WAGERING GAME MACHINE BIOS CONFIGURATION

A method for configuring a wagering game machine. The method can include initializing a processor and chipset residing on an embedded computer module residing in the wagering game machine, wherein a BIOS resides on a carrier board connected to the embedded computer module. The BIOS includes code for configuring many possible computer modules. The method can further include identifying, under control of code in the BIOS, some the possible computer modules that reside in the wagering game machine and initializing, using code of the BIOS input/output devices connected to the carrier board and the embedded computer module. The method can further include launching an operating system in the wagering game machine and presenting a wagering game on the wagering game machine according to information received from the input/output devices.