules of 8gb each ram, while I connected them all correctly (checked by a technician) and it opened normally, it went to the bios and after a while or when I shook the mouse the system rebooted and this happened all the time, i tried to go through windows (no mouse) but i did not succeed because it rebooted again, i tried the rams in every possible position i ran and memtest86 (as long as i managed before rebooting again) and no problem appeared , I also tried without the buttons on the box (reset button and power on). I came to the conclusion that the issue is the motherboard,what do you think?
could be an electrical short somewhere or a bad board. feel free to post some pics of the setup on the discord tech chat and we can have a look
@@mikesunboxing I joined to discord but I can’t send photo also where to send them in tech support ?
@@panos3385 Yes tech support would be the right place, you can only send photos once you're a member, but if you say you want to post a pic, someone will enable you to do so
What if i press the flashback button and no led glows ? I mean nothing appears on the motherboard. I am trying to fix my mobo but the pc wont boot after a bios reset. I remember i flashed the bios 2-3 times before each time it was successful. Now when i attempt to do so, with the cpu and mobo power cords connected, the lee doesnt turn on. What does it imply ? Is the mobo gone ?
could be or a short circuit somewhere
@@mikesunboxing how to check if motherboard is short circuiting ?
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I always disconnect power supply cords and hdmi cords out of habit.
Good point
patience you must learn cuz microsoft won't
~ Windows 11
Haha 😂 yeah very true
Been seeing a few of your videos and they have been super helpful.
I don't know if you or someone in the comments could help me, as I have this exact Mobo, but I got it all set up and it posted to the BIOS. I got really excited and turned it off, thinking I would install Windows/Linux the following day. When I came back, I powered it on and now it's powering on and off, like with a flickering. I flashed the BIOS as seen in your videos with the latest from MSI. Running AMD Ryzen 3700x, 650w PSU, and Corsair vengeance 2x 8 gigs ram. I feel like I have an $800 brick in the corner of my house now. Any advice would be awesome.
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bought h150i elite lcd kept getting orange triangle caught on fire any suggestion thank you
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If Mike aint unboxing then he's fixing. Thanks for the video while I isolate because of dam covid
Talking about sniff, I can't sniff anything, making me jeluous lol
@@mikesunboxing might be covid?
@@waldo1359 Get well soon :-)
@@mikesunboxing I recovered already and I'm negative now
Thanks
No problem
Sir have you tried 5000 series cpu processor on it? Like r 5 5600g?
yes worked fine after a bios update
@@mikesunboxing sir which date bios worked innit?
this is my new motherboard msi pro 550-vc will this ram work with this motherboard CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro SL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 4000 (PC4 32000) Desktop Memory Model CMH64GX4M2Z4000C18 thank you
should be fine it will be more dependant on your processor really and the CPUs integrated memory controller
Hi , i will build mi first pc and im planing to use a 5000 g series ryzen , but i need to update the bios , could you make a video about that?
Mi motherboard is the b550 mag mortar wifi , and im planing to use the flash bios button
exact same process
@@mikesunboxing and in case that the led stays solyd red or it flashes for more time than the usual should i remove the usb and then power off the psu?
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I just received today a msi codex zs barebones pc. It has this motherboard included
I've done EVERYTHING. 8 different USB flash drives. It will NOT flash bio. Ordered a older 3 series cpu it will be here Friday... wish me luck PLEASE
it might be a custom bios on that board, try getting it from the codex support page not the motherboard page
@Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to yea I found that info on the listing for the codex barebones, someone mentioned trying that. No luck whatsoever. I even went back 3 bios ago and tried to flash that.
It won't bioflash.
Last resort I ordered the usb flash drive you recommended in the bioflash video
@Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to I also called msi. They said... "contact amd and see if they'll send you a old cpu to try".... when I was hoping for. Hey we will send you a new motherboard? Lol
@@randybryant239 Let us know how you get on
Ok. So there is a BIOS from the codex pc. But there is 5 different codex models to pick from. So I basically had to try all 5 to get the one I needed. The one I used had the shortest file name. I'll see if I can locate it and put the file name in my comment
I just had TWO MSI "Warehouse" Discounted boards that were BOTH BAD... 1 Tomahawk and 1 Gaming Edge Elite WiFi (this one didn't have any mobo mounting screws in the box, so you know it had been installed, and it had the same solid CPU debug led)... not going to trust their "open box" or "Renewed" products a third time... will bit the bullet and pay full retail.
sometimes with motherboards it is the best way to go with a new board to save the potential hassle
@@mikesunboxing NOW you tell me... LOL...
@@williamghost1516 Sorry!
@@mikesunboxing 😉👍
I'm sorry, but other than M.2 screws, what other screws do motherboards come with?
My carbon AC done that but it never rebooted itself so it wouldn't post tried another bios version then it rebooted itself and hey presto it posted and booted with graphics
Glad you got it working :-)
@@mikesunboxing thanks Mike I was ready to bin it the trouble is my purchase a carbon max WiFi to replace it and I forgot I had a bid on a carbon AC on eBay which I won so now I have 2 spare MSI b450's 😂
Ihave that mobo i dont know why my gpu doesnt working but in other pc working idk what the problem is
hope you fine the reason soon
Hi I just finished my build with this mobo today. And it keeps cycling through the 5 white lights on the mobo into a boot loop. Haven't been able to get into bios or install windows 10 yet. The fans turn on for a second then repeats the cycle. Any idea what could possible be the problem. 2 days ago I followed your other video on how to flash the bios. I did that and it seemed to work fine. Now I can't flash the bios to an older version or same bios file. I tryed unplugging everything and also reseating the ram with no luck.
my specs:
amd 5600x with CM hyper h412r
msi b550m pro wifi
gskillz 3600 CL18 2x16gbs
gtx 1060 6gbs (my old gpu)
rosewill hive 750w 80+ bronze
128 gb ssd san disk
8 tb 7200rpm hdd
2 tb 7200rpm hdd
1 tb 7200rpm hdd
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So it was not an happy ending? 😁
well the board seems to be still in warranty with CCL here in the UK so Daniel is going to get in touch with them and see what they want to do.
I'll keep you all informed but hopefully they will swap it out and it will be a happy ending. At least the board has had some "professional" diagnosis done and we have tried as much as is reasonably possible to get it working
@@mikesunboxing I sometime have a milf.. (motherboard I'd like to fix)😁(it's friday) , especially in the first years of 2000 with bad capacitors that could be changed with cheap soldering iron. Now, you need hot air station to fix these small composent as well as schematics. I hope right to repair succed so that nice board won't end up in waste for a single bad capacitors
sad day for the board
yes RIP to the MSI B550M - you will be missed
Exact same thing happened to me today
damn, sorry to hear that
Never Buy MSI Mobos been there and the service scuks could've saved lots of bucks if i knew it was Mobos fault
i think we can all experience bad service with all brands, MSI aren't alone
i dont know man . seems like msi is just a bad brand . every product that i had from them just failed on me to
sorry to hear that, i have an almost entirely MSI PC as my streaming PC and it has been really good
had one of these crap boards same thing no video with cpu light ryzen 5...bios update didn't work as usual...switched to a ryzen 3 and got video did the BIOS update to the latest one still no picture with ryzen 5 did the BIOS update to the one on their website for my particular CPu and still no picture tried bios 7C95v28 and 7C95v2A these things are CRAPPPPPPP not buying this brand ever again
sorry to hear that. seems odd that you got video with a ryzen 3 and then flashed, and then the other cpu failed, sure all the parts you have are compatible?
@@mikesunboxing tested the ram video and cpu on a new board all worked fine...it's on the cpu compatibility list from their website for my special board
Same thing happened to me man. Working flawless with a 2600 + 6700xt. Dropped a 5600x in after Bios update…loads into windows or bios and loses display signal after a few minutes.
I really need to say this = Maybe a second account named Mike's Insider :_:
maybe
a line of B550m
hi darren - sorry i don't understand what you mean here? is it a typo?
@@mikesunboxing lol .the sniff test mike ...a line coke cola a line lol..the way you snffed that board it was like you was in Colombia mate lol
@@darren990 lol
I've literally went through this pain no less than a month ago with two MSI boards and that damn CPU debug LED, I had a MSI X470 Gaming Pro MAX with a Ryzen5 3600. Had that running for best part of a year until updating the BIOS.. It looked like it had completed but failed to reboot after restart. Then got stuck on a CPU Error LED. That board doesn't have bios flashback so i tried new ram/CPU and nothing then tried old CPU in a B450 Tomahawk MAX and same problem CPU LED i then swapped out to another CPU and still the same issue. That board did have a bios flash button and it was temperamental sometimes it looked like it successfully flashed others it didn't Exactly like yours shown. After many hours routing through the internet looking for similar issues i came across a reddit thread about the CPU debug error loop that the boards can get stuck into. Apparently this can be a common issue with MSI boards : www.reddit.com/r/MSI_Gaming/comments/fctlu4/msi_b450_tomahawk_max_cpu_debug_light/ this thread details the issues. TLDR basically its a crapshoot to what if any of those fixes work. Another one that apparently works is hold power button down and flick PSU switch off/on to force the a power drop as seen here: ruclips.net/video/vdJPz00sxDg/видео.html&ab_channel=YahoobamTV%21
If the end I sacked off MSI and went for a ASUS board and worked first time with all my old equipment. Was my first time with MSI and unfortunately after these issues will be my last.
thanks for the info and sorry to hear you had so many issues
@@mikesunboxing No problem thanks for the response. Was just to highlight that This is more common than you think with MSI. If you are feeling particularly masochistic and you have your board still you could try some of the 'fixes' they recommend. I would be interested in seeing the outcome!