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  • The release now includes boot loader support for motherboards with BIOSes that reserve large amounts of base memory (normally for onboard RAID controllers).

    p2pnet World Headlines – May 12, 2009 2009

  • We want you to make standards compliant devices/BIOSes.

    Toshiba Ante Karamati 2007

  • The release now includes boot loader support for motherboards with BIOSes that reserve large amounts of base memory normally for onboard RAID controllers.

    p2pnet World Headlines – May 12, 2009 2009

  • We want you to make standards compliant devices/BIOSes.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Ante Karamati 2007

  • Most BIOSes will generate a CMOS Checksum error if this value is invalid however many programs ignore the checksum and report the apparent value.

    The CMOS Memory Map v1.23 by Padgett Peterson 1994

  • The standard handler, in BIOSes dated December 1982 or later, uses a byte at 0040: 0100 (alias 0000: 0500) to determine whether a print screen is currently in progress.

    FAQ: Comp.Os.MSDOS.Programmer Part 2 1993

  • So while the technology in ASUS and MSI's BIOSes will indeed work, there is no guarantee as to what you will end up with.

    PC Authority 2010

  • Some BIOSes also have an alarm if the CPU fan goes out, not sure if they have an option of what to do if this happens, check the BIOS anyway.

    LinuxQuestions.org Super TWiT 2010

  • BIOSes have the ability to warn the OS via MCE, in the kernel it is:

    LinuxQuestions.org Super TWiT 2010

  • So while the technology in ASUS and MSI's BIOSes will indeed work, there is no guarantee as to what you will end up with.

    PC Authority 2010

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