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document updated 14 years ago, on Sep 20, 2010
Standards:
Option ROM
BIOS Boot Specification (BBS)
ATA Security Mode Feature Set
PCI Expansion ROM
Cards that frequently contain an Option ROM:
Video BIOS
NIC ROM (especially for PXE booting)
RAID cards
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