No as i followed MSI instructions which state that no switches are needed. That was my second mistake as the first was buying a board from them in the first place! You can guess i wont be buying another board from them ever again and i also can not recommend anyone else doing the same! I have had no other problems reflashing other makes such as ASUS which also use the AMI bios, but two MSI boards fail one after the other, i make that a 100% fail rate!
get a giga board instead never fail me once, face the same poblem as u before brick a few boards but luckily got rma back.
Had the same thing with a MSI P6N SLI no switches used mobo bricked, with switches everything was fine. It is no garuntee when the switches are used that a badflash/bios never can happen, but the risk is a bit lower.
I only have WINXP MCE (SONY OEM) install CD. I don't know why I can't activation ??? Thank you very much. RAY
MSI K9A2 Platinum I flashed WITH the switches /pbnc /n and my K9A2 Platinum board is bricked. I cannot recover either. Looks like this is a hard one but need experts help
I know this probably sounds weird but i am glad others are having the same problem as this means it is not me! MSI have gone back to the dark ages with there bios flashing technique especially since it reports the flashing a success yet both of my boards are bricked! I have never had a problem with other makes and i have flashed a number of times so i know what i am doing, which leads me to believe MSI have got a major problem on there hands!