DZ87KLT-75K No BIOS after upgrade / trapped with dysfunctional KL0446
Greetings to all, I bought a DZ87klt-75K board roughly half a year ago. Recently I was thinking of upgrading to W8 and found that the bios (quote: BIOS version 0446 adds support for Microsoft* Windows* 8.1.) So naturally I reckoned that earlier versions do not support or have issues with w8.1. I flashed the Bios – all went well, but after the restart I found that F2 no longer brings up the visual bios and B2B doesn’t help. I assume it is not “only” a display problem because the whole PC hangs. I tried switching monitors – VGA, DVI and HDMI –nothing helped. I even unplugged my GTX650 and used the integrated video HDMI – nothing changed. F7 works (sort of, because as you will see later on it is useless, at least until a new update comes along) F10 lets me choose boot disk and the PC boots fine, but F2 hangs the PC. Unfortunately as stated in Intel DL you cannot revert / downgrade from KL0446 to earlier versions so it’s a “catch 22”. IS THERE REALY NO WAY TO REVERT TO THE ORIGINAL KL0336??? 446 just doesn’t work. Re flashing makes no difference, taking the battery out (for 3h) only made the bios think it is 1.1.2012 which of course cannot be changed if I don’t have bios access. To top it off Bios recovery (the jumper method) also hangs the PC. This is a GREAT disappointment for me, because I use my PC mostly for work and that is partly the reason why I decided to buy a reliable “brand” “Intel” board. Now I am wasting hours and hours and maybe facing the prospect to apply for a warranty replacement which takes 30 days. As I have read in discussions I am not the first and only one o lose F2 after upgrade. Is there really no solution to this???
Allan
PS: I did not change Legacy boot priority,
My PC: DZ87KLT-75K, i5-4430 3GHz,GTX650, RAM 8GB/1600, HD 2T Seagate