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