MEGA 865 BIOS Death, Need Help!

I have searched the forums for a possible answer to my question, but to no avail...
I flashed the BIOS of my new MSI MEGA 865.
It said take out floppy disk and hit F1 to continue.
I have flashed hundreds of BIOSes and never had this one happen.
I hit F1 and got the following screen.
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0
Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc.
BIOS ROM checksum error
Detecting floppy drive A media...
Drive A error.  System halt
That is the whole message.
I have tried the following.
New floppy drive
New floppy cable
new memory
clearing CMOS w/power cord plugged in
clearing CMOS w/power cord unplugged
Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
Thanks in advance.

If they don't then send them an email to ask if they can fix it for you (like swap the BIOS chip). It will cost but be the cheapest.
There is a third option. You can fash an old PC which you no longer want with this BIOS file as long as it has the same BIOS chip then take that BIOS chip out and put it is your computer.
  Go on give it a go with your 861
If you have no joy give be a personal mail and I do it for you with my 865 (expect 30 day turn around as I 'm in NZ)

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