...after clearing the CMOS again, reset,battery off for 30 sec, reboot, change boot to DVD---which drives me nuts, it shows in BIOS but not in Windows....now I've resulted into Repairing Window...maybe that would help.
Once I get the drivers from Window/Device Manager, hopefully it would recognize my USB thumbdrive, THEN, I could go into flashing thru USB thumbdrive....
...off to work for 8 hrs biting time....then it looks like an all nighter again

which original BIOS came with the board version 1.1?

Consensus wise: which BIOS is most stable at the moment?

advance thanks