Looking for Bios for MSI 945P Platinum (MS-7176) Version 1.00

Since the msi site doesn´t let me download the original bios of my motherboard, I was wondering if anyone knew how to download the original bios for this motherboard, or should I just make a backup of my current bios and that´s it?

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because my computer reports that it has version 6 since the last update last year
There is no such thing as "version 6" for your board. Whatever info your looking at that tells you something about "version 6" has most likely nothing to do with your actual BIOS Version. Version 6 probably indicates the AWARD BIOS Code Base used for the BIOS (and if that is the case, it will be version 6 for all BIOS Releases for your board).
On the Post Screen, look for the string "W7176IMS Vx.y". The numbers that you will see in the place of X and Y indicate your current BIOS Version.
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And suddenly it started acting weird lately.
A BIOS does not suddenly become faulty and start acting weird. If whatever problems you have started to occur only recently and not right after the BIOS Update, these are most probably not BIOS issues. I strongly suggest to leave the BIOS alone for now (well, find out which version you currently have) and explain the weirdnesses you are facing in more detail. Looks like they are caused by something else. Please also provide full system specs. Read the >>Posting Guide<< first.
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And yes, the liveupdate utility just doesn´t work
Great. It should not be used for BIOS Update anyway because it tends to crash and thereby render systems useless.

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Quote from: kuni on 30-August-06, 16:19:09
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P.S. if your mobo is still under warranty and wanna try to "hoax" your PC dealers for getting a new mobo like me, I can provide the old BIOS or just demand the MSI custommer service for w7176ims.10D
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I recently bought MSI 945P Platinum motherboard with Bios v1.3, CPU is Intel Celeron 2.66GHz, 64bit, LGA775, 256mb cache which I intend to replace with some Pentium D in about a month. But until than I tried to overclock CPU but all I achieved is 145*20=2.9GHz (default is 133*20=2.66GHz) Vcore 1.4v, with Kingston VR DDR2 533MHz memory. The thing is that FSB:DRAM is always 1:2, how can I change this in bios? I think that the problem is memory, it wont go more than 580MHz... and if I put FSB at 146 the only solution is CLEAR CMOS.
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my english is lack so i'll make it slow
i just bought the msi 945p platinum with intel dual 805d.
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