1.45 BIOS Locked?

o_0I "upgraded" my BIOS to 1.45 and I was getting some weird RAID set problems with the set not being found.
I decided to go with the release 1.30 BIOS, but now I am unable to flash the BIOS with the flash program telling me that the BIOS is locked and mentios a jumper. But I haven't changed any jumpers and I cannot find anything listed in the BIOS that might protect the BIOS.
Any idea how I can flash this BIOS again before I lose the will to live?

Cool, at least I'm not going mad, can you tell me how to circumvent it ?

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