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As above really whats the best way to flash a new BIOS on my below board ?
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i did it with external floppy drive, worked like a champ was a bit of a pita compared to gigabyte's flashing process but in the end all u have to do is follow steps :P

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Does MSI use EFI instead of BIOS on all their mobos?
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i did it with external floppy drive, worked like a champ was a bit of a pita compared to gigabyte's flashing process but in the end all u have to do is follow steps :P
You got them spare ne where i read the ones with the BIOS i dowloaded and they make no sense what so ever !!

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Does MSI use EFI instead of BIOS on all their mobos?
Havent a clue *shrugs*
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THIS is the best way, create an account on MSI forums, click the >>Forum USB flashtool<< and the steps are simple as cake to flash your bios

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You got them spare ne where i read the ones with the BIOS i dowloaded and they make no sense what so ever !!
whats your boards no. ? 7376 ? k9a2 plat v1.0 ?

if so i could try to tell you how i did it, i had to flash with a am2 cpu since my am2+ wouldnt boot

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BTW BioHzrd, you mobo is 790fx, not 750fx
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Cheers for the help ! Needed updating as my Phenom wasnt being seen and only running at 800Mhz !
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