Help with Asus motherboard BIOS identification and update

[spencex]

Someone just gave me a PC (I'm told it has an AMD processor equivalent to a Pentium III), but it has no OS and it won't boot from a cd-rom drive because the BIOS doesn't allow that as an option.

So, I would appreciate advice on how to update the BIOS so that I can attempt to install Windows on it from a CD.

Here's what I see at the BOTTOM of the screen when I boot up the machine: 02/24/00 ALLADIN5-P5A-B-00

Here's what I see at the TOP of the screen when I boot:
Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Asus PSA-b ACPI BIOS Revision 1010

Thanks,
Spence

[edwin]

Asus P5A-B

http://support.asus.com/download/downlo ... uage=en-us

[spencex]

Thanks edwin!

[spencex]

Okay, I downloaded the BIOS update that Edwin kindly directed me to. However, there's only one 86 kB file in the download -- no instructions about how to install the update.

Can some help?

Thanks,
Spence

[cp]

http://support.asus.com/technicaldocume ... uage=en-us

[spencex]

I'm almost ready to jump in. So with my motherboard, which of these two instructions should I use?

P5 (socket7) or P5 (LGA775) series?

Thanks,
Spence

[edwin]

socket7