Why Can't I Flash My Motherboard BIOS? Basic Fault Finding Steps & Fixes

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Why cant i flash my motherboard bios? Basic fault finding steps and fixes
Today we are looking at BIOS flashing and reason why you might not be able to perform a bios update on your motherboard.
Some of the reasons it won't flash are overlapping but the areas covered here are all good diagnostic ideas that might solve the problem.

1 Wrong BIOS file?
i. check the motherboard model and revision if applicable
ii. Are you jumping too many BIOS updates? Try an older version or smaller steps
iii. does the Motherboard have a custom bios from the manufacturer?

2 Bios file not unzipped or extracted fully.
3 BIOS file not renamed correctly
4 USB Drive too big or not compatible
5 Try extracting and renaming the file on another PC
6 Verify you don't have a hardware fault that is preventing the bios flash.
7 Reset the CMOS and try again

Helpful links
How to create a smaller FAT32 file partition on larger drives
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Reset the CMOS
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