[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
    2022-09-26T20:12:36+00:00

    Hey , can u explain how to fix it, without formatting my data

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-27T01:21:33+00:00

    I don't think u can fix it without formatting, we've tried a lot of methods from google, youtube, etc but no luck with them. Only way is to do a fresh install, but there are methods to recover your data from the setup screen.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-27T01:33:17+00:00

    Hello. There is a fix on the MSI forums, basically long story short, you have to downgrade the BIOS.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-27T01:34:36+00:00

    It seems that you can. All we were supposed to do was downgrading the BIOS version, according to MSI. They will rollout a new BIOS version in the near future to address those issues, but for now, your best bet without losing data is just that.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-27T09:21:57+00:00

    I get the answer everyone, u just need to downgrade the bios version, mine before is E14DKAMS.114 then i switch too E14DKAMS.112, my device is MSI Modern 14 Ryzen 3 3400u, and it's work properly as usual and ain't any data lost. Thanks To MSI Indonesia has give me the answer for this problem

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