----- Original Message -----
Phil Parker:


> I need to flash the Award BIOS on a Tyan S1590S AT motherboard.
> 1. How important is it to completely clear the BIOS first? On one page
>    at the Tyan site they claim it's vital, but the page of flash
>    instructions does not even mention it.
> 2. How important is it that the setup defaults *ALL* be used?  In
particular,
>    if the setup default boot sequence is C,A,SCSI is it OK to change just
>    that one to A,C,SCSI in order to use a DOS boot floppy?  The machine
>    does not have any DOS on it at all, and it would be a bit unpleasant
>    to install it just for this one-time flash.

Hi, the only preparation I've ever used was to backup the current BIOS
settings in case of a catastrophic oops. Personally, the only advantage
I see with restoring defaults prior to flashing is in the case you downgrade
your BIOS with an older version.

-yui shin

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