MSI Z97 GD65 GAMING bios A dead

[the_tr1ckster]

I had been using live update for a couple of years now (I had previous MSI boards), but it crashed a couple of days ago whilst upgrading to 2.7. I have switched to bios b which is running 2.0 (I never touched it before so I would have a default back-up available). Anyway, MFLASH doesn't work, if I use the stated method on these forums it just resets after 5 seconds to bios a and then comes up with the usual 3b leading to F2 reboot loop. I tried the forum updater tool, but that doesn't work with my board anyway as there is no bios available on these boards for the Z97 GD65 Gaming. I tried Win98 DOS with FPT, but I get an error come up saying that FPT.exe is not compatible. Is there any other way to restore bios A? I noticed the FPT link on these board has been removed.

Also, Live update tells me that 2.7 is available, and that's what it tried to update to, but when I check the MSI website, it says that 2.5 is the latest version (which is what I already had installed, so basically live update bricked bios A for no reason whatsoever). Yeah, not happy at the moment.

Any help is much appreciated.

EDIT: Pulled the error log from FPT:

Error 201: [FPT.exe] cannot be run on the current platform.
Please contact your vendor.


MSI Z97 GD65 Gaming
i5 4690K
MSI GTX 970 4G OC Edition
Samsung 840 Evo 1tb SSD
Windows 7 64bit

 

[flobelix]

    A.) Download >>this<< bios archive and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
    B.) Download and install the >>MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<< .
    C.) Insert your FAT32 formatted usb stick.
    D.) Make sure that all win 8 options are disabled. (Fast Boot etc) Also make sure the legacy USB is enabled.
    E.) Start the forum flash tool and select option 1. Then point the tool at the compressed archive we downloaded earlier. Then to your USB Flash Drive.
    F.) Boot to the USB from working bios B.
    G.) Once it booted successfully switch to bios A without powering down or rebooting
    H.) Now follow the directions and let the tool flash bios A with desired version

 

[the_tr1ckster]

Excellent, that worked. However, now I can't update the Intel ME Drivers. I tried letting Live Update do it, which fails. I downloaded the latest version available on the MSI product support page, and it runs through and then fails at the end. In fact it seems like it has actually rolled back my drivers even further than they were. I think I was at 9.something when I started, trying to update them has now set them to 8.0.10.1464.

Live Update is trying to install 10.0.0.1204, which won't even start to install, and the one I tried from the website was 10.0.28.1000.

I suppose I must be doing something wrong, but I have no idea what.

When I try to install from live update, this error appears:

Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log file exists and that you can write to it.

When I try to use the .exe file dowloaded from the MSI site, this error appears:

Fatal error during installation.

 

[flobelix]

Try uninstalling "Intel Management Engine components" in Windows Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs utility. Afterwards install latest driver: http://download.msi.com/dvr_exe/intel_me10_mb.zip

 

[the_tr1ckster]

It's not listed in the control panel uninstall/change programs. I also checked in the three Intel folders:

c:/Intel
c:/Program Files/Intel
c:/Program Files (x86)/Intel

The first 2 have nothing to do with ME, the 3rd one has a folder named "Intel(R) Management Engine Components" which is empty. I shall try installing it again now from the link you provided.

EDIT: Just tried installing from the link you provided and it worked. Huh

 

[the_tr1ckster]

Ok. Windows acknowledges that I have ME 10.0.28.1006 installed, so that went well. But Live Update is insisting that I have 8.0.10.1464 installed. I have tried rescanning several times, I have rebooted 3 times, I even rescanned in the system information section of live update, but it won't change. Should I reinstall Live Update 6?

 

[flobelix]

Forget about Live Update. Correct ME and latest bios is installed. For drivers and bios check product site or ask here.

 

[the_tr1ckster]

Alright, thanks. I have been getting the impression Live Update is a bit......temperamental. I used to get on with it pretty well, but I don't think I'll bother with it anymore.

Thank you for your patience and assistance, it's much appreciated.

 

[flobelix]