X99S SLI Plus bad BIOS flash

Hello there,
Tried to go from version 1.3 to a new 1.4. Downloaded and unzipped .rom file. Copied the file to a Corsair usb memory flash drive, restarted the machine to BIOS and through M-Flash tried to reflash it. It found the file on the memory drive, said "the computer will restart in 5 seconds. It did so, started flashing, the progress bar went to 87% and then it just stopped. I let it sit there for an hour thinking that I just bricked a BIOS chip somehow. After restart I got a black screen .. Switched to a another BIOS chip (dual BIOS rock) started a PC normally.
Here is what I tried to do: Reformated the flash drive, redownloaded the 1.4 .rom file. Booted to a working BIOS, then switched to a bad BIOS, selected the .rom file on the memory stick, it said the same thing, 5 sec, reboot .. to a black screen. Tried this a few times. I also tried the Live Update utility in Windows, it reports that BIOS is up to date, while the switch is in bad BIOS, I guess it reads the BIOS info from somewhere before I switch the BIOS.
I bought this mobo with BIOS v 1.1, then using the same method successfully flashed it to 1.2 and 1.3, never touching the BIOS switch.
My question is: is there anything else I could try to recover bad BIOS chip? I dont want to RMA the board because of it, it works, and I can't afford the down time. Thank you for the input.
Specs:
i7 5820k
8x4GB Corsair 2133 RAM
Saphire r9 290x
Corsair 750w PSU

>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
A.) Download the linked archive: >>https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=183560.0;attach=13913<< and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
B.) Download and install the Forum flash tool.
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.
G.) Once it booted successfully switch to the bad bios without powering down or rebooting
H.) Now follow the directions and let the tool flash the bad bios
I.) After flashing reinstall ME drivers in Windows: http://download.msi.com/dvr_exe/intel_me10_mb.zip

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Is there a tutorial for the basic BIOS set up for this mobo?
Manual for your mobo
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