AMIBIOS 7, also known as AMIBIOS 07.00.10, AMIBIOS 07.00T or AMIBIOS 040201, is a major version of AMIBIOS released by American Megatrends in April 2001. It is the first version of AMIBIOS with a Boot Menu for choosing a boot device for the current startup session without having to change the CMOS settings. Alongside this, it has generally also introduced quicker power-on tests compared to AMIBIOS 6, reducing the overall system startup time.
Although it was quickly replaced by AMIBIOS 8 in October 2001, AMIBIOS 7 saw a fair amount of use by various OEMs; especially MSI, ASRock and ECS Elitegroup/PCChips. It was also used long after its replacement, with the newest known platform it was compiled for being AMD's Socket 754 on the MSI K8T Neo and Neo-R motherboards[1]. Embedded/industrial systems using it are also known, such as the Acrosser AR-B1423 and AR-B1479A industrial computers based on the STPC Consumer-II platform[2].
- ↑ https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-k8t-neo (NOTE: The latest BIOS release is based on AMIBIOS 8 and not 7) | https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-k8t-neo-r
- ↑ https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/acrosser-ar-b1423 | https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/acrosser-ar-b1479a