BIOS flash question and Diskboot Failure

First time caller but long time listener...
I just recently built this box but I'm having a few issues at the moment. The mobo has bios v1.5 and I need to reflash it to recognize the second core prior to loading OS. Now I'd like to try the floppy method and I can't seem to be able to boot from a floppy tried bot the XP and win98 OEM bootdisk method but after posting all I get is:
Boot from CD :
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER...
So I tried changing the boot order to: Floppy, HDD, CDROM (and other variations like floppy, cd, HDD)
tried the following:
booting disabling all other bootable devices
disabling everything except floppy in boot order
changed out IDE connector
changed out 3.5drive
My question is should I just go ahead and load the OS and try liveupdate but I run it to the possiblility that I may need to reload the OS so it sees both cores.
Or...should I just try the boot CD method which sorta freaks me out with all the warnings that I see. I'm also completely unfamiliar with it. Is there any special process that I have to go through for a boot floppy to run?
not that this matters but I had to disable the onboard gigaLAN, b/c it was giving me errors.
thatnks much.
ken m.

Quote from: DaveR on 28-February-06, 08:36:15
Is your floppy Disk controller enabled in bios? Does drive 'a' show 'none' on main bios page? If so, select your floppy drive.
Standard CMOS features shows DRIVE A: 1.44MB 3.5in
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Try pressing F11 at POST and a one time menu of boot options will display; pick floppy.
Yeah, I tried that highlighte floppy and hit enter.
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I normally use win98se boot disk but you say you have tried 2 boot disks. Google win98se and give that one a go.
will try this...thanks duder

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