Z77GD-80 Boot and RAM Problems ( caused by ME Flash Fail )

Hi everyone , i recentlty updated my MB to Bios Version 1.2 and noticed that an option had been added => update bios and ME
tried that option , chosen the same bios file ( 1.2 ) , a warning popup came up that mentioned to not unplug or shutdown the system , the flashing went well until it decided to flash the "ME".
the device rebooted after the the flashing reached 100% ( i think that was when the BIOS flash ended ) ,another flashing started after the Reboot but it did not complete and rebooted @ 60%( ME flash ? ) ! since then i cannot boot using that Bios , the debugger keeps showing error 15 and 19 , going from one to another rapidly .
tried to boot using the second bios ( bios switch ) it did boot fine , but only detects half of my RAM ( 8 G ) tried each MB DIMM and Module separately and all worked fine !
tried to flash the first bios via booting from the second but that didn't work from bios ( strange thing was that when i saved the second bios in USB it was only 6Mb and would not be detected to flash , but my downloaded bios are 8Mb and were available to chose for update )
1-if i try to only flash the bios it restart @ 100 % but then the same debugger error appears after reboot
2-if i try the BIOS and ME , same thing happens it restart @ 60% and the debugger error appears
tried AMI bios flasher for windows , and it did flash the BIOS just fine but when it tries the ME , it keeps erroring that this Bios doesn't support this function
so i had 2 question in mind
1- How can i flash the ME to solve my problems ?
2- why is half of my ram not detected in the second Bios ?
any help would be appreciated
thansk

>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
Use the forum flash tool to prepare a usb stick for flashing. Download the attached bios to your desktop and use option 1 of the tool, point the tool at the entire archive. After the flash (It will flash the me as well) do a full cmos clear with the cord removed.
Then re-install the ME drivers inside windows.
In regards to the non working bios, first try a full cmos clear, if that fails:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=160450.0

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