To some degree, yes. However, that assumes a functioning BIOS release is available and works...many incremental releases are no functioning despite release note

To some degree, yes. However, that assumes a functioning BIOS release is available and works...many incremental releases are no functioning despite release notes saying otherwise. Many times, you can't downgrade the BIOS either. So you're stuck with a bad board waiting for a beta BIOS...fun times! The workstation/server platforms ARE better. Having a BMC to flash/recover things is much more reliable.