Ive tried doing the DOS USB mode by using HP USB disk format tool/windows 98 boot disk files with no success. i can get more specific details if needed. Some more specs: amd athlon 64 4000+ (yes i know i need to upgrade). thats when i hit google and found out my bios is out of date. but yet ill get random freeze ups (about once an hour) unless the frequencies arent set to normal. like the overclocking features didnt stick. but when i try to bump up frequencies, after it reboots according to CPUZ im still sitting at 2.4Ghz. the reason im trying to update my bios is because i found out my current bios has overclocking features. (theres also a number that says N1996) my current version is '0.'? which is weird to me. Ive been attempting for the past day or so on trying to flash the bios on my 6+ year old computer.