They're basically the same mod and either one would have worked. The second one has "ASUS_FLASH" added for XP oem activation in addition to the Vista SLIC. I'm glad you're activated.
I think most people will be happy to use them. By the way I compared 1b in yours and johnalvins mods and they were identical except for the extra ASUS_FLASH strings (not needed anyway). So you made it correctly.
I probably won't have time myself (have to work), but maybe someone else will. Most CPU's are multiplier locked, so even if you were able to change the setting in the BIOS it wouldn't have an effect.
Correct me if I'm wrong..one was made with the auto tool... I think the bios may fail regardless who mods it..The Ami for ASUS are not very picky. Usually they work or they dont, very rarely do they brick. I think the posters attitude was unnecessary. If you are going to learn on some, ASUS is the one
I had a look and it seems that this bios has very few options, locked or otherwise..I think it is not worth the risk, but later maybe I will adjust it. Mostly memory timings, and not many of them from what I saw