LarryJoe,
As far as the official Abit BF BIOS, it shows on the Abit download site an HPT BIOS version of 2.0.1024 (as listed in your message subject) which doesn't coincide with anything on the HPT website (
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/370drivers_down.htm). The BIOSes on the HPT site jump from 2.0.0919 to 2.3. It wouldn't appear that the 2.0.1024 does equal 2.34 as I downloaded HPT BIOS/Driver files 2.3, 2.31, 2.32 and 2.34 and their readme's all give BIOS versions identical to their driver numbers -- that is: 2.3, 2.31, 2.32 and 2.34.
A post by arman68 (
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129687) states that the modified BF+ BIOS has the 2.32 HPT BIOS. Another post suggested that you would be able to use either the 2.32 or the 2.34 drivers with this 2.32 BIOS saying that newer drivers should be backwards compatible with an earlier BIOS. It seems to suggest that the opposite (newer BIOS, older drivers,) however, would not work.
If all of this information is correct (and that's "if,") it would seem your choices are as follows: (1) Stick with the official Abit BF BIOS and use any of the drivers from the HPT site between 2.3 and 2.34, or (2) Use the modified BF+ BIOS and use either the 2.32 or 2.34 drivers.
It seems odd that on the Abit download site, under the drivers section (
http://fae.abit.com.tw/eng/download/driver/i_adapter.htm#HR100), they don't have any HPT drivers with versions that match the HPT BIOS version 2.0.1024 in their BF BIOS. The drivers jump from 2.0.1019 to 2.31. Perhaps the 2.0.1019 are compatible with the 2.0.1024 BIOS, but nothing anywhere tells you that.
From what I've been able to piece together from other posts, it sounds like it's best to install the new drivers BEFORE flashing your BIOS. Since you've already flashed your BIOS, you may want to install the drivers, then reflash your BIOS. Just as an extra layer of caution, though, read this first:
http://fae.abit.com.tw/eng/faq/qa/2001/2001070201.htm
Hope this helps and that I haven't just told you a bunch of stuff you already know.
Eggroll