P67a-gd53 and p67a-gd55 Differences

Hi everyone, I'm deciding which motherboard I want to buy, and seeing how they use the same bios, and visually look the same because they have the same pcb, what are the differences between these two models?

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doing a spec comparison on the site is pretty inaccurate/lacking, so I looked at the manual. The differences are IEEE 1394 port on the back panel, usb 3.0 header, IEEE 1394 header, and possibly the accessories.
There you go!

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    It's universal method and will perform full BIOS chip update[include required ME update] with regard less of current installed BIOS version
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  • HDD Freezing and dissapear with SSD + P67A-GD55

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    EDIT:
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    Quote from: Jack on 28-August-11, 01:11:56
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  • P67a-gd55 boot loop

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  • P67A-GD55 (B3) Wont Post

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  • BIOS 4.1 - P67A-GD55

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    Quote
    Also, I have screen shots, but how do I attach them with the img tags?
    Use a hosting service such as Photobucket.
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  • P67A GD55 Rev B - Upgrade Bios Question

    To be honest, this post supposed to be a private message to Svet, but turned out a newbie like me who just joining the forum is not allowed to send PM...so apology if this questions are being asked so many times already:
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    Quote from: Froggy Gremlin on 09-April-13, 15:26:46
    While waiting for Svet to respond, I will tell you that BSOD 050 is not enough DRAM V. being applied. It's rather a shame you didn't open a thread in the regular part of the forum, or the OC section of the forum asking for assistance 'before' flashing an Ivy support UEFI/BIOS. 
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    Thank you for the reply...forget to delete the "dear Svet" part as it was copied from once private message intended 
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    and for XMP volt, I have no idea to be honest, I just enable it in the bios, will really look at it later on...
    tl'dr thank you so much for the new insight of how to solve the 0x50! really appreciate it....If i can remember correctly, I have tried to use the default DRAM setting (without using XMP enabled) and still got the 0x50 CTD....but trying your suggestion is still a worth a try...will try this when I get home...thank you!

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