A7N8X v1.04 - Proper way to save bios settings?

I killed my A7N8X-DX last night. I dropped the FSB down to 190 from 195, went to save, then save and exit. No boot after that. Fans come on, as does power LED, but no beeps.

I tried clearing cmos as per instructions in manual, tried a minimal config boot, cycled power 20+ times, removed battery for an hour, tried a new battery, danced naked around case to please the mobo gods... no luck, damn board refused to post.

I got it to boot after hot flashing the bios chip with another Asus board.

Now my only concern is how to save changes in the bios without fuxxoring the bios chip. Is there a certain way one is supposed to do it, or is it all just a crapshoot?

I wished I knew the answer. I also had to hotflash to recover my dead board. It is a design flaw with rev 1 boards. The only sure way not to have it happen is to set the bios and leave it alone or have a extra bios chip handy.