Z68A-GD55 (G3) Bad BIOS Update?

Hello All,
So I updated my BIOS to try to fix a usb problem which turned out to just be a crappy wireless mouse I think. Anyways that doesn't matter.
After updating and booting into the BIOS, the interface is screwed up. The entire BIOS is zoomed in and offset so that i can only see about 3/4 of the BIOS and some of the different menus dont show up. Also, the text shows up overlayed over the other menus. Basically, its nearly impossible to navigate the BIOS.
I've tried updating to different BIOS versions and clearing the CMOS all without any success of fixing the issue.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam

and what does the rest of your system consist of? >>Posting Guide<<
Did you do a full CMOS clear with power cord removed ? Also of note, with the Z68 its advisable to remove the battery as well during the CMOS clear procedure. >>Clear CMOS Guide<<

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This mobo supports 2133Mhz
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My new PC works in default state/1333Mhz but not in 2133Mhz. Any tips?
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Did MSI alter Vcore settings with Z68A-GD55 (B3) BIOS 25.6 update?

You'll have to excuse me, as I've been away from motherboard/BIOS/OC stuff for a while...
I built my current computer about a year ago with a Z68A-GD55 (B3) and i5-2500K. After some initial OC experimentation, I found a sweet spot and have been running absolutely solid @ 4.5GHz Turbo with BIOS 22.4 for that year.
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I went back into the BIOS and immediately noticed that the CPU core voltage that I had been setting (1.325v) was no longer delivering the expected current voltage (it had been showing current voltage of '1.320V', but with BIOS 25.6, it now showed '1.288V'.)
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2. Is a change in core voltage setting and readings from BIOS 22.4 to 25.6 to be expected?
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Does the ME8 firmware form part and parcel of the BIOS on the MSI website ? Does the ME7 firmware form part and parcel of the BIOS that you attached ? Does the BIOS flash install the ME8 or the ME7 firmware respectively when using the forum flasher to flash the BIOS versions on the MSI site ? That was the question.
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Does the BIOS flash install the ME8 or the ME7 firmware respectively when using the forum flasher to flash the BIOS versions on the MSI site ? That was the question.
Each BIOS version, carry on the co-respond ME versions that's required by this BIOS to runs properly.
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Well the OC is working, in fact after some further fiddling I have a base OC of 44x that Turbo Boost reports as being 16-63, and single core boosts have now gone up to 4.9 occasionally, so the speed is there, I am more worried about whether is actually is essentially running at either 16x or 44x constantly, and if not, which monitoring tool is wrong? What's the definitive way of showing per core clock speeds in real time? As it stands it seems as though when gaming the CPU is going to be clocked at 44x permanently, rather than fluctuate properly with load (i.e. the slightest bit of CPU activity bumps it from 16 to 44 when seen in CPU-Z, Control Center has then barely ever shifting off 44x at all, but the intel Turbo Boost Monitor does seem to show the sort of behaviour power wise that I want, albeit as a simplistic bar graph without labelled axis...
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