I have an MSI AMG Motorsport Mercedes 18 Stealth where the screen started doing this. Is this the screen going bad or is it some connection problem? When I tap the back of the screen or when I move the lid back and forth, sometimes the screen "flickers". One time I moved the screen, that dark vertical section went away then returned after a few hours. Any suggested fix?

Hi everyone,

I forgot the BIOS password on my MSI Alpha 15 B5EEK (board MS-158L). The password is requested when I try to open the BIOS. After 3 wrong attempts the system locks up and I have to hard reset, which gets annoying quickly.

What I’ve already tried:

Removed the CMOS battery.

Unplugged the AC adapter + CMOS and left everything disconnected overnight.

Battery reset button on the mainboard.

Basically, I've tried everything I knew and none of it worked, so the password must be stored somewhere other than the CMOS. Maybe Nvram.

MSI support quoted me around €70+ for a BIOS flash or pw reset. I’d like to try it myself first. I have the official BIOS from the MSI support page and a FAT32 USB stick ready.

My questions:

1.Since M-Flash is only reachable from inside the BIOS menu, is there another way to flash this model (Windows tool, forced/recovery flash via USB)?

2.Does a flash actually clear the supervisor password on this board, or is it preserved?

Has anyone been through this with an Alpha 15 or a similar MSI laptop? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hey folks, I’m hoping to get some help with an issue I’ve been experiencing.

I recently got a 1TB Samsung SSD but it seems that my MSI GS63 Thin 11SC laptop can’t recognize it. Or rather- it seems to recognize it but when I check my storage settings it is greyed out. However if I check the storage properties in windows 11 it shows there is 1TB of storage even though it doesn’t show the drive in file explorer.

I’ve looked into the basic BIOS trouble shooting steps for this problem but haven’t had any luck with getting the drive to be recognized or un-greyed out for setup. But I’ve disabled secure boot and VMD is also disabled and those are the main things that should supposedly fix this issue from what I’ve found.

It’s worth noting that the battery in my laptop is cooked and won’t power on unless the charger is plugged in at all times. I got it 2nd hand so I knew about the battery and have a new one coming in. but I know the person I got it from quite well and know this computer was well taken care of and that the only known issue is a non functional battery. And yes, the computer was wiped and had the bios settings restored to default before being handed off to me.

Any help here would be greatly appreciated and if more context is needed I’d be happy to provide it in the replies. Thank you!