Gigabyte w/Rendition Question/Warning

I have a GA586HX mother board ver1.54, w/P166, 512PB, 64MB 60ns EDO and Intergraph Intense3D (Rendition Verite) video card. Of the bios versions available on Gigabyte's web page (1.05, 1.07, 1.08, 1.11 and the new 2.3), version 1.05 gives me, by far, the best frame rates with NASCAR2. My dmatest score is 80mb/s using bios 1.05. All of the other bios versions give me 40mb/s. The PCI latency setting may be what's causing the difference but I don't think I can adjust it with these Award (4.51PG) bios versions. The Problem: After flashing the latest version 2.3 bios... AF52.EXE (award flash program) locks up when I try to reflash version 1.05. I can flash all versions except 1.05 now and It's the ONLY one I want! If anybody has any Idea how to get around this problem I sure would appreciate any help. If you have a GA586HX then beware. Thanks,

<snip> : The Problem: : After flashing the latest version 2.3 bios... AF52.EXE (award flash : program) locks up when I try to reflash version 1.05. I can flash : all versions except 1.05 now and It's the ONLY one I want! : If anybody has any Idea how to get around this problem I sure would : appreciate any help. If you have a GA586HX then beware. : You may have tried this already, but sometimes you have to "walk" the upgrades backward. Have you tried flashing to the the BIOS that came out just after 1.05 and then flashing back to 1.05? Sometimes you have to find one prior to the one you want that will take and then flash to 1.05. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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>> If you have a GA586HX then beware. >> After flashing the latest version 2.3 bios... AF52.EXE (award flash >> program) locks up when I try to reflash version 1.05. I can flash >> all versions except 1.05 now and It's the ONLY one I want! >You may have tried this already, but sometimes you have to "walk" the >upgrades backward. Have you tried flashing to the the BIOS that came >out just after 1.05 and then flashing back to 1.05?

Ya, I've tried many different combinations and that was one of them :-( Hmmm...I'll look around....1.05 is the oldest on Gigabyte's page. Does anybody know where I can get an award flash program for the 430HX chipset that is rev 5.31 or greater. It has some extra functions that allow you to clear some stuff prior to flashing. maybe that would help (/CC=Clear CMOS, /CP=Clear PnP data (ESCD), /CD=Clear DMI data). Geez...maybe when I get finished tuning my system to run N2 I'll have some time to spend on tuning N2 setups ;-) Thanks for the help,