Quote Originally Posted by zsamz_ View Post
thats bs for a high end board
wow they saved 50 cents
Whoa... define "high end"? Isn't 'highly customizable' the major trait of a high-end motherboard? So customizable, when anything fails due to extreme customization there's always a fall-back way to save it? And since when that becomes a BS?

I, for one, can't see a mediocre implementation such as gigabyte's dual-bios as "high-end", where any simple mis-step may easily result in that dreadful reboot cycle which is never fixable. Don't assume DFI is able make an infallible microcode/bootchip that would never make any fault like that - we've all seen how sloppy they've become lately. In fact, the tried-and-true hotflash method may still be the saving grace when the time comes. Now if they are really getting rid of the BIOS chip I hope they at least elaborate their new fall-back plan when the BIOS gets corrupted. If there's none, it'd just be another indication that they are taking 0 pride in making their "high-end" product.