On 10 Nov 98 at 9:22, William Hornkohl wrote:

> I'm getting ready to try and build a new system. I came across the
> term "motherboard revision" and I am not sure what it means and if
> it is important. Is it something physical that changes with
> different revisions or is it just the version of the flash bios.
> (which would mean it is not very important)I am looking at the ASUS
> P2B

  A "revision" of a board is an actual minor design change; flash
BIOS updates may have to be different depending on what revision of
the physical hardware you have.  Revisions may do things like add
additional multiplier or voltage selections to an existing design.

David G

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