MS-16W1 – MSI Thin 9SD
The MS-16W1 (MSI) motherboard is found in the MSI Thin 9SD. The catalog lists 3 files for it: 2 BIOS files, 1 schematic and 1 EC firmware image.
Revisions seen in file names: 1.0. First posted in June 2022 in BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive and Cyberlan Electronics.
BIOS dumps 2
Schematics 1
Board facts
| Board number | MS-16W1 |
|---|---|
| Designed by | MSI |
| Platform group | MS-16W1 |
| Revisions | 1.0 |
| First seen | 2022-06-20 |
| Source channels | BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive, Cyberlan Electronics |
| About the number | MSI 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-16W1
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
| Format | What it is | Open with |
|---|---|---|
| PDF schematic | any PDF reader; Sumatra PDF and Foxit handle large schematics well | |
| .rar | RAR archive | 7-Zip or WinRAR |
| .bin | BIOS image inside the archive (usually .bin) | a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer |
Questions
Who designed the MS-16W1 board?
MS-16W1 is an MSI board number.
Is there a boardview for MS-16W1?
No boardview has been indexed for MS-16W1 yet; the schematic is available on this page.
Which laptops use the MS-16W1 board?
Files in the catalog link MS-16W1 to the MSI Thin 9SD.
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.