Need help flashing my BIOS

I just tried to flash the BIOS on my MSI Z87-G43 mb but I was unsuccessful. I was trying to use the M-Flash capability in the BIOS but when I tried to save my current BIOS to the USB flash drive I got the message that no USB key was found and to please plug in a USB key and try again. I decided to skip saving the current BIOS and just flash the new BIOS and the same message appeared. I tried the USB socket on the front of my case, the USB 2.0 socket on the MB I/O panel and the USB 3.0 socket on the MB I/O panel. None of them worked.
The USB flash drive is just a generic 1 GB flash drive. Prior to the attempts, I used the option to "Load Optimized Defaults" or whatever it is called. Within the BIOS, I used the "Board Explorer" option and I was able to "see" my USB flash drive on the Board Explorer.
What is the trick to getting the MB to see my USB flash drive during M-Flash?

Quote from: Froggy Gremlin on 30-July-13, 04:14:45
Never known that to happen before. Here is a possible recovery method;
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=138837.0
I went to that thread but when I clicked on the link for the repair tool, it returned a 404 error.
Thanks again, Froggy!

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