MOVED: NF980-G65 BIOS Update Nightmare!!

This topic has been moved to AMD64 nVidia boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=145326.0

Quote from: Mike on 31-January-11, 00:14:01
How can a board be sent out with 1.4 if it was manufactured when only 1.2 was available.  You can't blame MSI for a retailer sending you older stock.  Contact the retailer and have them flash it or use a supported CPU.  If you don't have another MSI board or notebook with Windows installed(you'll need to download the bios to the other computer) where you can use the forum's utility to prepare a USB stick, >>MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<< , then use one of the other methods in the sticky for flashing the bios under If you are unable to use the MSI HQ USB BIOS Flashing Tool, https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=119375.0 .
We understand your frustration, but please calm down and let's try to help.
Thanks mike for posting this link ... once I get my board fixed and resent I will try this flasher.  Thanks again for your help!

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  • NF980-G65 BIOS Update Nightmare!!

    There is ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE for stupidity like this!!
    Okay, I'm pretty sure someone or several people at MSI have their head up ass!
    I have an AMD 1090T x6 going into a brand new board.  The factory shipped bios is v1.2 which doesn't identify the CPU correctly.  Trying to update to 1.4 and it cannot be done.  I've tried the HP Utility on this board, the MSI Utility on the board as well as several other bios boot diskettes, CDs, and USB Boot tools and it just hangs.
    For gosh sakes, send the boards out with 1.4.
    I am on a deadline and instead of installing an operating system tonight, I spent the last 5 hour F#%@ing around trying to flash a bios so I can proceed with my install.
    I am using the default dumbed down bios settings, I have one stick of ram in the system, and nothing helps or works!  This is just plain retarded!!
    The last time I went thru this a couple weeks ago, I ended up having to put an AMD 965 x4 into the board to flash from 1.2 to 1.4, then put in the x6 to carry on.
    If ALL these companies were held accountable for the time people have to waste on their stupidity and mediocrity, this kind of crap wouldn't happen.
    This kind of stupidity costs me money everyday!!  Only I have to suck it up and eat the loss everytime this kind of braindead crap is encountered.
    A solution would be nice but I bet I won't get one.

    Quote from: Mike on 31-January-11, 00:14:01
    How can a board be sent out with 1.4 if it was manufactured when only 1.2 was available.  You can't blame MSI for a retailer sending you older stock.  Contact the retailer and have them flash it or use a supported CPU.  If you don't have another MSI board or notebook with Windows installed(you'll need to download the bios to the other computer) where you can use the forum's utility to prepare a USB stick, >>MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<< , then use one of the other methods in the sticky for flashing the bios under If you are unable to use the MSI HQ USB BIOS Flashing Tool, https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=119375.0 .
    We understand your frustration, but please calm down and let's try to help.
    Thanks mike for posting this link ... once I get my board fixed and resent I will try this flasher.  Thanks again for your help!

  • NF980-G65 bios update

    hey guys i have a system that need a bios update and i can't get the system to boot usb so i setup a floppy boot disk and that all works... so i tryed the bios update with the flash protection on jest do see it as a dry run with little or no risk and well i can conferm my system is more unstable then boat... that system needs the bios update but i need it stable to do the update so i need some help getting it stable. the system is listed in this thead (top post) https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=140401.0.
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  • NF980-G65 Bios update. Do you need a supported cpu to do this

    I read a post on the newegg site that this bios can be ugraded to an x6 compatabile version without a supported cpu? Can anyone clarify this? Is it true and if so what is the process?
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    Quote from: blottom on 17-September-10, 19:47:10
    I read a post on the newegg site that this bios can be ugraded to an x6 compatabile version without a supported cpu? Can anyone clarify this? Is it true and if so what is the process?
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  • Need help flashing nf980 g65 bios

    I just put together the NF980-G65 with a 6 core AMD processor. From what I understand it doesn't support the 6 cores unless I flash it to the latest BIOS update. It won't let me install Windows 7 or XP so I'm trying to use mflash. I downloaded the zip and extracted it onto a usb drive that's formatted with fat32. Then in the  BIOS when I try to do the update it can't find the file. It only shows partition 0, previous folder, or media folder. For some reason it won't find the update. I have tried everything I can think of, also using a different usb drive. Please help.

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  • MOVED: [Athlon64] Failed Bios update with both Live Update and Dos version = badchecksum shutdown

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    [Athlon64] Failed Bios update with both Live Update and Dos version = badchecksum shutdown

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    But the award bios v.6 is supposed to be able to do it if the bootblock is still intact.
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  • T60 Bios Update Nightmare

    Hi there, can anyone help me, or point me to some advice that is similar to this.
    I used the thinkvantage button.
    I was bored and there inforn of me it said, check for BIOS updates, so I thought why not, updated bios must surely be better than the ones I already had.
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    I can't help thinking though that the problem of ThinkVantage computer updates causing a complete nightmare is quite a serious one.
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  • 890GXM-G65 BIOS update failure

    I just assembled a PC with the 890GXM-G65 motherboard, 4 GB Kingston DDR3-1333 memory (2x KVR1333D3N9/2G), Athlon II X2 245 processor, Nvidia 8500GT video card. BIOS revision was 1.6. Although I intended to do a clean Windows 7 x64 install later, initially and with only minor adjustments I was able to successfully boot from my HDD transplanted from my old PC with Windows 7 x86.
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    so there are all lies or what ?
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    i got the bios updated but now i am woundering what the update did quoting from the update site "Support AGESA code." what is AGESA code and what has it to do with my motherboard bios/system function?
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    Quote from: Mark on 22-September-10, 00:52:32
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  • MOVED: NF980-G65 + PII X6

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    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=138228.0

    For some reason, it won't let me edit my own post now, but I fixed the problem!
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  • MOVED: 890gxm-g65 bios

    This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=139531.0

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    so there are all lies or what ?
    No, that is called marketing.  In most cases, there are no problems with M-Flash whatsoever.  However, in too many other instances there have been problems with M-Flash, that is why we warn against using it, to be on the safe side.  You can either ignore these warnings and take your chances (probably 95% success rate) or take them seriously and update the BIOS the DOS-Way and increase the success rate to 99.9999%.  It is up to you.  In case the only reason you posted your remark is to start the sort of discussion we already had hundred times in this forum, please either start your own topic and state your actual problem or just don't reply to my reply.  This is a user-to-user forum, not an MSI Technical Support or an official MSI Products complaint stations. If you think that there is serious lying involved here and if have justified complaints, please contact MSI directly:  >>How to contact MSI.<< Thank You.

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