> I think your best bet might be to hope that the BIOS chip is > removable, and if so, either buy a new one (preprogrammed) from > biosman or some other distributor, or burn your own with an expensive > chip programmer. http://www.biosman.com/ Thanks for the tip! And his prices are quite reasonable. If you send in your old chip he'll send you a new chip, reprogram your old chip and send you both so you have a backup. Happily, my buddy Matt volunteers as an e-Waste recycler. They do their best to put stuff back in service. He's going to let me roam his junkpile tomorrow afternoon. Maybe I can find some interesting board for my fellow driver developers. Mike -- Michael David Crawford mdcrawford at gmail dot com Enjoy my art, photography, music and writing at http://www.geometricvisions.com/ --- Free Compact Disc ---