Live Update Online

Question

One of the main reasons I bought this MSI Motherboard (790FX-GD70), was because of the "Simple" bios update procedure.  MSI still has the live update on-line on their site advertising like it's a great thing.
Is MSI doing false advertising?  Is the newest version any better? 
I have not tried to use it yet since reading all the problems here.  I know you don't have to flash your bios, but why not have the latest one?  I am having some memory problems and thought maybe the latest bios would help. 
What is the real answer?  Anyone know?  If I contact MSI are they going to tell me their Live Update On-line works well?
Anyway, thanks for listening.
cusafr

Answer 1

Yes, I have been to the OCZ web site and have tried many different suggested settings.  Last night my system froze in BIOS. Had to reboot and set like for the first time.  This morning BSOD right after POST.
Did a memtest last night-no errors.  Did a checkdisk test-no errors.
Currently have the 8GB (4x2) AMD Black Edition memory modules set at 8-8-8-24-2t.
Any ideas? 
cusafr
Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump
Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.
On Sun 12/13/2009 7:54:55 PM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: ntfs.sys
Bugcheck code: 0x24 (0x1904FB, 0xFFFFF880082FB718, 0xFFFFF880082FAF70, 0xFFFFF880012B4E8F)
Error: NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121309-13057-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT File System Driver
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit may be another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.
On Sun 12/13/2009 1:30:51 PM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe
Bugcheck code: 0x3B (0xC0000005, 0xFFFFF80002A6CA09, 0xFFFFF88009A83CD0, 0x0)
Error: SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121309-14118-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit may be another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.
On Sat 12/12/2009 9:50:41 PM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe
Bugcheck code: 0xBE (0xFFFFF88001B41000, 0x800000021CA0A021, 0xFFFFF88006E7D970, 0xB)
Error: ATTEMPTED_WRITE_TO_READONLY_MEMORY
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121209-14757-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit may be another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.
On Fri 12/11/2009 2:30:50 AM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: tvichw64.sys
Bugcheck code: 0xC4 (0xF6, 0x290, 0xFFFFFA80029011D0, 0xFFFFF8800890AB7A)
Error: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121009-20794-01.dmp
On Fri 12/11/2009 2:10:50 AM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: tvichw64.sys
Bugcheck code: 0xC4 (0xF6, 0x258, 0xFFFFFA8004D4BB30, 0xFFFFF8800A0C7B7A)
Error: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121009-22167-01.dmp
On Fri 12/11/2009 1:35:22 AM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: unknown_image
Bugcheck code: 0xC4 (0xF6, 0x290, 0xFFFFFA800508DB30, 0xFFFFF880099BCB7A)
Error: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121009-20607-01.dmp
On Thu 12/10/2009 11:39:47 PM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: tvichw64.sys
Bugcheck code: 0xC4 (0xF6, 0x290, 0xFFFFFA8004AC8B30, 0xFFFFF8800827EB7A)
Error: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121009-21528-01.dmp
On Thu 12/10/2009 11:30:11 PM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: tvichw64.sys
Bugcheck code: 0xC4 (0xF6, 0x290, 0xFFFFFA8004467060, 0xFFFFF88009ACFB7A)
Error: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121009-23166-01.dmp
On Thu 12/10/2009 7:05:43 PM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: elrawdsk.sys
Bugcheck code: 0xC4 (0xF6, 0x37C, 0xFFFFFA80045422E0, 0xFFFFF880084E1C12)
Error: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121009-24008-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\elrawdsk.sys
product: RawDisk
company: EldoS Corporation
description: RawDisk Driver. Allows write access to raw disk sectors for user mode applications in Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008.
On Thu 12/10/2009 7:01:14 PM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: elrawdsk.sys
Bugcheck code: 0xC4 (0xF6, 0x404, 0xFFFFFA8004B97630, 0xFFFFF88007164C12)
Error: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121009-24663-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\elrawdsk.sys
product: RawDisk
company: EldoS Corporation
description: RawDisk Driver. Allows write access to raw disk sectors for user mode applications in Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008.
On Thu 12/10/2009 6:57:45 PM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: elrawdsk.sys
Bugcheck code: 0xC4 (0xF6, 0x5E4, 0xFFFFFA8004AEF660, 0xFFFFF880081AFC12)
Error: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121009-26910-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\elrawdsk.sys
product: RawDisk
company: EldoS Corporation
description: RawDisk Driver. Allows write access to raw disk sectors for user mode applications in Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008.
On Thu 12/10/2009 6:29:41 PM your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe
Bugcheck code: 0xC1 (0xFFFFF900C6608630, 0xFFFFF900C66080B2, 0x93A9C8, 0x32)
Error: SPECIAL_POOL_DETECTED_MEMORY_CORRUPTION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121009-23134-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit may be another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.
Conclusion
12 crash dumps have been found and analyzed. Note that it's not always possible to state with certainty whether a reported driver is really responsible for crashing your system or that the root cause is in another module. Nonetheless it's suggested you look for updates for the products that these drivers belong to and regularly visit Windows update or enable automatic updates for Windows. In case a piece of malfunctioning hardware is causing trouble, a search with Google on the bug check errors together with the model name and brand of your computer may help you investigate this further.