[SOLVED] SECURE BOOT VIOLATION on MSI MODERN 14 after Windows 11 update failed

Anonymous
2022-09-21T10:26:08+00:00

Update: For anyone suffering from this nightmare of an update, it's actually MSI's fault. Solution below.

MSI's solution:

Modern 14 Windows 11 22H2 Update broke system | MSI Global English Forum - Index

Regarding the issue, I find someone share the information. The problem is resolved by downgrading the BIOS to 112 and a newer BIOS will be released later to fix the problem. https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/unable-to-boot-in-system-after-updating-windows-11-sun-valley2.379048/

Thanks to Sumit for the reply and solution.

So I downgraded the BIOS to 1.1.2 and it booted the operating system!

For the Modern 14 B4MW model, you can download the BIOS from here: https://www.msi.com/Laptop/Modern-14-B4MW/support?sub_product=Modern-14-B4MW#bios

Update 2:

New BIOS version E14DKAMS.115 is now available. https://www.msi.com/Laptop/Modern-14-B4MW/support?sub_product=Modern-14-B4MW#bios

Original: Upgraded Windows 10 to Windows 11 on MSI Modern 14 earlier this year via Update assistant. I saw the latest Windows 11 22H2 update and put the MSI modern 14 to upgrade via Windows 11 Installation Assistant downloaded from Microsoft site:

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

During the installation maybe about 80% I forgot about it and shut down the computer. Did something like this before and there was not problem. So I didn't think about it as I was tired and went to sleep.

Opend up the laptop next morning and it shows a message saying "SECURE BOOT VIOLATION" and after i pressed ok to that it takes me to the BIOS. Tried changing the boot order but nothing.

The UEFI option is grayed out. Disabling Secure boot does nothing. It directly takes me to BIOS without the error.

My question is, if I make a botable USB drive can I repair the Windows 11 OS without formatting the laptop?

Are there any other solution to this? I would maybe want to backup some documents.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-09-22T13:04:54+00:00

    I was just looking into updating the BIOS. But the problem is I don't know if the BIOS is the correct one. This is because MSI does a very poor job of stating which is the current BIOS version. It shows 1.5b07 in the BIOS update panel.

    However, on the site, the latest BIOS version is E14DKAMS.114

    Take a look https://www.msi.com/Laptop/Modern-14-B4MW/support These builds does not make sense.

    I don't want to flash an incorrect BIOS update.

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  2. SD - IA 179.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-09-22T12:39:23+00:00

    Do you have access to another PC?

    Can you check if the BIOS is fully updated?

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-22T12:31:43+00:00

    I did the reset. I get the same thing. It goes into bootloop at bios.

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  4. SD - IA 179.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-09-22T12:04:56+00:00

    Absolutely. No way it would erase data on the device.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-22T11:57:29+00:00

    So it is safe to Reset to Setup mode?

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