Newb-friendly mobo

[Kennedy Bacon]

I'm building myself a new computer (1st build for me), and the item that has given me the most trouble has been the motherboard. Right now the build is:

Case: Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Optical Drive: Pioneer Black IDE DVD Burner Model DVR-110DBK - OEM
Floppy Drive: NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive - OEM
Mobo: ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
RAM: CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Unbuffered System Memory Model VS1GB667D2 - Retail
Power Supply: ENERMAX EG425P-VE SFMA 2.0 ATX12V 420W Power Supply - Retail
CPU: Intel Pentium D 920 Presler 800MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core Processor Model BX80553920 - Retail
Video/Graphics Card: ASUS EN6800GT/2DT/256MB Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Wireless Network Adapter: U.S. Robotics USR5417 PCI Wireless MAXg 125Mbps PCI Adapter - Retail

Now, this seems pretty good, but based on the reviews on Newegg, the mobo I have chosen doesn't look very easy to set up what with people saying you have to flash the BIOS etc... Plus, I know that Asus's customer service is pretty bad.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRa...82E16813131539
I have only a vague idea of what BIOS flashing is , and i would rather not have to do anything too complicated. Should I look around more for a more Newb-friendly board, and if so, what are a few good boards in the same price range which support Pentium D? Or, do you think that, based on my choices and help from the net that I should be able to get it all working properly without too much hassle?
Any input would be greatly appreciated!

[glc]

There really won't be any easier board to set up with a 9xx series Pentium-D. You may not have to flash the bios if it ships with a new enough one out of the box.

[Kennedy Bacon]

Alright, then I guess I'll go with that one and hope for a newer model, and if it isn't new and I can't figure it out on my own then I will be returning to these forums screaming bloody murder and wielding several weapons of some kind.

[glc]

Bios flashing is simple - just make sure you have a floppy drive and cable available, that's the safest and easiest way to do it. I see you have one on your list. All you have to do is make a bootable floppy, copy the flashing tool and the update file onto it, and boot with it. Type a couple of commands and watch it do its thing, it takes 30 seconds.

[(51)]

IMO the most "User Friendly" motherboards are Intel. Stable and easy to fire up. Good Luck

[Kennedy Bacon]

Thanks. If its as simple as that then I'm pretty sure that I should be able to do it no problem.

[glc]

51, there's a small problem - believe it or not, Intel doesn't have any motherboards yet that will take a 9xx processor.

[Kennedy Bacon]

What???? How is that possible?

[glc]

That's a fact. I researched this just the other day for someone else's thread.