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MSI X99A SLI Plus not posting - Needs BIOS Flash?

CGurrell
By CGurrell
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Hey guys,

 

Bought a second hand MSI X99A SLI Plus the other day, along with a 6800K and 32GB Team Elite DDR4 from overclockers.co.uk. Put it all together today and no post. After lots of googling, I think the board needs a BIOS Flash/Update to work with this CPU, as the board was released alongside Haswell-E.

 

I had two questions, both long shots, one moreso than the other:

 

1. Is it possible to do a BIOS Flash on this motherboard without a CPU or desoldering/resoldering a BIOS Chip?

 

2. Does anyone have a Haswell-E CPU I could use to flash this board, or know of somewhere i could borrow/rent one?

 

Just for reference, I'm based in Epsom in the UK right now (Near London)

Current System - Intel Core i7-3770k @ 4.5GHz - 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 - Corsair H110i GT - 2x EVGA GTX 970 FTW+ in SLI - XFX Pro Series Black Edition 1250W - Samsung 840 EVO 128GB Boot SSD - WD Green 2TB Mass Storage HDD - Fractal Design Define S Windowed Edition with Green LED Lighting provided by 2 Bitfenix Spectre PRO 140mm fans, and 2 Corsair SP140 Green LED fans - Samsung U28D590D 4K Main Monitor with BenQ GW2265 1080p Side Monitor

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