BIOS CHIP NOT SOCKETED!!!???

ARE THEY CRAZY !! A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO MY BUDDY BOUGHT A 875FIS2R AND IT HAS A SOCKETED BIOS ROM ON AUG 20TH I RECEIVED MY GORGEOUS 875FIS2R. UPON OPENING THE BOX, THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS WHAT SEEMS TO BE A BIOS CHIP THAT IS PERMANENT. I'VE ALREADY FLASHED MY BIOS TO VER. 1.6 USING LIVE MONITOR WITHOUT A PROBLEM, THEN I COME TO THESE THREADS AND OH MY GOD ALL THE NIGHTMARES WITH BIOS FLASHING AND THE RESULTING DEAD BOARDS. YOU WOULD THINK MSI WOULD RATHER HAVE A BUNCH OF CHIPS RMA'D INSTEAD OF WHOLE BOARDS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND EVERY PICTURE OF THE 865'S AND 875'S (INCLUDING THE MANUAL) HAVE SOCKETED BIOS'? AM I MISSING SOMETHING?? NEEDLESS TO SAY MY FLASHING DAYS ARE OVER!! TALK TO ME GUYS AND GALS - WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SOCKET? MY VIA P4B-400, WHICH I JUST TOOK OUT AND REPLACED WITH THE 875NEO EVEN HAD A SOCKET. ?(

MSI decided to use chip-soldered BIOS chip solution to cut cost, they know that they have to cover the cost of RMA due to wrong BIOS flashing. Which again, appear to be cost-effective solution for high-volume manufacturing. There is something call BIOS recovery procedure.
Nothing more to discuss in this thread, this is a known topic. Hence I close the thread to avoid rants.

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