AMIBIOS 8: Difference between revisions

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AMIBIOS 8 is a version of AMIBIOS developed by American Megatrends and released in October 2001. It was the last commercial version of AMIBIOS and it succeeded both AMIBIOS 07.00.xx and 07.00.10, former based on the newer AMIBIOS codebase (which AMIBIOS 8 was also based on) and latter based on the older AMIBIOS 6 codebase. Despite this, most OEMs did not begin using it until around the mid-2000s.

It was succeeded by Aptio, a UEFI firmware developed by the same company, in 2005. However, it still continued to be widely used on most systems until 2011, when it was discontinued for Intel's 6-series chipsets for LGA1155 motherboards. The last chipsets with AMIBIOS 8 were H55, H57 and Q57 for Intel and AMD 970 with the SB950 southbridge for AMD, latter seen on the Maxsun MS-A970 Pro motherboard only. Most systems based on Vortex86 SoCs, some of them released after 2011, also use AMIBIOS 8.

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-AMIBIOS 8 is a version of [[AMIBIOS]] developed by [[American Megatrends]] released in 2001. It is the last version of AMIBIOS and was mostly replaced by American Megatrends' UEFI solution [[AMI Aptio|Aptio]] in the early-2010s (although Aptio came out much earlier).
+AMIBIOS 8 is a version of [[AMIBIOS]] developed by [[American Megatrends]] and released in October 2001. It was the last commercial version of AMIBIOS and it succeeded both [[AMIBIOS 07.00.xx]] and [[AMIBIOS 07.00.10|07.00.10]], former based on the newer AMIBIOS codebase (which AMIBIOS 8 was also based on) and latter based on the older [[AMIBIOS 6]] codebase. Despite this, most OEMs did not begin using it until around the mid-2000s.
-AMIBIOS 8 was used very widely on a variety of motherboards and computers in the 2000s. It's users include (but are not limited to) ASUS, ASRock, MSI, ECS/PCChips/Matsonic and Soltek.
+It was succeeded by [[AMI Aptio|Aptio]], a UEFI firmware developed by the same company, in 2005. However, it still continued to be widely used on most systems until 2011, when it was discontinued for [[wikipedia:List_of_Intel_chipsets#LGA_1155|Intel's 6-series chipsets for LGA1155 motherboards]]. The last chipsets with AMIBIOS 8 were H55, H57 and Q57 for Intel and AMD 970 with the SB950 southbridge for AMD, latter seen on the [https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/maxsun-ms-a970-pro Maxsun MS-A970 Pro motherboard] only. Most systems based on [[wikipedia:Vortex86|Vortex86 SoCs]], some of them released after 2011, also use AMIBIOS 8.
-== Pre-release versions ==
-''Main page: [[AMIBIOS 07.00.xx]]''
-AMIBIOS 8 is believed to be the final product for [[AMIBIOS 07.00.xx]], due to 07.00.xx not being widely used (suggesting it was likely a limited public pre-release version) and many similarities between both versions. AMIBIOS 07.00.xx is believed to be a family of public pre-release versions of what later became AMIBIOS 8 (except for [[AMIBIOS 07.00.10|07.00.10]], which is actually believed to be based on the older [[AMIBIOS 6]] codebase).
-AMIBIOS 8 originally could've been planned to be named AMIBIOS 7, however as the AMIBIOS 7 name was given to [[AMIBIOS 07.00.10]], it could've then have been renamed to AMIBIOS 8.
-== POST screen ==
-<gallery mode="packed" widths=320px heights=240px>
-File:AMIBIOS_8_POST_screen_(large_logo).png|POST screen with large logo (EPA).
-File:AMIBIOS_8_with_small_AMI_logo.png|POST screen with small logo (EPA).
-</gallery>