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Well, I went ahead and flashed the new beta BIOS. Things improved since BETA1: now not only the CPU is recognized correctly, but also the right amount of memory is displayed.
However, neither the Win Loader nor GRUB (for Ubuntu 10.10) would load, no matter what. I was able to access the BIOS setup only the first 2 times I booted. After that, no matter if I tried to access the BIOS setup menu, or let the computer run and try to load windows or Linux, it would hang on a blinking dash after POST.
To sum up: the computer boots, POST is displayed, disks, memory and CPU recognized correctly, but can't get past that. After 3 reboots, BIOS menu was not accesible anymore, so I couldn't test much within the BIOS options.
Since BIOS setup wouldn't load anymore, I had to flash back the BIOS using a recovery CD to load FreeDOS, and then use AWDFLASH from a USB drive.
Hope it helps, I'm looking forward to the next beta!