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Why are there no Flash BIOS on the Award or AMI site ?

April 26, 2017AMI award BIOS Flash site

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Why are there no Flash BIOS on the Award or AMI site ?

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Award and AMI give m/b-manufacturers a BIOS customized for each specific board and the chipset(s) controlling that board. Then the manufacturer, using tools from Award/AMI, makes final modifications to the BIOS before shipping the system or board. In other words, the manufacturer knows more about that system than they do and is better able to provide a Flash BIOS upgrade. Note: http://www.award.com.tw/download contains hundreds of Flash BIOS images, specific to each motherboard manufacturer. You should only use these if you can’t find an updated BIOS anywhere else.

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Award and AMI give m/b manufacturers a BIOS customized for each specific board and the chipset(s) controlling that board. Then the manufacturer, using tools from Award/AMI, makes final modifications to the BIOS before shipping the system or board. In other words, the manufacturer knows more about that system than they do and is better able to provide a Flash BIOS upgrade.