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MSI use EFI BIOS on new P35-Neo3 newzhunter Jan 16th, 08, 02:31 PM #1 (permalink)






Computer is a fast developing thing, but PC BIOS isn’t. From ancient 386 to modern quad core PC, the Mainstream PC BIOS looks the same, the only difference is more adjustments can be done with today’s BIOS. That’s not enough, we knew BIOS with beautiful UI have been developed for a long time but because of the production cost, no company will bring this kind of “next gen” BIOS to US.

ASUS’P5E3 ASUS Express Gate show us some features of the next gen BIOS, But now MSI announces that they will use EFI BIOS on their upcoming mobos, the first one is a new P35-Neo3.

EFI is an upgraded BIOS specification as created by Intel. Different from nowadays BIOS, EFI BIOS runs at 32 or 64bit. EFI BIOS have a more friendly user interface,and it allows for hardware drivers to remain in the firmware and operate independently of operating system. So it means users in EFI BIOS can use mouse, CD-Rom and more hardwares.

P35-Neo3 with EFI BIOS will hit the market in February.

http://en.expreview.com/?p=202
 
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rascal Jan 16th, 08, 05:04 PM #2 (permalink)
finally the bios look much more interesting, hope more company will follow MSI
 
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fuziwuzi Jan 16th, 08, 05:13 PM #3 (permalink)
the reason OSX is hard to install in now Apple hardware is because apple uses EFI. i wonder if this will open up pc hardware to easier OS installs
 
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jeuda Jan 17th, 08, 05:18 AM #4 (permalink)
That is really something to look forward to.

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Ah_Yong Jan 17th, 08, 08:38 AM #5 (permalink)
haha more colours to it
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JuveZzZ Jan 17th, 08, 08:45 AM #6 (permalink)
wa nice, wonder will it be for neo2-fr also ????
 
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Nashaz Jan 17th, 08, 09:30 AM #7 (permalink)
lol, how come the design on the right side look like fujitsu logo... hahaha...

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kohroyston Jan 17th, 08, 02:02 PM #8 (permalink)
haha.
finally use efi.

been using efi emulation =/
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