But that is the critical point, if you put in a BIOS that the board doesn't 100% like you will likely have a good paperweight. The BIOS is critical to getting the board to boot, if you put in the wrong one or the flash doesn't go perfectly right you stand a good chance of getting stuck with a board that will just give you a black screen. Personally I recommend one only upgrade a BIOS if it is absolutly necessary to either fix a problem or add a necessary new feature. Even with all that, make complete sure that your system is stable and is plugged into a UPS. Even better try and secure a source for manually burning the chip, just in case your flash attempt doesn't work. TTYL > I have flashed the BIOS in many computers and never had a > problem. Just save > the old BIOS in case the new one does not work the way you want > so that you > can put it back the way it was. > Don Benoit Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml