A2

[xFrosties]

I have a MSI Gaming 5 motherboard. Whenever I toy around with the BIOS and when I save and restart, It doesn't let me boot. Theres a small " A2 " white text on the bottom right corner. I tried to remove the boot ssd sata cable and restart and it works, but I'm sick and tired of doing it for every BIOS change.
Thanks. Sorry for all the threads I'm really confused.

 

[CiPHER]

Have you tested SMART for Cable errors? Have you tried upgrading the BIOS to the latest version?

 

[xFrosties]

Have you tested SMART for Cable errors? Have you tried upgrading the BIOS to the latest version?

When I download the latest BIOS driver from MSI's website, It doesn't let me run the executable. " This app cant run on your PC "

 

[corkyg]

See if this info is relevant: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2028565/msi-motherboard-error.html

 

[CiPHER]

When I download the latest BIOS driver from MSI's website, It doesn't let me run the executable. " This app cant run on your PC "

It is an MS-DOS executable. You don't upgrade the BIOS while inside Windows, but when booted to MS-DOS using a USB stick or something.

Most modern BIOS can also update directly from the BIOS itself. They often give it a fancy name like 'Q-Flash' or something. You can see whether your motherboard offers such a feature, then you only need to insert your USB stick and point it to the right file (E7917IMS.190 that is the actual BIOS and exactly 8MiB large).

To check the SMART you can use any LiveCD such as a Linux livecd.

 

[xFrosties]

See if this info is relevant: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2028565/msi-motherboard-error.html

It is an MS-DOS executable. You don't upgrade the BIOS while inside Windows, but when booted to MS-DOS using a USB stick or something.

Most modern BIOS can also update directly from the BIOS itself. They often give it a fancy name like 'Q-Flash' or something. You can see whether your motherboard offers such a feature, then you only need to insert your USB stick and point it to the right file (E7917IMS.190 that is the actual BIOS and exactly 8MiB large).

To check the SMART you can use any LiveCD such as a Linux livecd.

I copied the exe to my usb, Booted from my usb and then all I see is a blinking grey line. How do I go about this?

 

[CiPHER]

Usually it is:

<name of the .exe file> <name of the BIOS file>

So in your case it would be:

AFUDE238.exe E7917IMS.190

Or simply look in your motherboard manual how to flash the BIOS.