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Ned Flanders
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Post by Ned Flanders »

That's just dealing with different chipsets and firmware on the motherboard. In my experiences with computers, the biggest difference when dealing with the BIOS is the actual graphical interface with the firmware. In this instance, I believe AMI provides the most flexibility for making changes. Phoenix is a big choice with the gateways and dells of the world because the interface provides fewer options alluding to the fact that most users shouldn't be screwing around in the BIOS. The Phoenix interface really limits what the user can do and in my opinion that is poor. Most BIOS changes usually come in the form of BIOS updates usually provided by the manufacturer or OEM of the machine in question.

I haven't worked much with Award BIOS and if I have the interface doesn't ring a bell. I choose AMI when I build my machines at home and have had a lot of success with M-Boards using AMI.

In all honesty though, it won't make much of a difference. They're all using Intel's chips.
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But what are the differences between them?
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Actually, like Ned said, the only real diffference I see between one and anoth is the way you navigate through them. Where I work, we generally deal with Award, so I have gotten pretty used to that.
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Post by Mr Sleep »

I usually use Award and it is my personal favourite :)
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