Bios Switches A / B only boot when OC Genie button is on. MSI Z77 Military Grade

MSI Z77 Military Grade
1. Bios Switches A / B only boot when OC Genie button is on.
2. I normally use Bios B and upgraded the Bios from 17.6 to 17.12.
Flash was successful. I don't remember if I had the OC Genie button on or not.
But when I rebooted I couldn't get into the bios stuck at "A2" (thought I totally corrupted the bios
until I turned on the OC Genie from the motherboard.
However here is the quandary:
3. Neither A or B Bios will boot without the OC Genie button on.
4. The system will cycle twice than stop at A2
5. Eventually I would like to have both Bios-es working optimally.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post.

remove power cord from the PSU and do >>Clear CMOS Guide<<

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Repeat with this line:
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Important: If you formerly synchronized with a MobileMe account, your me.com email address may appear in the output of the above command. If so, anonymize it before posting.
Step 3
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' 2> /dev/null
Remember, these steps are all copy-and-paste — no typing. Also remember to post the output.
You can then quit Terminal.

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