HP is coming to my house to replace my motherboard instead of me returning the computer. So do you think it is wise for me to try mod 2 on it after they switch it out? Also I have some question about the flashing program given with the modded bios and would like to know exactly step by step the best way to mod with that program. I am affraid maybe I did it wrong with mod 1 and thats why it bloched my system. All I did was open AFUWIN with the command prompt through windows and told it "AFUWIN /i315.ROM" was that wrong maybe? I would just do it with the regular old floppy way but there is no way to put a floppy on the Digital Entertainment Center z556 by HP. I could use a CD boot disk like the one found here or maybe you could explain how to maybe trick HPs Update to do the modded bios. Sorry for all the question and request. I want to flash the bios but I doubt HP would come out yet again to change out the motherboard. Thank you very much for your time. Derek