Started retesting bioses 0704, 0802, 0901, and 1005 (only officials) and am testing 1005 now. So far, Bios 0901 is the best. Most likely this will be the bios I stick with.
As far as the slow bootup, I experience this also but for me it happens only once and ONLY when I flash either TO bios 1005 or FROM Bios 1005 to a different bios e.g. 0901. Every other bios I flashed to the system would restart and boot up normally. But only when I flash to bios 1005, the system restarts and 'hangs' for a few seconds. During this time the monitor goes to standby, and some of the lights on the board turn off and the Q_LED DRAM light is lit. It seems to me it is doing some type of longer memory check or bios microcode update which takes a while. Don't know the reason behind this but only happens with Bios 1005.
I also recommend clearing CMOS before and after flashing bioses. Will be posting all bios results shortly.
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