Problem with the mainboard board
Problem with the mainboard board
I recently faced an issue with a bricked motherboard and wasn’t sure where the BIOS chip was. Some helpful people guided me to locate it. I own an MSI Z390 Pro now, but I’m encountering another problem—after purchasing the CH341A I connected it to my M.UI board, but I’m unsure which programs to use for flashing a new BIOS. I’ve checked YouTube and found many different options, so I’m confused about what to choose. I also don’t know how to find the correct BIOS file or where it should be stored. As someone who tries programming, I’m worried it won’t detect my chip properly. Could anyone help me with general advice?
Asprogrammer is what i use for a ch341a As for flashing on that board dont use a test clip those are just a massive pain to get working and pointless when theres already an spi header for flashing the bios chip Bios chip is located at the bottom right of the board abit above the front panel headers, below it is a header marked jspi1 which is the spi header that you should be using to flash the bios As for using the jspi header, pinout can be found Here , duplicate pins can be ignored alongside pins that arent available on the side headers of the ch341a, think youll only need 6 of em connected atleast looking at the ch341a side headers, just need some dupont female - female jumpers If you run into any more troubles ill see if i can help, most ppl dont go this far when toying around with pc hardware so impressive that you actually thought of external bios programming instead of assuming the board is broken and throwing it out when a simple bios flash will fix it
Sure thing! I'm here to help you through this. The JSP11 connector was a smart choice, and the jumper cables aren't necessary now. If you'd like, I can guide you through the process step by step. You mentioned you might want me to join via Discord—go ahead and share your link if that works for you. I'll also help you locate your motherboard so we can install everything properly. Let's get this sorted out together!