Z77A-GD65 flash bios & ME firmware

Hi,
ive z77a-gd65, with bios v10.11 but with old ME Firmware.
Please tell me how can i update that ME Firmware, using MSI Flash tool?
xmad writes in 1st post smth about that i need to ask for a proper file to write?
Im asking because i dont want to brick the board.
I know how to update bios but i didn't know that i need to flash ME firmware too, and how to do this?
Thanks

there is instructions:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=163874.msg1267801#msg1267801

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Z77A-GD65 Multiple BIOS Issues - B4 Hang, Splash Screen Blinking

Back in November 2012, I built a home server with a Z77A-GD65. Lately, I've noticed some strange things happening that I've been trying to research but to no avail.
First off, I get the B4 code hang-up whenever I'm booting. This doesn't matter if it's a cold boot or a reboot, it hangs on B4 for about 10-15 seconds, flashes 92 really quick, and then goes to A2 which it stays for another 5 or so seconds. After that I get the MSI splash screen for about 1 second, then it blinks 5 times. After that it goes into Windows just fine.
The blinking is a new issue, the B4 hang is not. I've read from multiple posts that this is a USB issue. When I disable USB legacy support, the issue goes away, but of course then I can't have legacy support. I have yet to figure out what exact device is causing it. In the process of trying to figure this out, I updated BIOS to A.A0. After updating to this version of BIOS the splash screen blinks 5 times before going to the "Starting Windows" splash screen. This is a more difficult issue to figure out why it's doing this because if you search for "BIOS" and "flash" or "flashes" or "flashing", you typically get results for flashing your BIOS. Hence, why I'm using the term "blinking". But even then I can't really find a solution out there.
I also happened to see that the website for the Z77A-GD65 is showing a newer BIOS version, but I'm unable to flash this (at least using M-Flash). I threw it on a USB, re-enabled USB legacy and whenever I click on it to install, the BIOS screen hard locks. The screen just freezes exactly where it's at in the BIOS and the mouse is dead. However, I can CTRL+ALT+DEL on the keyboard and it will reboot the system so I don't need to power cycle the computer. Not sure why this is happening either. Perhaps I need to flash this a different way? Maybe I don't need to flash this at all?
I could really use some input here on why this is happening.
As for the specs on my system, they're as follows:
i7-3770K overclocked to 4.2 Ghz by using the Turbo Mode in BIOS
32GB Komputerbay DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz DIMM with Low Profile Blue Heatspreaders Quad Channel RAM | 9-9-9-24 XMP ready
AMD PowerColor 7870 Myst Edition GPU - currently not overclocked although overclocking this doesn't seem to affect any issues
2 - 128 GB Corsair SATA III SSD - one runs the OS, the other I use to load games from
2 - 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM Sata II HDD's mirrored via Windows 7
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1 - 1 TB Western Digital MyBook USB 2.0 external
2 - 3 TB Seagate USB 3.0 external
ASUS DVD Burner - not sure which one, it's a cheapy $20 from Newegg
1 - PCI USB 3.0 expansion card
Antec TruePower New TP-550 Modular 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply
NZXT Switch 810 gunmetal - currently have 4 fans running but plan on more, also the Switch 810 has the multi-card reader in the front with 1x SD Card, 2x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0
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I tried to be thorough. Thanks in advance for any help!

Quote from: PirateDog on 26-August-13, 12:45:18
Probably a USB device problem.
This is a candidate, as well as mouse and keyboard. Disconnect USB devices one at a time to find the culprit.
A lot of devices running. PSU a +12V single rail or is it multi rail? A rail going to the graphics or components may not be enough amps. My best guess is the card reader.
For UEFI/BIOS flashing, select your mainboard here and use the forum flash method;
I'll definitely try unplugging some of these USB devices to see if that helps with the B4 hang issue.
As for the PSU, according to the description for it on Newegg: "Four industry-leading independent +12v rails are provided for more stable and safer power output." It has two rails going to the GPU. The GPU is a new addition to the system and so I wasn't running it until recently. The issues were occurring beforehand, but you're right that this PSU is underpowered for the rig considering PowerColor recommends a minimum of 500w. I'm going to be buying a larger capacity one sometime in the very near future. Any recommendations on good modular PSU's? What's a good way to tell what wattage to get?
Thanks for letting me know about the forum flash method. I'll be back later when I have some results.

Z77A-GD65 primary bios corruped and can't restore it!!

Hi guys, last weekend was happened a very strange thing ... i used my pc with MSI mb Z77A-GD65 regulary Saturday and power off without any problem,
Yesterday i power on my PC and doesn't work, MB starts with coolers but no P.O.S.T sound error and only black screen, i try to reset bios .. nothing, i switch to secondary bios and immediatly works!
Then pc runs fine.
So I re-flash the primary bios and the procedure ends without no problem, i re-switch to primary bios and again not works like the beginning ... i try other re-flash to primary bios but same story!
So finaly Pc works only if i switch to secondary bios, primary bios not work though i re-flashed bios .......what's up? is primary bios flash eprom damage... without any apparent problem?
All of 2 bios primary and secondary have the lasted MSi Z77A-GD65 Bios ver. 10.8

Quote from: Noway77 on 16-July-13, 17:03:52
Hi, did you try flashing with M-flash Multibios flash tool under Bios?
If it doesn't work with 10.8 you need to downgrade it to 10.5 using MSI HQ USB BIOS Flash Tool, dont use the M-flash when downgrading Bios.
Then after you have 10.5 Bios use the Multibios option under your Bios, and it should work fine.
Hi, thanks for reply, i try every version of bios, i try to flash by Multibios flash tool under Bios, and by standard procudure, boot with 2nd bios with bootdisk,, than switch to primary bios and flash under dos..no way !!, primary bios don't want to boot up!
What is strange is every time i try to update primary bios with M-flash Multibios flash tool and by dos command, only secondary bios updated not the primary one!!... its seems that primary bios flash memory no longer exists .. i think that primary bios flash memory has been damaged for incomprehensible fact ...

Z77A-GD65 + GTX780Ti = BIOS error 99

Posted this on someone elses thread, apologies:
'Im having a similar problem, i have had a Z77a-GD65 with a GTX 670 windforce X3 card working for over a year, got the GTX 780Ti last night, removed the 670 and replaced with the 780Ti, all of a sudden getting error codes, removed all graphics cards getting error code 99, stripped down to no HDD, 1 stick of different RAM no graphics (except intel 3770K onboard graphics) and still cant get past error 99.
I have tried and reset both CMOS, removed battery etc, makes no difference.
I have a 600W PSU as recommended, has this combo fried my motherboard, as replacing my GTX670 now does not fix the problem, so Im really in trouble. I only have a spare laptop so mo way to tyest any individual parts out.'
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Unfortunately using onboard graphics also produces error code 99, its impossible to get to the BIOS, even with the MOBO on my desk with just CPU and RAM, still get error code 99 on the MOBO post code readout. Is there any way to bypass error codes and get to BIOS?
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Z77A-GD65 Gaming BIOS Update Problem

An update to version 25.1 just appeared and when I tried to run it I got an error message saying it's incompatible with 64 bit Windows. This wasn't an issue with 25.0 and there wasn't anything on the download site about the new one being 32 bit only. Has anyone else tried to install this on a 64 bit system ? Because I've been getting some unusual error messages lately and I'm not sure if the problem is with the download or something on my system. Thanks

I was hoping you saw my reply before you tried that other ME firmware update, as your ME was updated already. The ME firmware and driver are different entities, and they have different version numbers that do not match. That is not a problem.
All you need to do is look in the UEFI/BIOS System Information and it will tell you what BIOS version is installed along with what ME firmware is installed. When in Windows, you can use CPUID's CPU-Z Mainboard Tab and it too will show the information. Again, the forum flash method took care of the ME firmware flash. There is no need to go through all that multiple flashing baloney. Too much risk involved if for no other reason.
Did you download the newest CC utility yet? If still no luck, a ticket to MSI is recommended so they can work on an updated version for your mainboard.
>> How To Contact MSI <<

[Z77A-GD65] latest bios with ME?

Hi
I was just looking at updating my bios, a82 which was provided to me from a tech support ticket didn't update the ME firmware, so was looking at bringing both the bios and ME up to date.
The bios thread for this board mentions a83 is the latest beta bios but doesn't mention that it includes the ME update. Also is the a83 bios more up to date than the a80 official release, I'm guessing so but just like to check?
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=163874.0

I'm having some difficulty in getting this flash (A80 official) to commit.
I've tried a couple of times using the forum flasher tool (version 1.25g) which doesn't give any feedback of any errors. However, after resetting the CMOS and rebooting it only shows the bios version to have changed to 10.8 and the build date 12/17/2012 but the ME firmware version has remained unchanged.
Reading the forum flasher tool instructions it mentions that boot sector protection could be the cause of this but I don't see an option for that in the bios. Is the 'Execute Disable Bit' in the CPU features section the same thing?
Also, the forum flasher tool upon completion gives the option to reboot but I understood that the CMOS was to be reset so should the user answer no to rebooting and then power off system and then reset CMOS or should this be done after an initial reboot?
An option called 'PCH-FW' also crept into the bios at some stage that seems to relate to the ME firmware recovery, should this be set to disabled?

Z77A-GD65 Buggy bios Version 10.10

Hello All
I recently got this motherboard and during a bios update through MSI tool M-Flash I faced similar problems as some users reported in other post: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=171694.0
I have made the registration on the forum to share a solution that worked out for me.
I received the board on Bios 10.0, and I installed a Core i7 2600k and 16Gb DDR3 2133Mhz on it. First I run it without any PCI-Ex VGA.
I installed Win 7 64bits Ultimate on a SSD samsung EVO 840 256GB drive without any other drive pluged to the board.
The result was awsome, loading Windows in 10 seconds.
Then i instaled my HD6950 VGA and pluged in all my HDD (2 x 2TB + 1TB +750 MB + 500 MB) and every thing worked like a charm.
Later I thought, I have a very old Bios version, perhaps there is improvements regarding satbility or performance and there was where I mess up.
I updated the Bios to 10.10 through MSI tool M-Flash, the tool finalized the update (there was a progressing bar on the screen) and reboots the system.
Guess what? The system didn't boot and was only showing the hash blinking on the up left corner of the screen.
I switch the Multibios switch to the second bios position and the system got alive again.
After some trys, I was able to boot from the USB drive from where I have installed the OS, and i notice some strange cenario, the Windows installer was able to "see" all the drives, but if I select any one to go on with the instalation, I got a message like "The Windows can not be installed on this drive because a driver is missing" I'm not sure if these were the exactly words but this was the sense of the message.
This was the way I didi it:
1- you need get a good bios file (you can boot with 2nd bios and save it to a file or you can download a diferente version in my case I got the file for 10.8 version). When you download the bios from MSI webpage you get 3 files (7750vAx.TXT, AFUD238S.EXE and E7751IMS.A80 in case of version 10.8)
2- You need to prepare a bootable USB drive with MS DOS or equivalente, for that I have used "rufus-1.4.12" software that you can download on Rufus webpage.
3- After you create the bootable USB drive with MS DOS, copy all the files you got from MSI webpage on the root directory. You can check on a diferente PC or with the other bios if every thing is ok and if the bootable USB is working properlly.
4- Select the BIOS you want to restore with Multibios switch (the phisical switch on the board). (As far as I understood, older boards allows you to boot with bios 1 and after boot you would be able to switch to bios 2 and flash it, on this borad that won't work you will flash the bios from you have booted).
5- Power on your system, entrer the bios and set options to default, save and power off the system. (this is very importante because you can flash a diferente bios with diferente options and if this options won't exists on the version you are instaling the system can hang up and mayby this could be the end for this bios - I'm guessing but is better not to try)
6- disconnect all your sata drives.
7 - Power on the system and boot from the USB drive with MS DOS
8 - Type the folowing comand "AFUD238S.EXE E7751IMS.A80 /S" and press Enter, the software will do a full flash to the bios. Don't power off the system during this procedure otherwise this bios is dead.
8 - After every thing have finished (you should see the promt on the screen C:>\), reboot your system and you should get a functional bios, justo ensure you test it first only with the OS drive and then plug the others.
Note: This board has a multibios function on the Bios that if it is turned on the system will copy the content of one bios chip to the other, BUT, as far as i understood the system wil do a comparison between both chips and will replace the older version with the new one, that in my case would be a problema because the most recente one is the faulty one.
I hope this can help any one who is facing this or similar problems.
Best Regards from Portugal.

Hello,
4th step.
Quote from: nunofilipemartins on 28-January-15, 04:26:38
4- Select the BIOS you want to restore with Multibios switch (the phisical switch on the board). (As far as I understood, older boards allows you to boot with bios 1 and after boot you would be able to switch to bios 2 and flash it, on this borad that won't work you will flash the bios from you have booted).
Best Regards

Re-flashing BIOs (open firmware)

How do you do this on OS X 10.5?
Thanks a lot.

"Hold down the power button until the power indicator light flashes, then release it. A long tone will be heard, then a gray screen with an Apple logo appears. There is a progress bar under the logo. As the progress bar moves, your firmware is being updated."
When I hold down the power button, the power indicator light does not flash nor do I see any flashes or tones, how can I get the firmware restoration cd to update? All it does it go to the desktop, no updates!
Thanks

Z77A-GD65 GAMING - Bios 25.2 bricked my bios

Hi,
After flashing 25.2 my system will only boot on bios 2 with 25.1. It will work on 25.2 only after clear cmos. after saving bios settings first time the system bootloops!

Reflash the chip using the forum's USB method and archive files. After the flash install the ME driver linked to in the thread.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=169393.msg1275789#msg1275789

Z77A-GD65 Multi bios switch

any information of this function? I have a lot of confuse of this
e.g. when I switch to roms B, the modified bios setting also in roms A.
can I use this switch to boot my MB to difference bios version with OC setting
or this switch only for bios recovery

Its meant for BIOS recovery. If one BIOS fails, then the other one can be used.
If you want to save OC settings, then that is accomplished in the BIOS. You should have 5 or 6 user profiles that you can save.

Z77A-GD65 - Dual BIOS Issue

Hey guys, I believe there is an issue with the Dual BIOS feature on my board.
During some OC tests and changes, I experienced the following with my board:
1. I applied OC settings which caused the PC not to boot.
2. I switched to the second BIOS and the PC didn't boot - At this point, I should have been able to boot the PC with the second BIOS but nothing happened.
3. I cleared the CMOS by removing the battery, the PC booted fine.
4. I went into one BIOS, reapplied my old OC settings and the PC booted up fine again.
5. I switched to the second BIOS again to see if it was on default, to my surprise, it had the exact same settings as the second BIOS.
6. So today I tested again, I switched to the secondary BIOS and loaded optimized defaults on it, guess what? The PC didn't boot at ALL! On defaults!
7. Switched to the second BIOS, and again, no boot.
8. Removed the Battery again, both BIOSes reset to default.
9. Reapplied my old OC settings again on one BIOS, PC booted up.
10. Switched back to the secondary BIOS = SAME SETTINGS!
At this point, I have no backup BIOS, any change I set changes it for both of them, when I move the switch all settings are completely identical.
Either I killed one of the BIOS chips and they both act as one or my board is defective and it is not switching between them.
How's this possible?!

What ever solution you choose to cure the problem you should also notify the manufacturer so they can redesign the back plate, include spacers or whatever is needed in the future. Possibly they can offer a fix for you. I'm pretty sure they would be more than willing to make a happy customer out of you.
I would use some nylon washers of some kind from a hobby shop or hardware store if it was mine provided there was enough space between the back of the MB and the case for it. Otherwise as you say trimming the back plate would be the only other way to do it.

Z77A-GD65 and SSD Crucial M4 512 gb doesn't recognize on boot

Hi all, i bought a SSD crucial M4 512 gb and connected to my Z77A-GD65, i set it on bios as AHCI mode and have the lasted firmware of my Z77A-GD65 vers. 10.5 and cricual m4 lasted firmware 000F.
when i connect the power cord and start my pc, on boot SSD not recognize, boot hangs on A2 status for 10 seconds, then boot without recognize M4, if i push reset button, no way to recognize.
the only way to work, is to power off pc, leave the power cord and reconnect immediatly and power up the pc, then on boot M4 will recognize perfectly, what is it this problem? i search on internet and i found that other have the same unsolved problem with other mainboard, not with MSI Mb, MSi can help me?, this is my system:
PSU: Corsair silent pro gold edition 600W
MB: Z77A-GD65 lasted bios update 10.5
CPU: I5-3750K
SSD: Crucial M4 512 gb with lasted firmware 000F
RAM: 8gb (4gb x 2) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 cas 9
VIDEO CARD: Gainward GTX 670 phantom
S.O: Windows 7 X64 ultimate
mouse: Razer Deathadder 3.5 G
Keyboard; Thermaltake TT esport meka G unit.
bye!

Quote from: xmad on 25-September-12, 21:01:07
Have you tried updating the firmware of the ssd?
Also, try the newest bios for the z77 as well.
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=158257.50
Hi, yes i've updated my crucial M4 with the lasted firmware 000F, and i try to use MSI lasted beta bios E7751IMS.A6E for my Z77a-gd65 as you suggest, but the problem remain ...
i try to make a post about it on Crucial's forum ... i want to see what Crucial answers! ......
thank you for your interest !

Z77A-GD65 BIOS recovery

I attempted to update the BIOS to rev A8 (previous version was A6) using M-Flash.
The update failed and the board no longer boots from BIOS A
Switching to BIOS B lets the board boot properly.
How can I repair the A BIOS ?
System Config is :
MB: Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)
CPU: QuadCore Intel Core i7-3770K, 3700 MHz (37 x 100) at stock frequency
RAM: 4 x G Skill F3-1600C9-8GAR (32451 Mo (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM) for system memory (32 GB minus HD4000 video memory))
Graphic card: None
Hard disks: 4 x WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 ATA Device (1000 Go, 7200 RPM, SATA-III) (2 of them are attached to the Z77 chipset and configured as RAID 0, the other ones are attached to the AS-Media controller and configured as Windows 8 Striped volume)
Sound card: None (Integrated audio chipset is used)
OS: Windows 8 Pro + Media center

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=160450.0

Cannot update Bios through Live Update (Z77A-GD65)

I've been trying to update the Bios from A.00 to A.B0. I've tried it a few times but when I scan for updates it will always say that my current Bios is A.00 and the online version is A.B0. I'm trying to get this update in the hope that it will fix my problem installing my new Graphic Card.

Don't use LiveUpdate! If it tries updating your bios you have a high chance of bricking the board. Download bios versions from here or the product site and manually flash (and never in Windows).
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
Download the compressed archive to your desktop but do not decompress.
Select option 1 of the forum flash tool and point the tool an the compressed archive then follow the direction. After booting from the prepared USB stick afterwards it will flash your bios and ME extension.
Once complete you will need to download and re-install the latest version of the Intel Management Engine Drivers.
<<<Z77A-GD65 Drivers>>>

Z77A-GD65 Win7 64bit boot fail followingMSI Live Update 5 Firmware update

Hi,
For some reason I decided to have a go with MSI Live Update 5 auto update today (having not used it previously in the 1.5years I've owned this system.
Running in Win 7 64 bit, it performed an 'update' and then the system completely crashed (as in turned off and on again). On reboot the system only went as far as the BIOS flash screen.
It failed to boot form the SSD boot drive and a message saying "Reboot with Proper Boot Drive".
I booted into BIOS (version 10.11) and the boot drive is still recognised.
I tried a reboot and the same error.
I tried to boot backup within BIOS and saw a message flash that ended with "Failed to initialize MSI-X".
None of the MSI applications work, it doesn't boot into Windows and I'm stuck.
Can anyone suggest how I might be able to get Windows back and running without having to do a full reinstall? I can't seem to get the backup software to work now so I'm a bit stuck. If I try and do a full flash of the drive and start again, will it fix the issue or is the problem with the motherboard/bios setup?
Has anyone else had this problem?
System spec:
MSI Z77A-GD65
Intel i7-3770k 3.5Ghz
Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB RAM
Win7 64Bit

YES
OK, so I found a few people on Tom's Hardware message board that seem to have the same issue with this latest BIOS update from MSI so at least it's not just me.
I reset CMOS
I set BIOS to default
I downloaded the BIOS ME from an older version 10.8 of BIOS that I knew worked fine (from another computer)
Flashed BIOS with USB
Booted the system with Win7 64 OEM CD
Selected Repair Mode
Let it do its thing
I'm back in business from where I left off.
Won't be touching the BIOS update again unless I can be absolutely sure its going to be stable on my MB.
RE: Legacy and UEFI
After installing 10.11, it defaulted to UEFI only but I changed the setting to Legacy and UEFI. It didn't fix the issue though.
I've rolled back, it works again so I'm happy other than the fact I've lost almost a full day of work over it.
Cheers xmad

Z77A-GD65 flash bios & ME firmware

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