MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) Boot Problem

I found a beta BIOS on the MSI forum, and flashed from it. Now "UEFI:Windows Boot Manager" isn't showing under "Boot Option Priories", and as the drive was initially configured in AHCI mode and formatted with the GPT format, I need this option. It now lists my HD as a regular HD. This happened earlier, also, where I was flashing the BIOS with different versions in order to try to clear up BIOS bugs. Now I can't even boot into Windows as I just get a blinking cursor right after the BIOS screen. For some reason, the BIOS is filtering the "Windows Boot Manager" option and clearing the CMOS didn't help. I saw another post of a similar nature on here, and am wondering if there an EFI shell command to get this option back? I hope I don't have to return this board back to the vendor.
Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. HD set to AHCI mode
2. Windows 7 x64 install went flawlessly
3. Windows Boot Manager selected as option under Boot Option Priories
4. Flash to any other version BIOS and Windows Boot Manager option completely disappears from Boot Option Priories
5. Formatting the HD and reinstalling Windows brings back the Windows Boot Manager option

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He said he laughed at MSI's response because it's wrong.
Well, there is nothing wrong at all with MSI's response:
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the issue you are experiencing has to do with the fact that the UEFI data is stored in the NVRAM which gets cleared whenever you update the bios. This so far as I was informed is not something we can change.
This is the same thing you just said:
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Pretty much, Windows writes to the firmware when you install it using GPT. If you update the BIOS, the NVRAM is cleared
So, what is there to laugh about?
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This so far as I was informed is not something we can change.
Of course MSI cannot change that by any UEFI fix, as this seems to be an UEFI design obstacle.
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but you can run a Windows emergency boot disk and issue a couple commands and get the data written back to the firmware.
... or use the tools mentioned in the articles I linked you to in my previous reply to backup & restore NVRAM data.

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