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

Tools & Utilities, Continued

The custom logo must use the GIF format and can be displayed either in full screen mode or as a VividBIOS skin.

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.