Z87-G45 BIOS Flash Failure

Hello guys.
So I tried to update my motherboard BIOS from 1.80 to 1.90 through Live Update 6. The DOSBOX opened, as usual, and starts to flash. When it was halfway there, at "Deleting" or "Removing" something if I remember correctly, Windows suddenly BSOD and displayed an error "DRIVER_CORRUPTED_XPOOL", and the PC restarts.
Upon attempting restart, the monitor was blank without POST, but the components like fans, etc are running normally. So I researched around the net, and tried these supposedly solutions:
1) Copy the BIOS to a Pendrive, install from it. This doesn't work because the screen stayed blank the entire time.
2) Reset CMOS doesn't work as well. I tried removing and inserting the CMOS battery, and also press the RESET CMOS pin behind the mobo.
Do note that I already removed GPU and HDDs, and the monitor is directly connected with the MOBO's DVI port. The screen still went blank, having received no signal.
Any advice or solution is gladly welcomed. Thanks
EDIT: I solved the problem by copying ALL available versions of the BIOS from 1.00 - 1.90, where the mobo managed to detect my pendrive. Not my idea though, it was from krzysztof.bajdzienko from this thread https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=180978.0

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EDIT: I solved the problem by copying ALL available versions of the BIOS from 1.00 - 1.90, where the mobo managed to detect my pendrive. Not my idea though, it was from krzysztof.bajdzienko from this thread https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=180978.0
normally for recovery you should use your old BIOS file before the update,
i.e 1.8 version for your case

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I have tried to clear cmos. Remove the battery. install latest update on to a usb drive, removed all hdd and cd-rom when i tried that.
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I would like to know what the following codes mean: 99, 9C and A2.
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Quote from: nielsicq on 03-January-14, 16:01:54
my g45 is stuck on A9 with ide devices.
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