K8N Neo2 Platinum 1.B Latest Bios Release

I've installed the lastest Bios revision from MSI site for the model K8N Neo2 Platinum. Everything works fine, except that when I want to get into de BIOS menu after presing F2 at the POST screen, nothing happens. The cursor is blinking at the top left of the screen and that's all. It never get into the Bios menu. Do you know what can I do to solve this problem?. Thanks!.

Quote from: sinister1st on 30-September-05, 23:01:28
Guys try ENABLEING usb/kb support in bios this fixed it for me no more flashing cursor .
but how to flash it since u need to clear csmo after flashing?

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