MSI Z270 SLI PLUS Bios problems

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matthew4mckeever

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Hey guys

So my friend has a pre-built PC from microcenter (US)

A lot of the BIOS features seem to have gone from the BIOS, there should be 6 sections on the main part of the BIOS, like overclocking settings,advanced options, but there are only 3 tabs.
Overclocking tab is not there, which is what he wants there.
Now before realising the next thing I will say, we tried updating the bios using Q flash which should be a tab on the BIOS, but its not there.
Now, I think this is a custom kinda BIOS that microcenter have done, another thing that makes me think this is that there is a system explore thing built into the BIOS, which shows him pictures of his exact PC, so this is obviosuly somehing they have done...
He sent them an email also recently asking them for help on this, they said somethign like 'we dont help for free' it was a $300 deal off the original price of the PC as well I believe.

This is the PC here:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/475552/Codex_X3-013US_Desktop_Computer

Is there any way to remove this BIOS they have put on and update it to a new one?

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This is the issue with pre-built systems. Manufacturers of these systems do not want to see a lot of returns due to people messing around in the system BIOS, so they lock them down. The exorbitant fee that you see is due to the fact that they feel they will eventually get this system back if they did unlock the BIOS. It would be my guess that any attempts at changing this would void any warranty on the system.

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Thanks Wolf.
Although I think he said he already might have voided it because he opened up the side panel before, and also added some hard drives.
 
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one thing if the msi bios does what asus did there may be a f key or tab to hit to go into advance mode. a lot of bios makers now hide advance mode. open the case and look at the model of the mb used and google that and not of the pc. see if that mb from msi has any updates.
 
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We have already tried advanced mode, there is nothing there we can see that relates to this.
I know the model of the motherboard, its the MSI Z270 SLI PLUS.
As stated above as well, we have tried flashing the BIOS and already downloaded to latest version of the BIOS on a USB stick, but there is no flashing option in the BIOS.
 
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I'm having the same issue, with the same computer purchased from Micro Center. Great computer for the price - it's a shame they nerfed it. Not only can you not overclock the CPU, you cannot turn on XMP, so you're stuck with Did your friend find a solution? I'm thinking about upgrading the BIOS using MSI's Live Update 6 (since they have also disabled M-Flash) and the Z270 SLI Plus BIOS on MSI's website, but I'm a bit concerned about bricking the motherboard.
 
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