PRESS RELEASE
MSI, world leading in motherboards, is the world's first motherboard brand to fully support the next generation in storage control, NVM Express. All MSI motherboards sporting Intel 9 series chipsets including X99, Z97 and H97 are now supported. MSI has prepared BIOS updates which are now available for download. NVM Express is the next generation PCI Express storage standard introducing lower latency and lower power consumption but increased transfer speeds compared to the legacy AHCI controller.
MSI's R&D fine-tuned the BIOS to fully unleash all the power NVMe has to offer while supporting the majority of devices available on the market without any hassle. With the latest BIOS, MSI X99/Z97/H97 motherboards can support NVMe devices as primary storage under Windows7 64bit and Windows8.1 64bit and fully support NVMe booting. The BIOS updates can now be downloaded from msi.com. The table below describes all supported models and BIOS version.
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Z97 Chipset |
ECN BIOS |
|
Z97 Chipset |
ECN BIOS |
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Z97 XPOWER AC |
E7914IMS.170 |
|
Z97-G43 |
E7816IMS.H80 |
|
Z97 MPOWER MAX AC |
E7888IMS.180 |
|
Z97-G41 PC Mate |
E7850IMS.470 |
|
Z97 MPOWER |
E7915IMS.180 |
|
Z97-G55 SLI |
E7921IMS.160 |
|
Z97 GAMING 9 ACK |
E7926IMS.190 |
|
Z97M-G43 |
E7924IMS.180 |
|
Z97 GAMING 9 AC |
E7926IMS.190 |
|
Z97S SLI Krait Edition |
E7922IMS.A30 |
|
Z97 GAMING 7 |
E7916IMS.180 |
|
Z97S SLI PLUS |
E7930IMS.170 |
|
Z97 GAMING 5 |
E7917IMS.190 |
|
Z97 U3 PLUS |
E7922IMS.160 |
|
Z97 GAMING 3 |
E7918IMS.260 |
|
Z97 GUARD-PRO |
E7923IMS.170 |
|
Z97M GAMING |
E7919IMS.160 |
|
Z97-S02 |
E7821IMS.B60 |
|
Z97-GD65 GAMING |
E7845IMS.270 |
|
Z97I GAMING ACK |
E7920IMS.A10 |
|
Z97-G45 GAMING |
E7821IMS.260 |
|
Z97I GAMING AC |
E7920IMS.160 |
|
Z97-G43 GAMING |
E7816IMS.D60 |
|
Z97I AC |
E7851IMS.470 |
|
H97 Chipset |
ECN BIOS |
|
X99 Chipset |
BIOS |
|
H97 GAMING 3 |
E7918IMS.170 |
|
X99S GAMING 9 ACK |
E7882IMS.220 |
|
H97 GUARD-PRO |
E7923IMS.270 |
|
X99S GAMING 9 AC |
E7882IMS.150 |
|
H97-G43 GAMING |
E7816IMS.E40 |
|
X99S GAMING 7 |
E7885IMS.H60 |
|
H97-G41 PC Mate |
E7850IMS.560 |
|
X99S XPOWER AC |
E7881IMS.150 |
|
H97M-G43 |
E7924IMS.280 |
|
X99S MPOWER |
E7885IMS.M30 |
|
H97M-P35 |
E7817IMS.Y10 |
|
X99S SLI Krait Edition |
E7885IMS.N00 |
|
H97M-E35 |
E7846IMS.K70 |
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X99S SLI PLUS |
E7885IMS.150 |
|
H97M ECO |
E7817IMS.Q50 |
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H97I AC |
E7851IMS.560 |
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For more information about pricing and availability, please contact a local official MSI distributor.
About MSI
In the past 25 years, MSI always strived to provide products based on its core values -"Innovation" and "Style". The results are products with superior performance, trusted reliability, excellent user experience and expressive style. MSI mainboards and graphics cards are found among the top 3 in the world because of their great quality and maximum productivity. Our hard work have led us to become one of the finest brands in the industry with accumulated sales in more than 120 countries, 150 million mainboard users and 100 million graphics card users worldwide. MSI has won nearly 8,000 award recognitions from 350 media in 50 countries worldwide. MSI will continue to pioneer in the area of global consumer electronics technology with the needs of hardware enthusiasts, gamers and consumers at its core. For more information about MSI, go to www.msi.com.
