Hello jestebanc,
I am sorry for your trouble but let me help you.
All 8 Series Intel® motherboards come by default with the Visual BIOS and every single update will make internal changes but always keeping the visual BIOS.
I recommend you doing a BIOS recovery process. Here are the steps:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-023360.htm
Kevin m