Thanks for responding.

No, we don't get to the splash screen so we can't try any cheat codes.

The CDs actually boot other computers not running Award BIOS. That's why this was frustrating, the CDs were burned and tested. They failed when we put them into the same box with a different BIOS.

I guess the short solution is just use another BIOS that worked, but its complicated to do that at another site.

I'll chase down the other lead you mentioned in your post as well. I gues I was hoping this was a 'standard problem'. Oh, well.

Thanks again,

Mike G.