Quote Originally Posted by Watchman
Side note: were I to try updating the BIOS at some point, would it be a good idea to use the chip's built-in update utility accessed at system start (the new BIOS file being supplied via floppy), or should the Windows-based update utility be good enough ? I'm a bit wary of the latter as the last time I tried to use one I managed to bugger the whole BIOS and ended up changing virtually all the hardware... although this MB seems to have a built-in reinstallation feature.
Just look for the easiest and surest way, I'd say. But please don't do anything stupid. And another thing: I'm not responsible :)

Xiahou might have a point that it may not be necessary to update the BIOS, but it shouldn't hurt the machine either. What motherboard is it you have by the way?