First post, by SKARDAVNELNATE
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I've been rebuilding my Windows 98 system. The motherboard in it was an Intel D845PT. It had some problem like not connecting to my network and would stop recognizing CDs that were in use. The BIOS was v.P02 and after checking there was an update to v.P08 in 2003. I had a choice between the Windows based program and a DOS based program. I tried the Windows based one. Ran it, at one point a box popped up saying my system was going to reboot, but other than that nothing happened. Next time I started my system there was a CRC error and it wouldn't boot from anything. Fortunately I was able to make a restore disk and found a jumper setting to set it back to v.P02. Then I tried the DOS based program and got the BIOS up to v.P08.
I've since started over with a different motherboard. This one is an Intel D875PBZ. When I started working on it the BIOS was v.P20 with an update available to v.P34 dating from 2005. Again there was a choice between a Windows based program and a DOS based program. I bit nervous this time I went with DOS based. After staring at a blank screen while the system beeped 4 different tones, one every few seconds, it seems surprisingly that everything went smoothly.