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yes, it can flash new "bios" from USB in case of bad update. this function is inate to intel "chipset" so every motherboard with direct to "chipset" connected usb port can recover bad update.

but you need to have usb flashdrive connected for long time, like 5 minutes or so, after powerup, without leds blinking so it can be scary / confusing.

fat32 formatted drive.

good to know, luckily I didn't need it :)

I'm not sure any of this is possible nowadays, I'm assuming a modified BIOS/UEFI image would be rejected due to missing some vendor signature…

i can not comment on icelake or newer. but i can say a lot of insane ↕ things can be found on russian / chinese forums.

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