P67A-GD65 (B2) - Asus R9290 DirectCU II Post Issue

Hi All,
Having an issue with the above card posting which I understand is an issue with the below BIOS version.
BIOS v1.19 / 1.J0
Intel ME 7.1.52.1176
I have tried to flash the BIOS with the forum tool and custom BIOS E7681IMS to allow the ME8 update which I have read on the forum will allow compatibilty with the card. However I am seeing the following message when the tool runs ''The Host CPU does not have write access to the target flash area you must modify the descriptor setting to give host access to this region''
Is there an option I need to check in the BIOS before updating - not seeing anything relating to this in the options.
Appreciate any assistance here.
Thanks
Izzzit

If your P67A-GD65 is really a (B2) you can't flash it with an ME8 bios required to run latest AMD R9 or GeForce GTX7xx and above. Only (B3) can be updated to ME8. The B2 should have been returned long ago when there was an issue with that revision of the Intel chipset that has been cured with the B3 revision.

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