Flashing the BIOS is basically updating you BIOS (Basic Input Output System). The Bios Chip is a flash memory chip that allows reprogramming if you will of this chip. But it can be very dangerous if you are not careful. If during flashing there is even a slight power drop or surge, or if the flash program hangs, you can very easily end up with a dead mother board. Flashing will usually fix small problems that the BIOS maker found after releasing the original chip, but won't fix manufactured limitations of a motherboard. For example, if your mother board is limited to a 233 mhz K6 chip, and you want to install a 550 mhz K6-III chip, flashing the BIOS will not allow this since there are other physical things on the motherboard that still would not allow it. Same with memory. Andrew _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml