Bios mod for K8n Neo/4 Sli Platinum

I have this motherboard, only the box is blue. I dont know if it is platinum or not, but it says platinum when it starts up.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=641
I want a bios mod that would allow me to go higher with my vcore. I can go to 1.55v now.
I found this site but I cant figure out which to choose.
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=1960
Here is a image of Cpu-z

Quote from: pcharouz on 01-May-06, 10:51:23
I am kind of confuzed too, this is what it says in my newegg history.
MSI K8N Neo4/SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813130492
MSI 626 913 0828 $123.00
The only place it says platinum is the bios, there is no platinum on the box or board, is there a non platinum board?
yes NVIDIA® nForce4 SLI based CHIPSET has a 4 models:
K8N Diamond, K8N SLI Platinum, K8N SLI Series(K8N SLI-FI and K8N SLI-F)
look here mobos table. also can compare:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_list.php?kind=1&CHIP=68&NAME=Socket%20939%20(AMD%20K8)

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No problems here with 3.6 BIOS - I have been running BIOS 3.6 in my MSI7100 (K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI) since 8/22/05 - I'm listening to music using my onboard sound right now. However, the onboard sound is different than the Neo4-f board that nheimler has. I have not checked if NCQ or C'nQ are working.
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Quote from: Supershanks on 09-June-05, 04:24:05
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Quote from: MurdoK on 12-February-05, 18:04:15
Hello !
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