MSI Motherboard has 3 different 'G' Revisions, which BIOS do I need?

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Hello guys. I have a MSI 970 GAMING motherboard, with a model number of 7693. I am currently using BIOS revision 22.0, which the MSI site says is the latest version. I'm having some issues with black screens, and I need to know if there are other BIOS versions available for it. According to this site:

http://www.msi-bios.com/msi-bios-number-MS-7693.html

there are 3 different 'G' revisions: The G 43, 45, and 46. Which BIOS should I use? How do I find my G revision?

Also is this site safe? 'msi-bios.com' sounds a little fishy.
 
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Sounds very fishy. There is the actual MSI 970 Gaming they also however have a 970A G43 model, a 970A G45 etc - which are different mobo models

Rev 22 is the latest for the 970 Gaming

Black screens are possibly from DRAM set up wrong, OCed badly, could be a weak or dying PSU....What CPU? OC? what DRAM? what GPU and PSU
 
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Here is the thread I made about the black screen. I guess it got lost in the threadlist...

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2277997/screen-randomly-black-system-operational.html

Here is a link to the build: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/ajthemacboy/saved/VBpzK8

I used to have a 750 Ti as the graphics card, but I rmad it for an r9 270 because of the black screen. No help. I began to think that the problem might be insufficient power, but with such a low power 750 ti card, I doubt that was it.

Here is a link to the thread I started on Eightforums, as I began to think it was a software issue: http://www.eightforums.com/drivers-hardware/53931-random-black-screen-crash-i-have-minidump.html

There is a minidump there if you can decode that, I sure can't...

Thanks for any help you might have!
 
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I actually returned the first motherboard I had because the 24 pin connector wouldn't seat. It was a CS430M I believe. I would like to avoid returning the motherboard, especially if we can't be certain that's the issue. Any other ideas?
 
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Well, it just happened again, in the middle of watching the kickstarter video on this page: http://www.geek.com/games/neal-stephensons-526000-kickstarter-sword-fighting-game-officially-canceled-1604892/

The only intensive application I had open was chrome, with a few other tabs.. there was no minidump.
 
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