I have finally obtained the A.0s beta BIOS originally meant for the Amilo Xa2529, but is working on my Amilo Xa2528 as well. The reason why anyone would want to install this beta version of the BIOS is that it has AMD-V enabled by default. If you want to run VMware Workstation/Player or Microsoft Virtual PC like me, that comes in handy. (Microsoft has released a hotfix for the latest Windows Virtual PC so it can run on systems that don't have enabled hardware-assisted virtualization)
You can get the .nrg image from here:
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0KDWS22Y
Burn the image onto a CD-R and boot it up, after u boot it just press p and hit <enter>
Of course, if any damage or loss of data occurs I will not be held responsible and you are doing this at your own risk.
Since this is beta BIOS, it would be wise of you to prepare for the possibility that something may go wrong and prepare an officialy released BIOS that works good which you could apply and restore your system.
I have tested this BIOS on my Amilo Xa2528 and it works good for now, it has been a week since I installed it. The notebook is fully functional. I have obtained this BIOS from the german version of this forum, and users there reported the BIOS working on Amilo Xa2529 as well.
Enjoy!