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Z97S SLI Krait BIOS

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Not sure if this is the right section to post this.

When I bought and installed this mobo, I was surprised to see a blue BIOS interface. There was a krait bios that should look like this:


But the one I have looks like this:


Is there any way for me to use the original krait BIOS? I'm not sure if it's the BIOS update that uses this interface but my OCD strikes because I have a black and white build. If it's the old BIOS version, do I lose anything from using the older one? Thanks in advance. :)
 

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Is likely the bios version you are running. In this image it shows as black and white, and you can see it shows BIOS 10.3 in the image.
 
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Really? Crap.
 
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Is likely the bios version you are running. In this image it shows as black and white, and you can see it shows BIOS 10.3 in the image.
Will check further on this. Thanks!
 

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This is all pretty strange. I went to MSI's site, and they show A6 as the newest. None of their BIOS naming matches much of anything I am seeing in images.
 
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Maybe it was too bugged and they deleted it. I hope not.
 
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Benchmark Scores Faster than yours... I'd bet on it. :)
I see Z87 and Z97... not the same chipset, petiod. Perhaps Z97 Krait was blue while Z97 is black?
 

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I see Z87 and Z97... not the same chipset, petiod. Perhaps Z97 Krait was blue while Z97 is black?

My image shows Z97 in black and white. I think the OP image was just a reference and is why it shows Z87. OP's specs state Z97.
 
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Oh yes, yes. The z87 is just a reference, my current BIOS looks similar to that, with the same color scheme.
 
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Oh yes, yes. The z87 is just a reference, my current BIOS looks similar to that, with the same color scheme.
Does F12 work on that motherboard to capture a screen shot to a USB drive? I'd like to see that.
 
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I'm not sure. I can take pictures but I'll be away for the rest of the week and won't be back until monday.
 
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Will check that out! Thanks!
 
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