!) Make sure your BIOS setup has nothing related to the ROMS as being set for cached mode of operation.
2) Make a Win98 boot floppy with the Award flash Program and xxxx.BIN file of the version you're installing on it.
3) Boot from the floppy & press the F8 funcction key to pause boot with menu for how to boot.
4) With menu up, hit SHIFT-F5 to go right to A:> prompt - this eliminates the loading of anything non-essential.
5) Launch the Award flash utility , and give it the name of your new binary file.