[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?

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bye!

Quote from: xmad on 25-September-12, 21:01:07
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