P7N motherboard BIOS problem

Hi,
I just got a P7N board and got it working yesterday. My build is:
New parts:
P7N mobo
Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo CPU
2x2gb G. Skill 8500 DDR2 RAM
XFX 9800GTX video card
I'm reusing :
36gb WD Raptor, 80 gig IDE HDD i'm reusing
SB Audigy 2zs sound card.
Coolermaster 600W power supply
Everything worked fine, no problems. One adjustment I made was change the ddr2 timing in the BIOS to 1066 to match my ram. I also downloaded the bios update from the MSI website. I opened it and looked like the directions wanted me to put them into a floppy. Guess it was stupid of me, but I click the executable "AFUD4234.exe" in the file. there was another file A7380NMS.200 in there, along with directions to flash the BIOS.
My question is : did I accidentally mess up my BIOS by clicking that executable?
Problem now is that I can turn on the computer and it powers up, but there is no display. The monitor just stays in the standby mode. So no POST, no loading windows, nothing.
I cannot see anything else in my setup messing up and I've tried to run with only cpu, hdd, video card. I've also tried both RAM pieces by themselves and also with no RAM installed. Fan

Quote from: gkilla19 on 25-July-08, 05:29:35
Everything worked fine, no problems. One adjustment I made was change the ddr2 timing in the BIOS to 1066 to match my ram. I also downloaded the bios update from the MSI website. I opened it and looked like the directions wanted me to put them into a floppy. Guess it was stupid of me, but I click the executable "AFUD4234.exe" in the file. there was another file A7380NMS.200 in there, along with directions to flash the BIOS.
My question is : did I accidentally mess up my BIOS by clicking that executable?
Problem now is that I can turn on the computer and it powers up, but there is no display. The monitor just stays in the standby mode. So no POST, no loading windows, nothing.
I cannot see anything else in my setup messing up and I've tried to run with only cpu, hdd, video card. I've also tried both RAM pieces by themselves and also with no RAM installed. Fan
" My question is : did I accidentally mess up my BIOS by clicking that executable? "
If you done only that, then no
" Everything worked fine, no problems. One adjustment I made was change the ddr2 timing in the BIOS to 1066 to match my ram."
Do a >>Clear CMOS Guide<< {With power cord removed}
Also don't update your BIOS when the PC is working just fine.
And never attempt BIOS update if your PC is unstable.
Read here as well: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=103441.0

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Look, I have already been threatened to be banned because of my sarcastic replies to you. Read every one of your responses I listed. Obviously OTHERS are having problems. WHY don't you help them instead of TAUNTING people that yours works. They are upset, and you make them feel dumb like it's their fault.
Man I have tried to contribute so much to this issue that at least 20 different members here are having, I have tested with an Asus SLI board, I have tried different BIOS's and posted results, I have theorized with others and I feel like you are slapping me in the face by restating time and time again "what problem mine works great"i
I'm on a verbal warning because I didn't have respect for you. Well how are you respecting the other people who have problems by saying you don't know what their issue is. Read up on it or help them, instead of creating tension. Please?

Z87-gd65 Bios Problems?

Hello!
Last night (saturday 18th) i turned off this damn computer before going to bed, next day it started up, but the screen was all black.
After looking into it, (removing ram, checking psu, gpu, cpu) i found out that by switching over the dual bios button to the 2nd bios its all good again. Ofc im back to bios version 1.00, but atleast it works now. the other bios (lets call it 1) is currently up to date, and worked fine untill i turned the computer off last night (saturday) tried clearing cmos, and pushing all the clear godknowswhat buttons i found on the motherboard, but the sceen still goes black. Was thinking i could flash the bios, but with a black screen, flashing the defective bios seems to be pretty hard.. can i conclude to a defective motherboard/bios or are there any other things i can do before risking flashing this one that works to the newest version (through live update) ? Should this go under some sort of waranty? its barely a year old.
and i know.. the english sucked.. im scandinavian.. accept it :P

Quite unlikely that bios a simply gone bad but let's try reflashing it:
A.) Download >>this<< bios archive and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
B.) Download and install the >>MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<< .
C.) Insert your FAT32 formatted usb stick.
D.) Make sure that all win 8 options are disabled. (Fast Boot etc) Also make sure the legacy USB is enabled.
E.) Start the forum flash tool and select option 1. Then point the tool at the compressed archive we downloaded earlier. Then to your USB Flash Drive.
F.) Boot to the USB from working bios B.
G.) Once it booted successfully switch to bios A without powering down or rebooting
H.) Now follow the directions and let the tool flash bios A with desired version

Fixed my MB BIOS problem Today Z68 GD65 G3

Flashed the newest official BIOS from the MSI WEB site and then I had a problem.
The problem was that my Spread Spectrum was unable to be switched to unable in the BIOS. Worked fine before flashing BIOS.
Problem first happened after using M-Flash method. Then I flashed it using the Live 5 update method and the problem was still there. Tried a few different Official and Beta BIOS flavors and the problem remained.
After trying the official MSI BIOS flashing methods and having problems I then used the bullet proof MSI HQ Forum USB flasher.... Didn't work.
With each flash I disabled security on the dual BIOS flash and flashed both BIOS chips. I also tried a BOOT from BIOS on different BIOS flavors.
Nothing seemed to work to fix my BIOS problem.
Then like a lighting bolt in the night I saw the light!!
I fixed my problem by returning the the MB to the store for exchange.
Problem solved.

Well we all know this BIOS is a work in progress and for whatever reasons my BIOS is still buggy. I'm going on my 2nd month of problems trying to get the BIOS to work right.
For the last week I have been trying to get this MB to over clock with auto voltage while maintaining the power efficiency features and increasing the Turbo Boost limits.
With the new MB and new fresh official BIOS my MB still doesn't allow for this feature to work. I even took my 2500k back to the store to exchange because I thought it may be the CPU.
Great thread to read about setting this configuration up.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18340310
Any help on this subject is appreciated.

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