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    The difference between flashing bios and updating firmware? Which to do first?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by xchipx, Dec 5, 2014.

  1. xchipx

    xchipx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes seems seriously noob-ish , sorry.
    But really what should come first? Does it matter?
    Last time I flashed my bios for my msi i thought one of the options was to overwrite ec anyway, ie it was included in the rom.

    Im having issues with my GT780 (randomly turning itself off, resetting the light up keyboard lights to factory colours after turning itself off, track pad intermitently working) so as a last ditch effort was going to try flashing ec / bios.

    The ec file downloaded from msi is older than the bios also downloaded from msi. I didnt for example want to flash the bios then "update" the firmware and it actually be downgrading it (If indeed firmware is included in bios files), I hope you can understand what I mean?

    Any help really appreciated.

    Mark

    ps if you are interested here is the latest gt780 bios for raid model, which mine is : http://download.msi.com/bos_exe/1761_30H.zip
    and the corresponding ec firmware : http://dl.msi.com/download_files/frm_exe/1761_1419.zip
     
    xchipx, Dec 5, 2014
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  2. Kevin@GenTechPC

    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Generally, there's no specific order unless otherwise specified (almost none).
    Do you currently have BIOS 30H & EC 1419?
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Dec 5, 2014
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    xchipx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Kevin, didnt notice your reply sorry.
    I ended up flashing xonar's bios onto the gt780 in the end, cant remember if i did firmware or not.
     
    xchipx, Jan 29, 2015
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  4. be77solo

    be77solo pc's and planes

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    curiosity wonders, did this fix your problem?
     
    be77solo, Jan 29, 2015
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  5. Kevin@GenTechPC

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    Me too, I am curious whether the issue is resolved or not. :)
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Jan 29, 2015
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