Missing Bios?

[gearboxjoe]

I have just finished my new build (after a lot of struggle).
The board is MSI P67a-GD53 B3,
I'm in windows now, and I'm trying to download the bios update so I can install my ivy bridge processor, but I have a problem. It appears that I originally have no BIOS in the first place, so I am unable to upgrade.
I get the error message:
"NTDLR is missing - Press any key to restart"
I press a key and it goes into windows...
Did I miss something while building, is there any reason I don't have any BIOS?
Any solutions to this?

Cheers guys

 

[SchizTech]

NTDLR isn't a reference to the BIOS but rather the Windows bootloader. If you had no BIOS you'd have a dead PC. But that message is strange since Windows works. Ordinarily when you get that message Windows is corrupt and can't start.

 

[chugot9218]

You would not be in Windows if you had no BIOS. You can check this article and see if there are any solutions: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/ntldrmissingxp.htm

 

[gearboxjoe]

I know guys but my motherboard has no "press f2 to access bios" etc etc. I had to use system restore which failed, then went through to cmd and ran the windows installation from there but I have no access to BIOS. When the MSI motherboard Military class blah blah thing appears, I have no option to enter BIOS. There must be something I am missing here. I have absolutely no experience with MSI boards and my windows is fresh install.

 

[gearboxjoe]

I have done a search of my windows and I can't find a boot.ini file. Could this may be the cause?

 

[chugot9218]

Mash the del key on bootup and see if you have any success, that is the BIOS access button for your board.

 

[gearboxjoe]

Success! thank you. Now how to fix the NTDLR error? On windows 7 at the moment, need to upgrade this processor! Not happy with i3 2120

 

[chugot9218]

Upgrade your BIOS, change your CPU, then I would do a reinstall of Windows, probably couldn't hurt to run a chkdisk on your HDD either.