Okay, so MSI really screwed up a few years ago.
When they released the 865PE Neo2 line they decided in a few models to silkscreen them identically. As a result, the Neo2-P I thought I was getting (I needed it because it has support for two floppy drives for a very specific task) but turned out to be a Neo2-PLS (which lacks support for the second floppy drive).
Thus I blew $120.
I have been googling around and I stumbled upon something interesting.
Image search the MSI 865PE Neo2-PLS and you will see a black board like this:
Also, please not how the PLS also came in red. the board I have is black.
Now image search the MSI 865PE Neo2-P:
Note here how you got a lot more results with black boards.
Anyways, go look at the owners manual for the Neo2-P and on the first page...
Anyways, so I'm guessing that the -PLS and the -P boards are the exact same thing, just with a different BIOS.
Would it be safe to assume that if I flashed this -PLS board with the -P BIOS I will not have any problems AND get the ability to use two floppy drives again?
When they released the 865PE Neo2 line they decided in a few models to silkscreen them identically. As a result, the Neo2-P I thought I was getting (I needed it because it has support for two floppy drives for a very specific task) but turned out to be a Neo2-PLS (which lacks support for the second floppy drive).
Thus I blew $120.
I have been googling around and I stumbled upon something interesting.
Image search the MSI 865PE Neo2-PLS and you will see a black board like this:
Also, please not how the PLS also came in red. the board I have is black.
Now image search the MSI 865PE Neo2-P:
Note here how you got a lot more results with black boards.
Anyways, go look at the owners manual for the Neo2-P and on the first page...
Anyways, so I'm guessing that the -PLS and the -P boards are the exact same thing, just with a different BIOS.
Would it be safe to assume that if I flashed this -PLS board with the -P BIOS I will not have any problems AND get the ability to use two floppy drives again?
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