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Alright so I purchased an AsRock 880g Extreme3 in 2010 and about a year ago I found out it's a rebranded, more expensive model (890gx Extreme3) and that it could be flashed as such. I flashed it from 880g to 890gx with zero issues. However, ever since getting an AMD FX-8150 a couple months ago, I've gotten random system freezes. Complete hard lock, no power down or restart, nothing in the event log (except "previous system shut down was unexpected"), nothing. It's only on occasion, but it's annoying when it happens. The most recent BIOS update for the 880g and the 890gx supports my CPU, so I wanted to see if the 880g BIOS would fix the freezing issue...except now that I have it flashed as an 890gx, the checksum doesn't match and I can't simply flash it to 880g. Before I take out my CPU, I want to rule out the BIOS first. It could probably be my CPU, sure, but I've been wanting to get my motherboard back to 880g BIOS anyways.
Can anyone help me with flashing my motherboard BIOS from an 890g Extreme3 to an 880g Extreme3? I would be super appreciative of any help!
EDIT: it should also be of note that I did NOT re-install Windows after getting the new CPU and updating the BIOS.
Can anyone help me with flashing my motherboard BIOS from an 890g Extreme3 to an 880g Extreme3? I would be super appreciative of any help!
EDIT: it should also be of note that I did NOT re-install Windows after getting the new CPU and updating the BIOS.