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Chris Samuel <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:csamuel@vpac.org"><csamuel@vpac.org></a> wrote:<br>
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Our most recent vendor went to the motherboard manufacturer<br>
and said "please can you cut us a BIOS with these default<br>
settings" and they did so.<br>
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cheers,<br>
Chris<br>
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Some manufacturers do, some do not.<br>
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Asus , for example, do, for their OEM customers.<br>
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OTOH, one may buy the BIOS customization software , from AMI, for
example, for a support/licensing fee of about $10,000 per year.<br>
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