The Next Generation of Cool: AOpen's 37 Watt Pentium M Desktop PC

Tools & Utilities, Continued

The WinDMI tool lets you explore the dynamically managed areas of the BIOS in detail.

Centrino Hardware Control instead of AOpen software. AOpen's own tool did not work as expected; instead of changing the FSB and multiplier settings, it caused crashes.

Common Practice: BIOS updates can be performed either in DOS or under Windows XP.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.