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Pat,

See below, in response to your questions...

"Lonsway" <lonsway@home.com> wrote:

>No, I'm not afraid to mess with this BIOS, really!!!
>
>Ben, extremely informative note.  Could I bother you for more input?

You just did.  :)  No problem.

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>-When you refer to making the mobo useless, are you saying I couldn't even
>recover it with a boot disk and earlier version?

There is a small chance that you won't be able to recover the old
BIOS.

>-Any input on the following BIOS recovery procedure provided in another
>response?  Is this what you refer to by "hacking" into the BIOS?
>http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/standardbios.htm#6

Actually, if you want to go thru the white-knuckle BIOS recovery
procedure, that is one way to get the 1.00.09.DT0 BIOS into the board,
short-circuiting the safeguards built into IFLASH.  I forgot about
this approach.  I find the BIOS recovery to be spooky, because all you
hear are beeps, with nothing displayed on screen.

In the past, I have gone so far as to hand-edit the BIOS strings to
match the BIOS on a motherboard, using a text editor.

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>As far as why I'm updating, I have an Intel revision list detailing 01-09.
>Many changes along the way.  Most compelling:  07 and above support HDs>
>8.4gb and the CPU upgrade I plan to install reportedly has issues with DT05.
>Additionally, I would like to discontinue the use of the OnTrack disk
>overlay as part of my continual process-of-elimination when troubleshooting
>other problems I'm experiencing.  Lastly, I am assuming the Micron version
>corresponds with Intel's version.  I have verified my current 03DT05 does
>not support HDs over 8.4gb.  I've sent Micron a note asking them to clarify.

Those are good reasons to upgrade the motherboard BIOS and get more
mileage out of the board.  It's likely that the Micron revision
numbers correspond with Intel's.  Don't hold your breath waiting for
Micron to respond.  They'll probably only tell you that if you flash
the board with a generic Intel BIOS, then your warranty is toast.
Which it probably is anyway, given the age of the board... Ben

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>Thanks for the feedback.  -Pat
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