MS-16K21 – MSI Stealth 10D

The MS-16K21 (MSI) motherboard is found in the MSI Stealth 10D and MSI Stealth Pro E17B1IMS. The catalog lists 4 files for it: 3 BIOS files, 1 schematic and 1 EC firmware image.

File names mention revision 2.1. BIOS images are 1 MB and 8 MB. First posted in January 2021 in BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive and Cyberlan Electronics.

BIOS dumps 3

FileSizeRevAddedSource
4.4 MB
2.1
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4.7 MB
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Schematics 1

FileSizeRevAddedSource
2.5 MB
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From the uploader

MSI GS72 MS-17B1(MS-16K21 REV 2.1)
GTX1060 (N17E-G1-A1)

Board facts

Board numberMS-16K21
Designed byMSI
Platform groupMS-16K2
Revisions2.1
BIOS chip size1 MB, 8 MB
First seen2021-01-28
Source channelsBIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive, Cyberlan Electronics
About the numberMSI board numbers start with MS-: MS-1xxxx for notebooks, MS-7xxx for desktop boards (also used in HP, Lenovo and other OEM PCs), MS-Vxxx for graphics cards.

Laptops that use MS-16K21

  • MSI Stealth 10D
  • MSI Stealth Pro E17B1IMS

What these files are for

A BIOS dump is a full image of the board's SPI flash chip. It is written back with an SPI programmer when the original firmware is corrupted, after a chip replacement, or to recover from a failed update. Read and save the original chip first: serial number, DMI data and the Intel ME / AMD PSP state differ between boards.

A schematic is the circuit diagram of the main board: power rails, power-up sequence, component values and net names. It is the reference for measuring voltages and tracing a fault.

EC (embedded controller) firmware runs the keyboard controller, power sequencing, battery charging and fans. Depending on the board it lives in a separate chip (ENE KB9012, ITE IT85xx, Nuvoton NPCE) or inside the main SPI image, so check which applies before flashing.

Tools to open these files

FormatWhat it isOpen with
.pdfPDF schematicany PDF reader; Sumatra PDF and Foxit handle large schematics well
.rarRAR archive7-Zip or WinRAR
.zipZIP archive7-Zip, WinRAR or the built-in Windows extractor
.binBIOS image inside the archive (usually .bin)a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer

Questions

Which laptops use the MS-16K21 board?

Files in the catalog link MS-16K21 to the MSI Stealth 10D and MSI Stealth Pro E17B1IMS.

Who designed the MS-16K21 board?

MS-16K21 is an MSI board number.

Is there a boardview for MS-16K21?

No boardview has been indexed for MS-16K21 yet; the schematic is available on this page.

What BIOS chip size does MS-16K21 use?

The BIOS images for MS-16K21 are 1 MB and 8 MB.

Where do the download links go?

Each button opens the original public Telegram post the file was shared in. ChambersDesignInc.com only indexes and cross-references those posts.